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Harold and Maude

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Harold and Maude
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PG,1hr 30min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Release:
1971
Director:
Hal Ashby
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles  ...more
Synopsis: A young man with a death wish and a 79-year-old high on life find love in Hal Ashby's cult black comedy. Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother (Vivian Pickles), but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
In his second feature as a director after his Oscar-winning success as an editor, Hal Ashby complements Colin Higgins' script (adapted by Higgins from his own student short) with an affectionately non-judgmental view of quirky behavior and a distaste for institutions of authority. In their deft hands, Harold Chasen may be weird -- but his mother and army general uncle are plain nuts. Paramount appeared ... Full Review
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Ruth Gordon
Maude
Bud Cort
Harold Chasen
Vivian Pickles
Mrs. Chasen
Cyril Cusack
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