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He directed wide ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, and Sidney Lumet.
From there he delivered a series of well-acted, intelligent human scaled dramas that included The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Coming Home (1978) and Being There (1979). Great reviews and Oscar nominations became common on Ashby films.
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1. Harold and Maude (1971) PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance. 7.9. Rate. 62 Metascore. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Votes: 81,782. Watch on Prime Video.
- BEING THERE (1979) Screenplay by Robert C. Jones (uncredited) and Jerzy Kosinski, based on Kosinski’s novel. Starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
- COMING HOME (1978) Screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones, story by Nancy Dowd. Starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty.
- THE LAST DETAIL (1973) Screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan. Starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty, Nancy Allen, Gilda Radner.
- HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) Written by Colin Higgins. Starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Eric Christmas, George Wood, Ellen Geer, Judy Engles, Shari Summers.
11 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Landlord. 1970 1h 52m PG. 6.9 (3.1K) Rate. 75 Metascore. At the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.
Other films directed by Ashby include The Landlord (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976) and Being There (1979). Born William Hal Ashby in Ogden, Utah, he grew up in a Mormon household.
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