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My god, you recognized a very young Richard Dryfuss who was a background character for less than a few seconds, but could not spot Dustin Hoffman when his face and name were on screen together at the same time and looked at him throughout the film for 2 hours before you realized it was him. đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł Priceless.
He wasn't wearing a dress. That's what threw her.
Well, she is a moron
Richard has more character.
This is the Ashleigh we're all here for.
@@toxicginger9936 I feel sorry for you if you waste time watching this moron
Simon & Garfunkel are iconic legends of their time.
Simon's an iconic legend of songwriting of all time.
"This guy looks familiar. Who is he?... Dustin Hoffman? Love that guy!...Who is this guy?"
Classic @awkwardashleigh
This is why we love you @awkwardashleigh Please never change đ
"Is that a young Richard Dreyfuss?"
Exactly, she was staring at Dustin Hoffman the whole time and couldn't figure it out. lol
even said his name in credits Dustin Hoffman love that guy
Simon & Garfunkel provided the perfect mood for the various scenes.
My family name is Robinson. I saw this with my parents when I was 17. After the film, a friend of mine who was at the same show came up greeted us in a voice loud enough for half the theater to hear "Hello Mrs Robinson!" Embarrassed, she replied: "I'm not THAT Mrs Robinson!"
Fun fact: Anne Bancroft was married to Mel Brooks until her death in 2005. They never stopped being in love and Mel still carries a torch for her. The secret to their relationship? He made her laugh. Theirs was one of the great unheralded Hollywood love stories.
He gave her a great scene in "Silent Movie" which is one of his films that I don't think Ashleigh has reacted to.
I've seen them being compared to Jessica and Roger Rabbit
@@CalliopePony AGGHHHHHH!!!!! I LOVE THE TANGO SCENE!
@@rebeccassweetmusic4632 Me too!
And her credits in "To Be Or Not To Be" Anne's name appears in parenthesis until she shoots Mel a look and he fixes it. A running gag held over from the original "To Be Or Not To Be" with Carol Lombard and Jack Benny.
The end of the film is classically iconic. The whole "okay... now what?" look on Elaine and Benjamin's faces as they drive away on the bus summarizes the story brilliantly.
*NOT* recognizing Dustin Hoffman even when you see him standing next to his name makes this a brilliant video đ.
professional right here
That regal nose of his *IS* pretty hard to miss. But he looks nothing like Captain Hook at that age, to be fair. Ashleigh, you should put "Rain Man" on your list! Pure acting genius!đ
@@awkwardashleigh hhah AND he has the same voice and the second lead lol Small trivia about the casting of BEN" the producer asked handsome young Rob Redford and told the basic plot ( shy and not successful wth girls) and he smiled and said You really think thats what vibes I give off? đ€Ł
"Little Big Man"
Not recognising the DOUBLE OSCAR WINNER Dustin Hoffman is...not good to put it mildly đđ©
The wildest thing about this reaction is the hate for Simon & Garfunkel. I thought they were still pretty well-known -- and beloved.
Nah, they suck
â@@moviesbye9294 yeah thats why they have seven grammy awards and sold millions of albums in their careers đđđđđđđ
@@KentuckyBrad Accidents happens : )
This movie was definitely of itâs time. I was 17 when it came out and it had an affect on an entire generation. The next year I bought a new VW bug, applied for college at Berkeley and eventually married a boy who was a Vietnam combat vet. What a time it was.
I grew up in Oakland and went to Berkeley. It always bugged me that Ben is driving from San Francisco to Berkeley on the top level of the Bay Bridge. The top level goes in the opposite direction. I guess filming him driving on the lower level would not be as picturesque.
bless your heart, lady. You gave this man a purpose in life to stay alive. Because Nam really broke an entire generation of young men.... *hugs you* Bless you so much, You and your husband.
@@beancount61 That always bothered me as well. So many geography errors in lots of a TV shows and movies. Another thing that really used to bothered me was cinema depictions of sports athletes or professional sports players. It was often clear that the actor or actress was not any good at the thing they are supposed to be a professional or expert at.
"They only had like one band for this soundtrack, huh?" LOL! Only the most famous singing duo, pretty much ever.
When this was made you couldn't have gotten a better soundtrack at any price. Classic Simon and Garfunkel songs.
It started the trend of pop music film scores.
Well, she is a moron
Yes, it hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Hundred for Albums. Mrs. Robinson was the number 1 song for 3 Weeks. It also is considered one of the greatest songs written for a movie. The Sound of Silence has spent plenty of time as a meme now. I played Scarborough Fair at a school concert. I even have the original soundtrack album on record. It's a significant recording, definitely propelling Simon and Garfunkel's careers into the stratosphere. Both are still performing over half a century later. They've cemented their place as icons of the 1960's.
Hearing her trash S&G was difficult to listen to but she's a millennial.
@@tristramcoffin926 She's difficult to listen to as is
Recognising Richard Dreyfuss from his 4 second uncredited appearance, but not Dustin Hoffmann is brilliant
Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks were such a wonderful married couple. They were together for 44 years.
44
@@keenanvil Yep, sorry my mistake, they married 61 years ago, she passed away about 20 years ago.
They made a great movie together as well - "To Be or Not To Be". Not sure if Ashleigh has watched it or not, but I feel pretty sure she'd like it!
Ann Bancroft wasn't too much holder than Dustn Hoffman they had to make her look older to look like a middle aged women
Don't forget that Anne made an appearance as the Gypsy woman in Dracula Dead and Loving It!
Yeah, you love him so much that you don't know who he is while you're looking right at him.
Not sure whatâs worse, not recognizing Hoffman or hating on Simon and Garfunkel
They played it at least three times. Playing the same song twice is a risky move in any movie, but three!
Ignorance Is both visually and
hearing impaired
Wow! Ashleigh has a great eye of spotting a young Richard Dreyfuss just for a few seconds in one scene.
Elaine yelled like that because she knew in her heart that Ben was telling her the truth about her mother.
Omg i was rollin...sees Dustin Hoffmans name " I love that guy " see's Dustin Hoffman...who's that guy? đ€Łđ€Ł that was priceless Ashleigh
Fun fact. The last scene on the bus was sort of improvised. The script called for them running to the bus and sitting on the rear bench. HOWEVER, the director never called "cut!" So Hoffman and Ross just set there unsure of what was going on. It made for a very poignant last scene.
I watched this film with a friend whose obsessed with happy endings, he HATED that last moment, but I love it.
Because it's sort of not important if what they did was the right thing to do. It was what they chose to do. What's important is they're not letting other people control their lives any more.
@@aspilurch Crying out for a sequel.
@@ElectraAlan there is a sequel novel
@ElectraAlan I believe both Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross have been asked if they thought their characters' relationship would've lasted, they both flat out said 'no.'
@@ElectraAlan Not for me; the ending is a rare example of a film reminding us that life never really gives you closure, even when the heroes ride off into the sunset. Ben and Elaine probably aren't really in love, but it's really about these characters breaking free of their parents and gaining their own agency over their lives - which made it so important to young cinema goers in the 1960's.
Your question at the end of the movie was exactly the question the director intended to present to the audience.
lol "now what" is definitely the point of that long ending on the bus
Referenced recently in the TV version of _Interview with the Vampire._
Yeah, she caught on to that but I notice that in this video, she didn't really pay too much attention to that ending. That's one of the more famous endings in movie history.
â@flibber123 Paying attention to a movie is beyond her capabilities. She's more interested in the sound of her own voice than watching a film (which apparently she has never done in her life.)
Kim, it's a reaction channel.
@@KimStinson-cf7vxnot sure why youâre here Karen. Are you new to reaction channels? They donât just sit and watch the film ya gimp. đ
The underlying theme for this movie is youth culture vs adult culture. Everything is set up for Ben and Elaine to be sucked into their parents way of life but they both would rather be free. As a sign of the times in the late sixties, they got their freedom and didn't fall into the stale, PLASTIC patterns of their parents, but didn't know what to do with their new found freedom once they made the break. This is all shown in the final scene on the bus as their smiles fade to empty sadness. Ben was literally fighting them off with a cross like they were vampires that were going to drain them and have Ben and Elaine follow in their footsteps.
I used to teach film, and I always used this movie as the divining line between "old" and "modern" film. It changed how movies were made, how they looked and were edited, music soundtracks, etc. It's a masterpiece.
*dividing
This and Bonnie and Clyde make a strong case for 1967 being the beginning of modern cinema (at least modern American cinema).
Boomers had the graduate.
Gen x had St. Elmo's Fire
Millennial had Legally Blonde?
I shutter for the next generation...
@@pollyester303 I just got even dumber reading what you wrote. Millennials have a lot of good films that are reminiscent of The Graduate. The thought that there aren't any genre pushing films being made is asinine. Plenty of great films are being released, you just refuse to watch them or stick to whatever the algorithm spits out. Some of my favorite films and shows came out of the last decade alone.
â@@thomasgeorggoenitzerYep 1967 was a MAJOR MILESTONE for modern cinema from the late 60s up until the late 90s and early 2Ks. Groundbreaking year with Sgt Pepper being released musically and certain counter culture films being released in the mid to late 60s.
I love that Norman Fell plays a landlord in this too. đ
A landlord suspicious of a male tenant who is engaging in in illicit sexual behaviour, at that ...
My reaction was hi Mr Roper!
The soundtrack is fantastic. I never get tired of Simon & Garfunkel
if you 'only have one band for the soundtrack', they're not the worst to have
No one does, except a moron like her
I love S&G, but she does have a point that the soundtrack is a little repetitive.
@@mjs752002 The only point she has is on the top of her head
@@mjs752002 It's the motif
Robert Redford wanted the starring role in this movie. The director said he didn't think Redford could play a loser.
"What are you talking about? I can play a loser."
"Bob, when's the last time a woman actually shot you down?"
"What do you mean?"
I guess he needed to have the concept explained to him. Notice that Hoffman's rival for the girl's affections looks kind of like Redford.
THAT leg is not Anne Bancroft's it belongs to Linda Gray who played Sue Ellen in the tv series "Dallas". Katharine Ross is Sam Elliot's wife, as others have suggested do watch "Midnight Cowboy" a gritty timeless movie with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. We all took our earrings out to answer the phone, I was born in 62 and still did it for ages.
I never did but, then again, I never wore clip-on earrings, always pierced so there was no need. (Born a few years before you were)
Well yeah, cuz if you didn't, you heard a bunch of amplified clunks as your earring bumped against the handset! (1961 baby here)
Yeah, they always did on TV and in movies.
@@hectorsmommy1717 I always did because I felt the ear adapted better to the shape of the receiver, also because I saw my mother and aunts doing it growing up. Wore clip ons for a few years but they become uncomfortable after a while.
@@ejtappan1802 Yes and it felt quite rude to pull the phone away to take it off when you were already talking.
This is the movie that made Dustin Hoffman a star. And you are the first person I've ever heard of who doesn't like listening to Simon and Garfunkel.
"Plastics" was Buck Henry's idea. He said people would frequently yell that word at him after the movie came out.
The final shot is so amazing. Ben and Elaine have literally smashed through the divide between them and their parentâs generation (full of isolation and âplasticâ)âŠ.and now they have no idea whatâs next. Their faces go from joy to uncertainty in just seconds. Theyâre freeâŠ.but to what end?
2:04 Not recognizing Dustin Hoffman! đ€Łđđ€Ł
Ashleigh reads credits:âDUSTIN HOFFMAN!! Love that guy.â
Ashleigh sees him 2 seconds later: âWho is this guy? I know him, and the minute it clicks with meâŠâ
Fun Fact: Dustin was only 6 years younger than Ann Bancroft who played Mrs. Robinson.
Movie also has Mr Feeny from Boy Meets World.
Yes and I think Hoffman and the actor who played his father were even closer in age
Also Norman Fell, aka Mr. Roper from Three's Company "You one of those outside agitators?" "Agitators? What's that?" Answer: Hippies. This was the 60s.
You know him as Mr Feeny, but he will always be KITT for me from Knight Rider.
Does _nobody_ know that guy from 1776 or from St. Elsewhere?
@@christopherb501 St. Elsewhere is the show I always associate William Daniels with. Loved that show!
Anne Bancroft was so incredibly hot. Her whole life. Mel Brooks always complained that he hated meeting any man who grew up in the '60s and '70s. They always ending up mentioning, "You know, your wife was responsible for my sexual awakening."
Mr. Robinson was played by the same actor who was the mayor in Jaws
He'd be easier to recognize with that kick ass anchor jacket.
He was good in "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium."
His name was Murray Hamilton.
And his dad was Mr. Feeney đ
And the guy who asks Norman Fell if he should get the cops is played by the same actor who was the oceanopgrapher in Jaws.
I could never be sick of sound of silenceđą
And Disturbed doing this song is off the charts!
@@zedwpd i don't like disturbed's version . . . at all.
@@user-yn1sf9mq3z While I prefer the original, I do think Disturbed's version is a testament to his singing ability and offers a very powerful version of the more melancholy classic.
Anne Bancroft remained beautiful for her whole life. I'm think being married to Mel Brooks helped her remain youthful.
The wedding scene was spoofed in Wayne's World 2.
And The Simpsons of course.
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"Why is this so awkward?" Because Dustin is playing a virgin, he's a method actor and he nailed it, his method acting won him an Oscar for Rain Man. Ash needs to see Hero co-starring Geena Davis and Wag The Dog co-starring Robert de Niro.
This movie was an incredibly popular film when it was released. Most of the soundtrack was done by Simon & Garfunkel. They were a top singing duo with a lot of popular songs. I think they were the first âpopularâ act to play such an important part in a mainstream movie. The song âMrs. Robinsonâ won the Grammy as best Record of the Year.
Yup. That album is great. Two amazing singers and songwriters and together they are and were absolutely incredible.
ABOUT THAT LIGHTER...
That was what we called a table lighter. I'm 52...I never used one, but when I was little there was one smack dab in the middle of our coffee table in the living room, for visitors to use.
Incidentally, next to it was an ornate metal flower sculpture, and you removed the petals and turned them over, and they were all little ash trays!
I can be almost certain that every man would love to have had an Alfa Romeo Spyder for his graduation. So that part of the answer to your question is âyesâ.
One of the earliest to come with standard fuel injection. When Ben is trying to get to the wedding, he probably had plenty of gas, but the injectors clogged up. It was such a a problem that it became common on that 1966 model to replace the ratty injector system with a pair of Weber carbs. They even made a DIY kit so you could do it in your driveway in a couple of hours.
In Mel Brooksâs autobiography, he said that he attended a few outings just to ask out Anne Bancroft. After meeting him a second time, she jokingly said to him, âYouâre stalking me!â
It is hard to understand just how this spoke to a generation. In 1967 there was what was called the generation gap. The divide between the parents and the college students seemed immense. This story talked to the generation that seems so apart. Also, this was a movie that helped to change Hollywood forever. How this movie became not just a symbol but a linchpin for an entire era cannot be understood. Unless you lived during this time it was a thunderbolt upon society. This made Dustin Hoffman a star and forever change the great Anne Bancroft to be identified as Mrs. Robinson. The director, Mike Nichols, influenced a generation of film directors. And if you tell people of a certain age that you have one word for them, you would immediately hear plastics. Iâm glad you enjoyed it. Thereâs certain movies that have a double punch that only those that lived at the time can understand. But there is great, social commentary, humor, and a wild story.there was another movie in 1967 that also shook the audiences and the population that time. It was Bonnie and Clyde and it starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. You had a great reaction and Iâm glad that you enjoyed the movie.
"Catcher in the Rye." The generation gap was there before 1967.
Thank you for explaining the times so well.
@@ElectraAlan Yes. It was a theme for the post war era. The beat generation , Rebel Without a Cause, etc. But the anti war movement, the civil rights battles, the radical change in fashion , and the change of acceptable standards was leading to the disaffected college age group that seemed so radical. Catcher In The Rye, On The Road, seemed so distant to most but the new long hair, the music, and watching your kids or a friends kids protesting the war ( their patents had fought in WWII or Korea) and it all on the news or Ed Sullivan⊠it was a lot.
@@marieparsons9908 It was so odd. If you were alive itâs hard to explain the feelings to those that were not born. One way for movie fans is the Hollywood Sex Comedy( remember that phrase?). A few years earlier Cary Grant and Doris Day starred in the sex comedy That Touch Of Mink. That was considered risquĂ© and very adult. 5 years later we had The Graduate . Like The Beatles made the popular 1963 singers seem old fashioned, The Graduate changed the way Hollywood handled sex as a theme forever. Would Pillow Talk, The Seven Year Itch, or Under The Yum Yum Tree be made the same or be popular after 1967? Very very doubtful.
one word: plastics
This is 1967. Right in the middle of the Civil Rights movement. There were demonstrations EVERYWHERE. Also in you could not get a better soundtrack than Simon and Garfunkel. They were huge and this film made them even bigger. This is just before their Bridge Over Troubled Water album. This whole film is a commentary on the differences between the two generations. About doing what is expected of you by your parents and what you want to do. This topic had not been done so successfully before. This was the first. Also a first to use pop culture band as a soundtrack.
âDustin Hoffman?! I love this guy!âŠWho is this guy??!â đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Not you thinking all those different Simon & Garfunkel songs were the same song over and over, and not recognising Dustin Hoffman was just hilarious đđđ Love you girl, never change!
Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Director.
The rest of the Oscars went to In The Heat of The Night.
It made $189 million dollars ($857 million dollars today) against a $3 million dollar budget.
now that is a film she should watch too...
@@terweeme There's only been one 'big' reactor who's looked at In the Heat of the Night. Just waiting for the others to catch on.
â@@gregh.g.83it will take some time
You have to understand that this was 1967. Flower power, suburban wife swapping, the Vietnam War and a complete shift of society norms was happening. Old ideas were out and the new generation was changing everything. While not one of my favorite movies from my youth, it did introduce me to a long term crush on Katherine Ross. She decided that Sam Eliotte was a better catch - hard to argue with that...
Now if you want another film from the same time that had a slightly different feel of the times - please (pretty please) watch "Easy Rider". You already know Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper, this will introduce you to Peter Fonda (Henry's little boy).
"She left her own wedding to a doctor to run off with the guy who slept with her Mom."
Coincidentally, the Phil Donahue Show premiered in November of that year.
Holy crap that's a brilliant observation! Hilarious.
Murray Hamilton, who portrays "Mr. Robinson" in THE GRADUATE was also the Mayor in JAWS who gave Richard Dreyfuss' Oceanographic Institute character grief.
Ashleigh, Simon & Garfunkel, did the soundtrack! They are one of the greatest duos, and Paul Simon, is one of the greatest songwriters, in history! Their music is GREAT! Your generation, wishes it had music, as fine as this!
This is as close to a perfect piece of cinema as you are ever going to see. Sorry that you don't quite get the point of the soundtrack, each song is deeply embedded in the emotional resonance of each scene. Glad you were pleased by the rest of it, but I have literally spent my entire life studying and teaching film and there are only a very small handful like this one that are so perfectly composed, including one of the most brilliant final shots in American cinema history.
Accidental, apparently, since Hoffman and Ross had finished the scripted part of the scene, but Nichols left the camera running and realized it was a better, more ambiguous way to end the film.
Thank you for your thoughts. I think you had to be there to fully understand it. Must be tough to try and explain it to kids.
I don't know what's worse, not recognizing Dustin Hoffman or not recognizing Simon & Garfunkel.
And Scarborough Fair is one of the greatest songs ever.
I am so with you! But again she is using today's standards to judge a film that changed movies.
"To Sir With Love" is a good song, too. But when you hear it 4 times in the movie of the same name, you've about had enough of it by number 3, and by number 4 you're ready to strangle someone.
It's the 60s. These kids know ZERO CLASSIC SONGS These days. They even talk crap about The Beatles saying they were overrated. Yep that's how they get down in 2024.
Its really hard to watch these millenials sometimes. ugh
@@cashflowhustles You actually said "These kids......These days". Calm down.
Nobody mentioned Norman Fell, but he was the guy at the door and a character actor for years. Maybe best known as the landlord on _Three's Company_ and its spinoff, _The Ropers._
He was in a lot of great movies: PT-109, Bullitt, Oceans Eleven, Inherit the Wind, Catch-22...
Also, in a bit part was "Aunt Clara" from Bewitched (the TV show not the movie).
Young Dustin Hoffman was actually 30 years old when this was released while Anne bancroft was about 36. it was released 57 years ago but he still wears it well.
She was so good in "The Elephant Man" too. What a lady.
And William Daniels, playing Ben's father is only 10 years older than Hoffman. At least Bancroft was old enough to be Katherine Ross' mother.
@@takemeaway285Anne Bancroft was born in 1931 and Katherine Ross was born in 1940!
This movie is iconic and was extremely successful. I love her. I can't believe you were bothered by Simon and Gardfunkel's music, when it was one of the most famous things in this movie. You haven't appreciated the masterful performances of Bancroft and Hoffmann. I can't appreciate your reaction.
I don't think this movie is understandable unless you were there. I haven't seen one young person get it.
"bigger budget for soundtrack" LOL... the movie full of songs by Simon&Garfunkle, one of the hotests acts of the time! The soundtrack album probably made the studio as much money as the box office, at least! They made a song specifically for the movie and it has to be one of the best songs made for a movie
Everything in this movie has a meaning. Him sitting next to his aquarium with the scuba diver foreshadowing of himself as a scuba diver in the pool and feeling confined. The hideous painting you called it was there because he felt like a clown having to go downstair and perform as the newly graduated at the party. Film Studies classes have spent semesters going over this movie. There are hundreds of other things in this move that you only see after multiple times watching.
Also notice that at his graduation party there were no people there his own age. Only his parent's friends.
Ashleigh⊠you can pick out a 3 second uncredited cameo of Richard Dreyfuss but you donât connect the dots that the film said âstarring Dustin Hoffmanâ and Ben was the leadâŠ
donât ever change
Who else but Ashleigh?! (Puts hands out and cocks head to side).
she does need to watch that
Fun fact: she has watched that. That's one of the ones that's still in limbo. That, Scream 3, and Joe vs the Volcano.
@@Red84Fox Who else, but Ashleigh! (\ _ /)
I think she has seen young Richard Dreyfuss in another movie.
This was a watershed movie for the 60s generation. Young people were rejecting the suburban, middle class, bourgeois values of their parents & instead deciding to turn on, tune in, and drop out. And Dustin Hoffman in this movie was one of their heroes. And the reason this movie holds up so well is that even though it's about the 60s counterculture, there are no 60s references to date it: no long hair, no recreational drugs, no Viet Nam. And as for the soundtrack, this was the first movie to use rock/pop songs in it. Now it's so common we don't even think about it but this was the first movie to do it that everyone has since copied. This is a truly brilliant, innovative, experimental film that is one of the greatest movies made in the 60s or any other decade.
I wish I could like your comment more than once. Nailed it.
This was what I came here to post. This movie was the first (movie) to tap into that trend that became a tidal wave in American literature, culture and society generally.
Oh Ashleigh, Ashleigh, Ashleigh. Don't know if you'll read this but I do wish you would have liked this movie more. Regardless, I'm really glad you decided to watch it. And I like how you are HONEST about how you feel about movies. You've probably figured out that anybody who is watching you watch a movie is probably doing so because it's a movie that they themselves love. And it would be so easy for you to blow a little smoke & say you liked it better than you really did. But I'm so glad you don't do that. That way when you DO say you like a movie, we know you're being sincere. Keep up the good work!
yup, the ONLY thing remotely making it able to date it is simply the the use of filmstock which was Eastman 50T 5251 (which is a tungsten balanced low sensitivity film), that has a very distinguishable organic look in terms of latitude and color presentation that is really really hard to replicate or emulate authentically with todays digital filmmaking. A lot of well known movies (including some Hitchcocks) were shot with it.
You describe the generation perfectly, but look at them now. Very few continued to live with those ideals. They hung on to their jeans, but little else. In 1969 they helped elect Nixon and by 1980 they had moved to the burbs had their 2 cars sitting in the garage and elected Reagan in a landslide!
That is a table lighter. My granny had one that looked like a little genie lamp and nestled into one end of a humongous ashtray that took up most of the coffee table. There were about twenty of the little grooves for people to put cigarettes in. I guess it was designed for parties. The lighter had a brass button you mashed with your thumb, and it lifted the brass lid off of the wick and threw a spark at it at the same time. Very 1940s. Her coffee table consisted of that enormous ashtray and a big bowl of Brazil nuts.
Weâve really reached the point where we have to explain what a *lighter* is?
@@RMBittner They don't currently have lighters that are built into small statues.
@@RMBittner The explanation revolved around the abundance of lighters during that era. Over 40% of adults smoked in the 60s. Back then lighters were left in the open and became part of the decor. Some very stylish models were made. Today's young people only know about lighters that are butane types. All the same.
@@RMBittner Today lighters don't look like that. These are table lighters you had on your desk or in your living room. Often came with matching ashtray. I bought a set for my aunt's housewarming.
Love Ashleigh complaining about one of the most famous and well received movie soundtracks of all time
For your next Dustin Hoffman I suggest the next film for which he received an Oscar nomination, the 1969 _Midnight Cowboy._ It co-stars John Voigt, who was also nominated for his performance. The film won three Oscars: Best Picture; Best Director; and Best Adapted Screenplay. _Midnight Cowboy_ is the only X-Rated film (equivalent to today's NC-17) to win Best Picture. In 1994 it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."
Not a spoiler just something to give you a sense of the cultural significance of the movie: in _The Muppet Christmas Carol_ you may recall one of the narrators was "Rizzo the Rat." His name is a reference to Hoffman's character in _Midnight Cowboy,_ Rico "Ratso" Rizzo.
The first "Rated X" (at the time, it's been downgraded since) to be nominated and win Best Picture.
Midnight cowboy is very strange. Disturbing and strange.
â@@connieb4372disturbing and powerful
Oh yeah that movie ended with a bus ride too but a sad one...
Also, Midnight Cowboy has Dustin Hoffman crossing the street and slamming his fists on a taxi hood and yelling, "I'm walking here!" That line was totally improvised because the taxi almost hit Dustin.
The room clerk or concierge was Buck Henry. He co-created the 60's TV series Get Smart with Mel Brooks, and he co-wrote this film. He also appeared in Catch-22, What's Up Doc?, and Heaven Can Wait. He was also a frequent early guest host of Saturday Night Live, hosting 10 times during the initial 5 seasons, making him the first member of the 5-timer club before it was even a thing.
That "one band" is Simon & Garfunkel, and this movie made them into global superstars - you might also know "Bridge Over Troubled Water" or "Homeward Bound" as a couple of their other hits. It's odd that "Sound of Silence" became a meme for sad/despairing situations when it's "Scarborough Fair" that plays at the sad/despairing parts of the film. Also, Paul Simon originally wrote the song as "Mrs Roosevelt", but changed the lyrics especially for the soundtrack.
This was the first time EVER that actual "songs" were used in a theatrical score. It blew people's minds that songs they heard on the radio were being played in a movie
But was it really edit in ?
And the scores was less used in the movie
OK, now that you've seen this, ... watch MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969).
This was Dustin Hoffman's breakout role. Before this movie, he was doing commercials, TV shows and theater.
I can see why Hoffman was the right guy to be cast
Dustin Hoffman was in âTootsieâ. Mrs. Robinson was Anne Bancroft, aka Mrs. Mel Brooks. Mr. Robinson was the mayor in âJawsâ. And Elaine was Etta in âButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidâ, but you havenât seen that yet. (âYetâ, he said disapprovingly.)
She hasnât seen Butch Cassidy?? đłđČ
I don't think either of these films is on remembered by young folks these days. I watched someone else react to both these films and they disliked both of them. I can understand this one, but how can you dislike BS&SK? That one is timeless. smh
Elaine was also in The Final Countdown.
I thought I was over my 60s era Katharine Ross crush, but the instant I saw her again ... hoo boy. Sam Elliot is a lucky, lucky man.
@@needles1987 Love the scene at the end of the movie, where they pick up their still very young dog.
The line about "outside agitators" was frequently used during this time, as there were frequent protests against the Vietnam war; the ongoing Civil Rights movement/de-segregation, and even complete take-overs of college campuses, such as Columbia University. These incidents were getting blamed on "outside agitators" (who were assumed to be COMMUNISTS), as most middle-aged Americans could not wrap their heads around teens and young 20's students being so frustrated and angry about all the issues going on that they would organize and demand changes - sometimes violently. I was 17 when this film came out, so that phrase was a common thread we heard all through high school and college.
Great comment
You mean there were protests back then? You'd never know it from this movie.
How many times have we seen a movie that Ashleigh doesnt recognize a very famous actor until the movie nearly over?
Oh Ashleigh!! That 'one band' are Simon and Garfunkel, and this soundtrack is LEGENDARY!! I was born in 1966 but grew up hearing music from this soundtrack for much of my life. With the Beetle, it's a fascinating story! This film helped make them so popular in America! I think Dustin Hoffman's big break was doing a Beetle commercial, and he became famous as an actor afterwards.
Something to think about - - after lots of conformity during the 50's, this film was the Baby Boomers questioning what do they really want to do with their lives. Become like their parents or try figuring out their own lives? There are lots of 'I don't know what's next' moments, and that's a major point. Also, NOT just following along with your parents, but ironically he does end up with the girl his parents wanted him to be with, so eventually they can stay at their house for the holidays,
Mike Nichols was the director. Robert Redford wanted to play the graduate. Here is Nichols on why he didn't choose Redford.
. Nichols even discussed the role with his friend Robert Redford, who was eager for the part. âI said, âYou canât play it. You can never play a loser.â And Redford said, âWhat do you mean? Of course I can play a loser.â And I said, âO.K., have you ever struck out with a girl?â and he said, âWhat do you mean?â And he wasnât joking.â
There are two opposite versions of this in this comment section. The other says Redford is the one to say he isn't right for the part. I just think it's interesting.
@@HuntingViolets Mike Nichols tells the "What do you mean?" version.
@@ElectraAlan Thanks.
But Redford was never being rejected by a woman before
Oh god, I remember "plastics" becoming the standard goofy response to anyone who mentioned the phrase "I only want to say one thing", or "I have only one word". It was as close there was to a pre-internet meme.
Did you notice a very young Richard Dreyfuss?
Heâs a resident at the boarding house.
Good job.
I noticed that Ashleigh did notice, cuz I was surprised. đ
Ashley: "Who is this band? And where is Dustin Hoffman?"
The entire rest of the world: "Simon and Garfunkel. World famous classic songs. Dustin plays Benjamin in his first movie."
Master Debator...careful saying thatđ€Łđ€Łđ©
âDustin Hoffman?! I love that guy!!âŠ..who is this?â GIRL! Lol love you
Recognising Richard Dreyfuss from what amounts to a brief cameo (although at that time, no-one knew who Richard Dreyfuss was) but not recognising Dustin Hoffman from his voice and mannerisms through the whole film. You startle me sometimes Ashleigh, you really do. The last time you startled me this much you were hating on my favourite film (but we won't mention that, I've put that behind us).
This is the film that made Dustin Hoffman a star, so you likely won't see him look any younger. Simon and Garfunkel provided the soundtrack, which was a soundtrack so famous that you only had to hear 'Hello darkness my old friend' to think 'The Graduate' for decades to come. Another fantastic but underrated Dustin Hoffman film is Hero (1992) where he stars alongside Geena Davis, Andy Garcia and Chevy Chase. I hope you might add this to your list - it's hilarious.
I don't know how anyone could get sick of Simon and Garfunkel.
Mrs. Robinson was played by Anne Bancroft, who was married to Mel Brooks.
And Simon&Garfunkel made that song for this movie.
"Mrs. Robinson" never even got a play here.
"I don't know who that is..." after watching the opening credits saying, "Dustin Hoffman"
That song is called 'Sound of Silence" a classic song by Simon & Garfunkel and it's a good song. Some of the songs from the soundtrack was sung by this duo including "Mrs. Robinson". I found it hilarious that you recognized a young Richard Dreyfuss but not Dustin Hoffman who was the leading character.
The first time you see the film you relate to Ben. Then you realise you're closer to Mrs Robinson's age and see how it's all about her tragedy
She had once had everything - she was popular, beautiful, intelligent, fun loving and loved creativity. She made one mistake and had to live a loveless marriage, as was the custom of the time. Having raised her daughter she tried to take up where she had left off with a younger man, but she had experienced too much; she was no longer able to experience fun and her flirtatiousness was now cruel and terrifying. You can her self hatred. She was born out of time and should have been Ben's generation, who were just starting to break free of their parents' rules, but it was too late - she was unable to allow others to live the free life she wanted, and she became the person she had previously hated.
Simon and Garfunkel had a string of #1 hits in the year before this movie was made. The Sounds of Silence is one of the all-time great songs...It was an anthem for us in the '60s when "agitators" were rioting at colleges over the Vietnam War..."Disturb the sounds of silence."
And while Sounds of Silence is a great song, their beautiful harmonies (and especially Art's voice) are amazing in their other big hit, Bridge Over Troubled Water. Anyone who doesn't know the song should give it a listen.
"This guy looks familiar, who is he?"
"Dustin Hoffman! Love that guy."
"Who is this guy? I know him, and the minute it clicks with me, I'm gonna kick myself in the butt for not realizing who he is."
Wow. Just wow.
Those songs are INCREDIBLE. You should listen to the words.
"...the same band playing..." I can't even. Girl, we're starting you on a music reaction channel stat. Simon and Garfunkel will be first on the list.
20:35. **YOU WILL NEVER UNSEE** the shadow that the candle lamp leaves on the wall to the left of Benjamin's head.
WHAT
OMG
Haha well spotted
Ben casts a similar shadow.
????
Not even a band, simply a duo, the duo, Simon & Garfunkel. Paul Simon wrote the songs and Simon & Garfunkel performed them, and then American composer David Grusin did the music score.
Another great Dustin Hoffman film is The Marathon Man. A great mystery drama.
I LOVED Marathon Man! Great film!
With Laurence Olivier as the Nazi dentist âŠ
Freaking good movie. "Is it safe?"
Simon & Garfunkelâs music is not annoying
Yes it is
@@moviesbye9294 you must be deaf
In case it hasn't been mentioned in at least one of the preceding 1,423 comments . . . This film was released in 1967 and Anne Bancroft (born 1931) was 36, Dustin Hoffman (born 1937) was 30, Katherine Ross (born 1940) was 27 (only nine years younger than Anne Bancroft) and William Daniels (born 1927 & playing Hoffmanâs father) was 40 (so only ten years older than Dustin Hoffman). William Danielâs other claims to fame include being the voice of KITT in âNight Riderâ.
William Daniels did great as John Adams in the musical movie, "1776".
In the late 60s there was a lot of protesting on college campuses, especially against the Vietnam War. Some people traveled from campus to campus organizing protests. Thosecwere the outside agitators the landlord was talking about.
How can you get sick of Simon & Garfunkel?
It is such a great soundtrack.
25:45 Look at little Ashleigh making a pop culture reference with a Dr. Evil quote. How far she's come. Then there's watching an entire Dustin Hoffman movie and not recognizing him, just to bring us back to square one.
I figured since you read Mel Brooks' book you would have recognized that Anne Bancroft, who played Mrs. Robinson, was his wife, but I have underestimated your 30-second memory. ;) Also love how you see Dustin Hoffman's name second in the credits and then wonder the whole movie who Dustin Hoffman is.
Anne had bit parts in a couple of Mel's movies, but the one they're both properly in together, in the two leading roles, was To Be or Not to Be (1983), a remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 movie by the same name. As much as I know you love Mel and Anne, and would probably love to see them together, I admit that while Mel's remake is fine, the original is the masterpiece, and I think you would really love it. Mel's is also worth seeing (I like how he incorporated gay people into the story), but I think you should see it after seeing the original.
Whenever you see Donnie Darko, you will see a much older Katharine Ross, who played Elaine, and she honestly looks quite a bit like Anne Bancroft does in this. Also, Ben's dad is played by William Daniels, who is famous to a whole other generation of movie and TV fans as the voice of KITT, the talking car on "Knight Rider," and perhaps you'd know him as Mr. Feeny on "Boy Meets World." Lastly, you were correct that you saw a very young Richard Dreyfuss for about 30 seconds as that other guy in the boarding house where Ben lives.
I personally also really hope you'll see Stranger Than Fiction, a wonderful movie I sent you that I think you'd love, which features a much older Dustin Hoffman in a supporting role.
There was a trend in the late â60 to make movies that were incredibly funny in the first half but sad in the second half and this is the best example. I think it works because the comedy makes us like the characters which is why the sadness hits so much harder. The end scene where they are on the bus and the reality of what theyâve just done starts to sink in is powerful.
i once called a teacher mrs. robinson she was all 'you wish' and i was all i wish too
And then you were all 'my dad's camper, midnight' and she was all 'okay kid, we'll give it a try' and you were all 'holy sht! now what?'
why do you sound like Dude Where's My Car?
Today I watched Ashleigh watch a film that she knew going in featured Dustin Hoffman, and she wasn't aware that the protagonist was Dustin Hoffman until she saw the end credits.
And in this same film reaction she was able to correctly identify Richard Dreyfuss making a five-second appearance as a glorified extra, in which he spoke one line.
This has been a fun day!
As a guy named Benjamin, it is difficult for me to watch this movie...sharing a name with the main character is almost guaranteed to make me avoid a movie.
But I will make an exception for Ashleigh's reaction to it. đ
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