EARLY ACCESS: the graduate
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When I watched this movie as younger, post-college man, I kind of felt like I was being seen; what with the post-college listlessness and depression, not so much the sleeping with foxy older ladies nor the affluent lifestyle. I channeled my depression into a shitty job and developing some destructive habits. Luckily I recognized that and pulled out of the spiral. Now that I'm 49 and watching via Ashley's watch, I kind of hate it. I can't get over the Boomer bullshit and class malaise stuff. I remember the closing shot being more powerful, but it doesn't hit as hard and as meaningful as I my mind's eye version. i much prefer the closing shot to Michael Clayton, which is the same - but different. I still really like the Simon and Garfunkel of it all and it makes me think of how this movie is sort of in a dialog with Garden State (or vice-versa, more accurately).
Estersdoll
2024-08-27 13:35:40 +0000 UTCOh.. by the way... You were right... It was a young Richard Dreyfuss in that scene where a group guys gathered to watch Benjamin get thrown out of his lodgings
James Falato
2024-08-27 09:49:58 +0000 UTCLet's talk about it. The director here was Mike Nichols. I think you have another of his movies on the channel, "The Birdcage". That movie was written by Elaine May. "Nichols and May" were a comedy duo whose albums were on the Billboard Top 40 in 1959-1962. They *invented* improvisational comedy. Two incredibly talented people who almost no one outside the business has heard of. (Somewhere on UTOOB, there's a recording of a skit Mike did for the Oscars, where he plays a producer who does whatever he's told. It's hilarious and a scathing send-up of the sell-outs in Holly wood.)
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:39:02 +0000 UTCSam Elliot was the lead in "The Hero" in 2017. As an aging cowboy movie star (which he surely was). In the movie the hero's wife was played by...Katharine Ross. Every woman I know goes gooey for Sam Elliot. I think it's mainly the voice.
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:31:28 +0000 UTCLet's not forget "Midnight Cowboy", two years later (1960). 3 Oscars, including Best Picture.
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:28:01 +0000 UTCDefinitely. Mr. Holland's Opus will make her big cry. It has all the feels.
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:24:50 +0000 UTC"Hello, Beans, my old friend. I've come to talk with you, AGAIN! Because a kitty softly creeping, Left it's poop where I was sleeping...."
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:21:09 +0000 UTCI completely agree. Using polls to pick movies turns it into a popularity contest. Factor in the demographics of the channel, and anything much before 1990 will be unknown and not on any poll. I have suggested, in the past, running a "decade" poll. Pick or suggest movies from, say 1940-1949 and then put them on a poll. To be honest, this may be more about "monetization". If Ashleigh watches a bunch of random movies that are older, classic films, they may get fewer views. I would not be surprised if she has that data from the various true classics she's reviewed, and that's why the change in format. I wouldn't blame her; her time is worth money, and if a type of video is not getting the $$$, there's little reason to do more of them.
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:16:19 +0000 UTCIn the 60's, the label "agitator" was applied to them commie pinko reds that were stirring up the youth and making things uncomfortable for the Establishment. Something about a war somewhere.
N1nth Sh4dow
2024-08-27 03:10:38 +0000 UTCSo true, but dont forget at the end of the day Ashleigh is all-powerful and can watch whatever the hell she wants so never hurts to lobby for the little guys in the comments!
Skip
2024-08-26 22:14:37 +0000 UTCOh, I *LOVE* 84 Charring Cross Road! An excellent movie, but you're right, it will never win a poll. I wish reactors would stop using polls to determine which movie gets watched next, because that eliminates lesser known films. Instead, a poll could determine how many votes each film gets, then a random drawing could select the winner. So a popular movie might have 500 votes, while a lesser known gem might have only 50 votes. The random drawing would then probably select the popular movie, but would sometimes select the lesser known gem.
Wally Hartshorn
2024-08-26 22:09:24 +0000 UTCSimon and Garfunkel wrote/sang all the songs in "The Graduate" and they are "Classics" in the Music Genre... I think you simply have found the singing interfering with the film itself, which is a valid point, especially when you're reacting to the film......
James Falato
2024-08-26 19:22:36 +0000 UTCIf anything, Wayne's World was the reason a lot of 90's kids learned about Queen. No prerequisite required
Michael Tocci
2024-08-26 16:39:36 +0000 UTCI love this movie a little more each time I see it.
Robert Reichle
2024-08-26 10:45:38 +0000 UTCOnly if she's familiar with the music of Queen...we might require Bohemian Rhapsody. (Or I might just require her to watch it, lol)
Cosmic Slice
2024-08-26 09:36:20 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Dustin Hoffman, everybody should look up Matthew Perry's Dustin Hoffman impression. It always cracks me up.
Joe Blankenship
2024-08-25 21:29:47 +0000 UTCStraight Time. Short Time is with Dabney Coleman
Kevin Charley
2024-08-25 20:20:06 +0000 UTCIt was based on a novel by Charles Webb
Kevin Charley
2024-08-25 20:17:20 +0000 UTCThanks so much! Our mom loved that show and watched it every week. I never quite joined in, but loved to watch William Daniels, especially during one very affecting story arc. I think Ed Begley Jr. was on there too, though I may be confusing medical shows. Tiny, tiny correction: Danner played Martha Jefferson and was totally charming. Virginia Vestoff was Abigail. Danner shows off her range in a wicked little tv movie, courtesy of "Columbo" creators Levinson and Link, in "Guilty Conscience", where she and Swoozie Kurtz get to play alongside Hannibal Lector him self, Anthony Hopkins. This is a neat, intricate, evil little puzzle of a movie and I highly recommend it.
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 18:13:57 +0000 UTCAshley needs to watch Showgirls. I just want to watch her say "Oh, my god" for two hours strait.
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 17:19:30 +0000 UTCBlade Three is not a good movie. Partly because Wesley Snipes and the director did not get along. In one scene Snipes refused to open his eyes for the scene. The had to CG open eyes over Snipes closed ones. Patton Oswald tell several funny stories about working on that set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rCtzKA9tQ
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 17:00:31 +0000 UTCBuck Henry wrote this, so he is the one that came up with it. He is most famous for being a frequent guest host of Saturday Night LIve in the 1970s usually the last show of the season. He is also known for co-creating the TV series "Get Smart" with Mel Brooks which was a parody of the James Bond movies and other spy movies and TV shows. Buck Henry also appeared as the hotel clerk in the movie.
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 16:53:47 +0000 UTCAn agitator is a troublemaker. It is also the part in your clothes washer that moves the clothes around in the water.
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 16:49:11 +0000 UTCDustin Hoffman was in everything in the 1970s. A real chameleon. Some of his notable roles were. Little Big Man Marathon Man Papillon with Steve McQueen Kramer vs. Kramer and Short Time
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 16:46:54 +0000 UTCIf you love William Daniels, you should watch the series St. Elsewhere which features Daniels prominently and was also a breakout role for Denzel Washington among others. It was produced by Bruce Paltrow father of Gweneth and of course her mother Blythe Danner played Mrs. Thomas Jefferson in "1776".
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 16:43:13 +0000 UTCTons of sitcom actors showed up. I believe I saw Alice Ghostly also from Bewitched and of course Norman Fell from Threes Company amongst many other small serious and comic roles.
TheSingulatarian
2024-08-25 16:37:32 +0000 UTCNot that it will ever make the channel (but it should!) but Anne Bancroft was married to Mel Brooks. She was in love with a romantic little biography / book called 84 Charring Cross Road, which Mel bought the movie rights to and gave to her to star in as an anniversary present. The movie they made of it is the sweetest thing you’ll ever see.
Skip
2024-08-25 16:21:49 +0000 UTCNo but the fact it took you the entire movie to realize that Dustin Hoffman was Ben is WILD! We love you for that. First time I saw this movie was in college while living with my good family friends in San Francisco and I felt like Ben because everyone had high expectations for me and what I was doing with my life or where I was gonna go. It’s okay to not have a plan, but just know that you can do anything you set your mind to. A little food for thought. 😊
Gio Vidrio
2024-08-25 15:42:43 +0000 UTCYep, Simon and Garfunkel were BIG back when this movie first came out. And I’m sorry to say Sounds of Silence is used in a LOT of movies, so prepare to scream. Re: Hallo-Beans, two movies I ask for your consideration - light hearted, please consider Casper. Should be right up your alley. For spooky night vision, please consider Ginger Snaps. One of my absolute favorite annual watches. For your consideration please.
Matthew Periolat
2024-08-25 15:39:30 +0000 UTCWith this, I reckon Ashleigh has completed the prerequisites to watch the Wayne's World movies
Michael Tocci
2024-08-25 15:37:24 +0000 UTCIn this time, three of the most popular and talented actors were Robert de Niro, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman, all unconventional actors. There was a comedy skit which had puppets of each of them jogging together and confusing each other with which one was which.
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 15:29:49 +0000 UTCAnne Bancroft, who played Mrs Robinson, was Mel Brooks wife, FYI
Adolfo Acosta
2024-08-25 15:10:45 +0000 UTCAll the songs in this movie are from Simon and Garfunkel, one of my favorite sixties song teams; our dad recognized immediately that these two young men were fabulous and loved them too. This was really something from a Spaniard about whom we teased that he was born in 1491.
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 15:07:03 +0000 UTCThe old lady in the hotel who gets Ben's name wrong was the wonderfully dotty Aunt Clara in the tv show "Bewitched", played by Marion Lorne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwyU6tIUcF4
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 15:00:33 +0000 UTCAshleigh… you can pick out a 3 second uncredited cameo of Richard Dreyfuss but you don’t connect the dots that the film said ‘starring Dustin Hoffman’ and Ben was the lead… don’t ever change <3 Speaking of Richard Dreyfuss, you need to watch Mr Hollands Opus!!!
Virginia Rose
2024-08-25 14:54:51 +0000 UTCPapa Braddock is William Daniels, who stole my heart as John Adams in "1776", which I saw in theaters, with my friend and her mother when it first came out; he's also well known as the voice of KITT in "Knight Rider" and as Mr. Feeney in "Boy Meets" World". I will happily watch anything that features the slightly eccentric Mr. Daniels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9u5faEmwY Just incidentally, the exchanges between John and Abigail in "1776" are adapted from their letters to each other. In real life, when Abigail realized that John was getting famous enough that these letters would be widely read, she begged him to burn hers: she was afraid about the fact that, though she was very intelligent, her lack of formal education would embarrass them both. Adams wrote back to the effect of basically this: "You ask me to burn your letters. You might just as well ask me to burn my heart."
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 14:54:19 +0000 UTCHe was in Hook, too! Lol
Jacob Colson
2024-08-25 14:45:02 +0000 UTCAnd Mr. Robinson is Murray Hamilton, aka the Mayor from "Jaws", among many other things. Re Katherine Ross, TCM occasionally runs a short which I can't find on YouTube to share. Buck Henry talks about casting: first he discusses how Ben, in the novel (which I've read) was supposed to be a Robert Redford type, but, essentially, Dustin Hoffman just bowled them over. For Ross, Henry explained that the minute she walked in, the consensus was that nobody cared if she could act: they just wanted to look at that face and that gorgeous hair.
Maria Torres
2024-08-25 14:43:21 +0000 UTCThe soundtrack was done entirely by the duo Simon and Garfunkel,the most successful duo of the 1960’s. “The Sound of Silence” was remade by the rock band Disturbed a couple of years ago.
Richard Stegman Jr.
2024-08-25 14:43:18 +0000 UTCOnly Ashleigh. ❤️ "Who is that guy? He looks so familiar... Dustin Hoffman, I love him! *Pause* Who is that guy?!?!" We love you! Never stop being you!
Cass&Jason
2024-08-25 14:37:58 +0000 UTCKatherine Ross,who plays Elaine,is the wife of Sam Elliot. They met on the set of the 1979 horror movie “The Legacy “. You can watch that one for HalloBeans. Bonus is you get butt nekkid Sam E. Anne Bancroft was the wife of Mel Brooks until her death. They appeared together in the 1983 remake of the classic comedy “To Be or Not To Be”.
Richard Stegman Jr.
2024-08-25 14:15:38 +0000 UTC
