is it me or is 5:05 NOT the university of california berkeley, but the university of southern california? shocking how many movies are filmed at USC but claim to be some other school.
Hi Owen045. I've watched this movie over 40 times, actually each year since I was 16 (not includeing twice the first time I saw it at the theater). It's my favorite. I chuckle at the same things each time, too! Underplayed acting and humor, great camera work, and who can find any fault with the soundtrack??
this movie was sooo cool when it came out. the music the photography etc 44 years later i look back and ask "what was this movie really all about ?" trivializing adultery - that's what. back then - most children were raised at home by their mothers - while their fathers went out to support them. now most kids are raised by hired strangers and many don't even know who their fathers are. we are programmed by our entertainment. charles ranalli albuquerque
What's with the maniac screams in this movie? You have Ben's mom screaming in this scene and Elaine screaming at the bitter end, both very high pitched and ear splitting!
the fact that they picked a new fresh face to play benjamin really made this movie for me...the book had ben as blond and very tall...so hoffman must have swayed mike nichols...genius move...my kids heard me talk about this movie a lot...and they all eventually discovered it on their own...and loved it
1960's Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto (or Boat Tail Spider) - they replaced it with the square/kamm style back end a few years after which wasn't half as nice.
Who'd have thought that the actor who plays the on-screen father of Dustin Hoffman's character was none other than Mr. George Feeny of "Boy Meets World" in later years?
I am not obsessed with this film but with 'The Whisperers' (1967)
The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. When she discovers stolen money hidden by her son, she believes her fantasy has come true.
@Owen045 I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but I've seen it many times. It still holds up after multiple viewings. Great writing, acting and direction, filled with details and quirks of timing that add depth, humour and meaning. It's an American comedy of manners. I love the sequence when he drives to Berkeley with 'Scarborough Fair' on the soundtrack. It's poetry.
The helicopter shots from 3:03 to 3:55, with Scarborough Fair on the soundtrack, comprise as beautiful a cinematic minute (or 52 seconds) as I have ever witnessed. This film is visually the most beautiful of the 60s, in my opinion.
I think it's the most beautifully executed American film EVER. I was THERE with Benjamin when he crossed the Golden Gate to get his woman. Haha. I was right there with him.
This movie is really about a creepy stalker who won't take no for an answer. In real life this dude would probably take a gun to his so-called "love'' as well as her fiance/
@007jas I was there. Much of it sucked. Especially all the self-possessed baby boomers. I was a little older and watched their tantrums. Now many of them are "teaching" in the universities. It's called societal cancer.
i watched this last night, id never heard of it before and had no expectations of what i was about to see. it was one of the most entrancing films i have ever become witness to. it at first had nothing peculiar about it except a quiet mystique. it drew me in and now is a must see in my opinion. and i really really crave Simon & Garfunkel now lol this film is before my time but is something relevant to today i think. one word. plastic
It's easy to romanticize the past, but those decades like skimarcus stated, had its share of discord, turbulence and tragedy. But in the field of the arts and music, it flourished.
Me too--try 43!! I was still in HS when this came out. I remember skipping school to ride to bus to downtown St. Louis to one of the new cool "cinemas" to see it. It was very erotic and all back then for two 15/16 y/o girls, and SO funny! That S/G music will be with me forever. For those of you wishing you were were alive back then, if you love your music and films of today, you'll feel that way too, after 30 or 40 years. It's called wanting to be young again!
i had never seen nor had i ever heard about this movie until i took my first Film class 3 years ago. thanks to a wonderful teacher who introduced us to MANY classic and impressive films!
i saw this film when i was about 15. it is one of my all time favourites the story the acting and more importantly the music it introduced me to simon and garfunkel. one wonders if ever they remade it. could they better it? i do not think so. long live mrs robinson and r.i.p. anne bancroft
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pacquiaovsmarquezIV 3 weeks ago
je looks a lot older then he is supposed to be! but hottie!!! -3
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What a GREAT movie & song!!!
getedone103 2 months ago
What a uniquely beautiful and artful look Nichols and his cinematographer brought to this film. That all movies could look this good!
buddy51 2 months ago
13 people here are bastard like this number
DDKILLER990 2 months ago
To the poster (spykrat) - This is my favourite part of the movie. Thanks for posting it, and including all the 'Scarborough Fair' material !
searcherboy 2 months ago
What a F'in badass. That's the way to get married
mitrojsr 4 months ago
of course he is going the wrong way on the Oakland Bay bridge, towards San Fran not Berkley.
bumperu 4 months ago
@bumperu haha, I noticed that too! but going under the bridge would be more video footie, no?
mitrojsr 4 months ago
@mitrojsr *poor
mitrojsr 4 months ago
Its completely baked.
bumperu 4 months ago
Mom woke up the dead 2:05
druttenberg74 6 months ago 2
is it me or is 5:05 NOT the university of california berkeley, but the university of southern california? shocking how many movies are filmed at USC but claim to be some other school.
IsaacH1273 7 months ago
@nedalnekbrad What are you talking about? I'm not planning on shooting Dustin Hoffman.
Owen045 8 months ago
daniel brou
czc0112358 8 months ago
Hi Owen045. I've watched this movie over 40 times, actually each year since I was 16 (not includeing twice the first time I saw it at the theater). It's my favorite. I chuckle at the same things each time, too! Underplayed acting and humor, great camera work, and who can find any fault with the soundtrack??
rubinds1 8 months ago
"It's completely baked." - lol
jmkeller 8 months ago
cbranalli 8 months ago 3
@greengringo2003 I can see that you're out for a fight, but you won't find one here.
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HE CERTAINLY IS A GOOD WALKER. rollin.....
jimsmithctc 9 months ago
Love that car!
Vectorh 10 months ago
to be perfectly honest she doesnt like me.
heydanielbrou 10 months ago
daniel brou
heydanielbrou 10 months ago
absolutely LOVE this scene.
meandthemoon123 10 months ago
What's with the maniac screams in this movie? You have Ben's mom screaming in this scene and Elaine screaming at the bitter end, both very high pitched and ear splitting!
tudostein 11 months ago
MR ROPER!!!!!
thehoneychild1 11 months ago
Beautiful film with a beautiful soundtrack. Don't Hollywood DARE do a remake of this one. Some films are best left alone.
uksnootyfox 11 months ago 22
@uksnootyfox
They should a prequel and call it "The Undergraduate".
12darosenb 2 months ago
She was indeed a true love of mine...And she always will be....
spandeyca 11 months ago
The world would be so much more peaceful if everybody listened to Simon and Garfunkel.
jneil2007 11 months ago
great video..
dogbutter99 11 months ago
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This movie is a masterpiece.
bythemoon138 1 year ago
Some of the main cast in this film like (obviously Hoffman), even Katherine Ross had other good roles in later movies.
I mean, who'd have thought Katherine Ross (Elaine) would later portray the psychologist of a still yet-to-be known Jake Gyllenhaal in "Donnie Darko?"
twist58 1 year ago
the fact that they picked a new fresh face to play benjamin really made this movie for me...the book had ben as blond and very tall...so hoffman must have swayed mike nichols...genius move...my kids heard me talk about this movie a lot...and they all eventually discovered it on their own...and loved it
UNDERGROUND2000 1 year ago
agreed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mom's scream is just brilliant.
I saw this film when it was first released.
I must be getting old now as I'm starting to find mom rather dishy. lol
duckgeezer 1 year ago
9:40
jetcrashnow 1 year ago
"Well what makes you think she even wants to marry you?"
"She doesn't. To be perfectly frank she doesn't even like me."
XD
PurpleFrogger5 1 year ago
External campus scenes shot not at UC Berkeley but at Alumni Park, University of Southern California.
marcabra 1 year ago
@marcabra However, the panning shot of Elaine walking as Benjamin watches her is of Sproul Plaza on the Berkeley campus.
fireworks54 11 months ago
Mr. Hoffman-----you are a brilliant actor, sir.
tedGEGI 1 year ago
I have trouble watching Dustin Hoffman without thinking his going to say "I'm an excellent driver".
Downbytheriver01 1 year ago
The mom's scream cracks me up everytime! Too funny!
BiberkopfBear 1 year ago
Great story, music, acting and photography framing, every scene feels so interesting and important alone. Silence and time become main characters.
87490111 1 year ago
one of best movie i have ever seen really a marvelous movie must watch it
MrMaddy87 1 year ago
I'm one of those outside agitators.
Brainabutler26 1 year ago
good man ben...i'm fully baked too.
stsz12 1 year ago
what's the car benjamin drives in this movie, its gorgeous
jgsnc2 1 year ago
@jgsnc2
1960's Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto (or Boat Tail Spider) - they replaced it with the square/kamm style back end a few years after which wasn't half as nice.
StuChacks 1 year ago
I love this scene. To loved is truly priceless.
Haynd 1 year ago
i miss college life
sanyo51 1 year ago
'67...It was the time...
vandergraaf78 1 year ago
Who'd have thought that the actor who plays the on-screen father of Dustin Hoffman's character was none other than Mr. George Feeny of "Boy Meets World" in later years?
twist58 1 year ago
Elaine is the type of girl I'd like to fuk! SHE'S SO HOT!
WizardOfHumor1989 1 year ago
I was born in 1967...far out
232323C 1 year ago
9:20
I sat in on a class at university of NSW, once session, when the teacher found out she told me to quit coming.
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Definitely a no-no, nowadays.
Call1800POO 1 year ago
A lovely film and beautiful scenery, much to think of as ideal and something to attain.
Thanks to colmas yesterday, for the response to my comment below.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy
ABigOneLikeDaddys 1 year ago
"ben this idea sounds pretty half baked"
"oh its not, its completely baked."
colmas 1 year ago
Has anyone else ever become completely obsessed with this film. I have this urge to watch it every day, and when I don't it's just depressing.
Owen045 1 year ago 70
@Owen045
Dear Colin,
I am not obsessed with this film but with 'The Whisperers' (1967)
The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. When she discovers stolen money hidden by her son, she believes her fantasy has come true.
Available on You-Tube.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy
ABigOneLikeDaddys 1 year ago
@Owen045 I went through a faze exactly like that once.
Django5198 1 year ago
@Owen045 Yes. i believe the music, plus Dustin's incredible acting, have alot to do with it. Eerily inspiring.
tommerrigan1956 1 year ago
@Owen045 Passed through the same thing ;)
LiamMalakian 10 months ago
@Owen045 Um, you might look into what self-control can do for you. Seems like our ancestors had it. Just a thought. Have a nice day.
greengringo2003 9 months ago
@Owen045 a little army of Mark David Chapman breeding here.... you guys are scary .
nedalnekbrad 8 months ago
@Owen045 I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but I've seen it many times. It still holds up after multiple viewings. Great writing, acting and direction, filled with details and quirks of timing that add depth, humour and meaning. It's an American comedy of manners. I love the sequence when he drives to Berkeley with 'Scarborough Fair' on the soundtrack. It's poetry.
searcherboy 2 months ago
"we thought you said by the monkey house" LOL i seriously can't get enough of dustin hoffman in this movie... hilarious.
mundanelifeof 1 year ago
Recognize the dad from "Boy Meet's World" anyone??? (he played the Principal) in the 90's t.v. show...
dobie315 1 year ago
This film is way ahead of it's time.
DazedConfused1969 1 year ago 2
the scenes when he is driving nad its just showing his car from an aerial view...so beautiful
HoldOnTightxx 1 year ago
How can you dislike this? Should the music have been played by phil collins instead?
mitrojsr 1 year ago
Love the scene when he's staring into the aquarium. You can tell he dosn't belong thier anymore and it's time to move on in life.
SCHRUBBE1966 1 year ago
how can you NOT like this?
mitrojsr 1 year ago
love that car!
kvnlmn 1 year ago
@kvnlmn One of these days, I'm going to get an Alfa Romeo, just for the hell of it...
007jas 1 year ago
2:06 why does she scream like that
The656 1 year ago
8:40
The Zoo?
She is on the wrong bus for the Zoo.
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She should get off at Van Ness and get a number 22.
.
Ask for a transfer.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy
Call1800POO 1 year ago 2
Where might he have been driving, when in that deep-forest-green [3:00], prior to riding on the Bay Bridge, towards Oakland?
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I can't work out where he might have been coming from, I mean what neighbourhood in the film or in reality; any bay area natives have an idea?
Cheers.
from,
del-boy.
Call1800POO 1 year ago
@Call1800POO
yea thats something strange about the film, he does drive away from UC berkeley and towards the city...
colmas 1 year ago
what song is playing
SakkeusKukkonen 1 year ago
omg the moms scream is sooo funny!!
911xtina 1 year ago
Dear 911,
yes, almost as loudly as her blouse screams !
.
Want some toast?
Cheers.
from,
del-boy.
Call1800POO 1 year ago
@911xtina That scream WAS hilarious.
blacksamcooke 1 year ago
just saw it at 'retrolove movies' im in love with Benjamin :S
mishy121 1 year ago
anne bancroft was only 6 years older than dustin hoffman even though her character was supposed to be twice his age
talk about a double standard!
welcomefriends123 1 year ago
this is such pot smoking music lol
rizzer31 1 year ago
oh yeah...watch for a young Richard Dreyfuss who says to the Norman Fell character "You want me to call the police?...I'll call the police."
rowdymax1 1 year ago
Dad: "Ben, I think this marriage idea is half-baked"
Ben: "No, dad...it's fully-baked"
rowdymax1 1 year ago 3
The helicopter shots from 3:03 to 3:55, with Scarborough Fair on the soundtrack, comprise as beautiful a cinematic minute (or 52 seconds) as I have ever witnessed. This film is visually the most beautiful of the 60s, in my opinion.
reynolde98 1 year ago 4
I think it's the most beautifully executed American film EVER. I was THERE with Benjamin when he crossed the Golden Gate to get his woman. Haha. I was right there with him.
cavaleer 1 year ago
Sorry, that wasn't the Golden Gate, it looks like the Bay Bridge but I'm not sure.
cavaleer 1 year ago
@reynolde98 So true!! The most beautiful movie of the sixties, maybe of all-time. The shots are so haunting and painfully beautiful.
Olimogtaba 1 year ago
The Golden Gate! Harpsichord! Benjamin's half baked unconverted rice! and everything!
harponercam 1 year ago
A bad movie. Hoffman was far too old.
FrankClanton 1 year ago
a classic coming of age story
gham619 1 year ago
What happened to his arm at 1:43, never noticed that before.
jb2134 1 year ago
Probably from jerking off to much.
wovokanarchy 1 year ago
wt' s the name of this song??
ctw0904 1 year ago
songs called `Scarborough Fair/Canticle´ by Simon and Garfunkel :)
Dyln19 1 year ago
Great film :) nice clip
jennivega2001 2 years ago 2
It's not a movie about a creep, its just a stylistic and quite-brilliantly audatous love story.
A film that always reminds me of The Graduate for some reason is Punch-Drunk Love. It's just as strange and arthouse. I love them both to death!
jakespick 2 years ago 2
This movie is really about a creepy stalker who won't take no for an answer. In real life this dude would probably take a gun to his so-called "love'' as well as her fiance/
wovokanarchy 2 years ago
you're a heartless moron
theamblingalp 2 years ago 3
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Why? The movie is about a stalker.
wovokanarchy 2 years ago
@wovokanarchy its about a college grad who in the end finds something to fight for
zombiemonster 2 years ago
If you understand the storyline, you will understand his character.
nickeax 1 year ago
I love this movie...Dustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross ~ they are so awesome. She is stunning.
Ahavah8Ahavah 2 years ago
The movie: good story, great editing, great soundtrack. The 60s. You had to be there.
007jas 2 years ago 8
@007jas I was there. Much of it sucked. Especially all the self-possessed baby boomers. I was a little older and watched their tantrums. Now many of them are "teaching" in the universities. It's called societal cancer.
greengringo2003 9 months ago
@greengringo2003 Correct.
But the cars of the day, especially little cars like the Alfa Duetto, were better than what we have today, at least in terms of style.
SPQRImperator 7 months ago 3
@007jas was it awesome?
Django5198 8 months ago
i watched this last night, id never heard of it before and had no expectations of what i was about to see. it was one of the most entrancing films i have ever become witness to. it at first had nothing peculiar about it except a quiet mystique. it drew me in and now is a must see in my opinion. and i really really crave Simon & Garfunkel now lol this film is before my time but is something relevant to today i think. one word. plastic
conorlynch121 2 years ago
60's and 70's should come back the world is shit now
mockinator15 2 years ago 3
@mockinator15 Don't you think you're forgetting about the Vietnam War, the draft, the Cold War, Civil Rights Violence, so on and so forth.
I think you're looking at the 60s and 70s through rose colored glasses.
skimarcus 2 years ago
@skimarcus
Lol, nice way of putting it with what you wrote in your last sentence.
deoine0lynches 1 year ago
@mockinator15 agreed it would have been great to live in that time, jealous
ravsk8er12 1 year ago
It's easy to romanticize the past, but those decades like skimarcus stated, had its share of discord, turbulence and tragedy. But in the field of the arts and music, it flourished.
Gage1960 1 year ago
i wan't watch The Graduate 1967 full? some one can help me?
wwwanhtuan 2 years ago
Purchase it.
Gipper4433 2 years ago 4
2:06 - Holy shit. Even puts Jim Carrey's overacting to shame.
cvg1099 2 years ago 2
"It's not half baked, it's completely baked"
thesomewhatwise 2 years ago 2
lmaooooo 'to be perfectly honest she doesnt like me' *leaves room*
dbc06 2 years ago
Best Movie!!
Adamc753 2 years ago
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Fucking crap movie, Hoffman was FAR too old for the part.
PeterFirthFan 2 years ago
I watched this again last night, watching a young kathrine ross was bliss, oh yeah and a great film.
queensrgt1986 2 years ago
He certainly is a good walker...
coach777777 2 years ago
this is absolutely one of my favourite scenes in any movie.
bikiiscool 2 years ago
"He certainly is a good walker!"
annieeatscereal 2 years ago
god. what a great film.
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He's a creepy stalker!
Trelli28 2 years ago
Actually when one thinks about it. your right.
wovokanarchy 2 years ago
Thank you kind sir.
Trelli28 2 years ago
I really love that song, but it looks little bit depressing by listenning more thant once a day.
BioRockLennon 2 years ago 10
Sure xD But It´s really great ^^
flashdesunamic 2 years ago
"mr. roper" at 6:26 - 'I like to know what my boys are up too...' ha, ha, ha. this movie is always a blast to watch.
deemilieu 2 years ago 2
2:06 is hilarious. buck henry wrote this screenplay?
deemilieu 2 years ago 2
1:42 - you can see the hypertropic burn scar on dustin's forearm. he got it cooking.
deemilieu 2 years ago
thiz iz a classic. the very good old 80z. look at the moviez now, filled with fake cgz, violence, blood and lamelezz sex. i mizz those dayz.
nbafanzizback 2 years ago
80's? The film was released in 1967...
qwal1984 2 years ago 22
@nbafanzizback
this was made in 1967...
Tharris550 1 year ago
Excelente película, simplemente excelente
leniasb 2 years ago
count this old Taiwanese in, Jesus!
taichung2020 2 years ago
4 or 5 incredible camera tricks in just 10 minutes!!!
It's hard to believe there's a better film than this.
danieltm86 2 years ago 6
There is not!
tcampbellla 2 years ago
tiny little dustin
rehmutwehmut 2 years ago
lulz.
MitchGambino 2 years ago
25 years later, I still lake this movie. The girl is so erotic...
SiegfriedRatel 2 years ago
dude try 42 yrs
nbafaninny 2 years ago 3
Fucking hell! I am getting old!
SiegfriedRatel 2 years ago 4
ain't we all
dasboot211221 2 years ago 3
Me too--try 43!! I was still in HS when this came out. I remember skipping school to ride to bus to downtown St. Louis to one of the new cool "cinemas" to see it. It was very erotic and all back then for two 15/16 y/o girls, and SO funny! That S/G music will be with me forever. For those of you wishing you were were alive back then, if you love your music and films of today, you'll feel that way too, after 30 or 40 years. It's called wanting to be young again!
lkmmom1952 1 year ago
Amazing Just simply Amazing
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eleanoquilly 2 years ago
were can i see the whole thing?
envoy3 2 years ago
from buying the dvd :P
katiezpm 2 years ago 5
the scream at 2:06 is hilarious.
saturn11 2 years ago 6
aaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaai don't believe it
rehmutwehmut 2 years ago 3
LMAOO I KNO
vidchick8 2 years ago
That's the guy from the Three's Company.
MitchGambino 2 years ago
the great Norman Fell!
saturn11 2 years ago
i love simon and garfunkel :D
ohxlivia 2 years ago 4
i had never seen nor had i ever heard about this movie until i took my first Film class 3 years ago. thanks to a wonderful teacher who introduced us to MANY classic and impressive films!
mundanelifeof 2 years ago 3
ya i didn't see it till last week week now its one of my favorites .Its like a bottle of wine its get better the older it gets!!
timpatjoe 2 years ago 3
wonderful memories. thank you!
catandpiddle 2 years ago
what is the name of this song?
sabytheblackcat 2 years ago
scarborough fair by Simon and Garfunkel
MrFusion90 2 years ago
Scarborough Fair" By Simon and Garfunkel
mmiller71 2 years ago
Timeless. Decades do not diminish. Thanks for posting this.
broomstick25 2 years ago 2
Hah, this is exactly the scene I was looking for.
MitchGambino 2 years ago
I love the whole movie..watched it uncountable times
the diving scene in the pool..great
hossi77 2 years ago
absolutely love 2:03
Weirdnj 2 years ago
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Weirdnj 2 years ago
ouaou cool
seraina0star 2 years ago
this is a great movie but I cannot imagine someone marrying the daughter of a previous ex lover.....
raquijada 2 years ago 4
"It's completely baked." I crack up every time I hear this.
columbusclipper 2 years ago 2
Best part of this scene is the toast. Watch it a few times and you'll be laughing your head off.
jmkeller 2 years ago 5
the mother's scream shattered my eardrum.
ArtsyPhilosophyGuy 2 years ago 2
lol I have 6 speakers surrounding me,
Viccy182 2 years ago 3
LOL Did the windows in your house break? xD
BlueSilverStars 2 years ago
i saw this film when i was about 15. it is one of my all time favourites the story the acting and more importantly the music it introduced me to simon and garfunkel. one wonders if ever they remade it. could they better it? i do not think so. long live mrs robinson and r.i.p. anne bancroft
5916tony 2 years ago 11