Dustin Hoffman on 'The Graduate' (2016)
**** (out of 4)
Excellent 38 minute interview with Dustin Hoffman who discusses everything dealing with his role in THE GRADUATE. This featurette was produced for The Criterion Collection release of that landmark film and it certainly features just about everything you'd want to know in regards to Hoffman and the film. The actors is obviously given quite a bit of time to talk so this allows him to go into great details about various parts of the production. He starts off talking about how he didn't think he was right for the role and why he was so nervous at the original screentest. He then talks about how Gene Hackman was originally in the film and what led to him being fired. There are other great stories told throughout the running time so fans of the film are in for a real treat. If you're a fan of THE GRADUATE then you already know that there have been quite a bit of video releases and each of them with some sort of special feature. This interview really has a lot of great information in it and you really get a great idea of what was going on with Hoffman at the time and how so much was riding on this film.