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Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy-drama film about a young man obsessed with death and an old woman who teaches him to live. The film features Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, and Cat Stevens, and was preserved in the National Film Registry.
Harold and Maude: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Hal Ashby
- 1971-12-20
A dark comedy about a death-obsessed teenager who falls in love with a life-adoring septuagenarian premiered 50 years ago. Emma Madden explores the unique appeal of Harold and Maude.
Harold is a depressed, death-obsessed 20-year-old man/child who spends his free time attending funerals and pretending to commit suicide in front of his mother. At a funeral, Harold befriends Maude, a 79-year-old woman who has a zest for life.
Death-obsessed teenager Harold forms an unlikely friendship with eccentric 79-year-old Maude. As the relationship grows and deepens into something more, Maude teaches Harold the true joy of living.
Harold and Maude. 90 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1972. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1972. 3 min read. Death can be as funny as most things in life, I suppose, but not the way Harold and Maude go about it. They meet because they’re both funeral freaks, and one day their eyes lock over a grave.
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Harold and Maude. Cult classic pairs Cort as a dead-pan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with suicide and a loveable Gordon as a fun-loving 80-year-old eccentric. They meet at a funeral, and...
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- Comedy
- PG
