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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 27, 2000
Budget $1,200,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• Harold and Maude
• Harold und Maude (1974)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Cult Classic, Suspense, Coming Of Age, Love, Military
Tagline: His Hangups Are Hilarious
Plot: In the long ago days before video, when access to anything but first-run Hollywood movies was limited to repertory houses and college film societies, Hal Ashby’s HAROLD AND MAUDE, while not what one would call an underground film, achieved cult status and became one of the most popular American films of its time. It is, interestingly, a very simple story. He’s shy and morose; she’s spunky and full of life. The film is a clichéd love story about how opposites attract, except that he’s 19 and she’s 79. Harold, played with deadpan humor by Bud Cort, is under extreme pressure from his overbearing mother, Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles, in a performance that is a sheer delight) to enter the dating world in hopes of marriage, but he would rather spend his time going to funerals, which is where he meets Maude (Ruth Gordon). She feels he needs to come out of his shell and enjoy life, so she includes him in hers, which is one long, unending series of lunatic adventures ranging from saving trees, to grand theft auto. Their love affair celebrated the spirit of an experimental generation guided by the mantra "If it feels good, do it." The soundtrack, with songs and lyrics by Cat Stevens, provides an effective thematic bridge as Harold crosses from extended adolescence to manhood.
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Hal Ashby
Being There, The Last Detail, Shampoo |
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| Cast |
Bud Cort
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Far and Away, The Day of the Jackal, My Left Foot | Charles Tyner
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