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Harold develops a friendship, and eventual romantic relationship, with 79-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon) who teaches Harold about the importance of living life to its fullest. The screenplay by Colin Higgins began as his master's thesis for film school.
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.
Mar 18, 2021 · 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...
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.
Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
May 11, 2024 · Dark, humorous, and strangely endearing, Hal Ashby's classic, Harold and Maude, remains one of the most essential cinematic romances.
This entire film of their adventure of Harold and Maude spending time together and Maude teaching Harold to live his life and do more, other than his odd behavior of his strange addiction to...
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Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
In "Harold and Maude," an eccentric young man obsessed with death finds unlikely joy in the vibrant 80-year-old Maude. Through quirky adventures and profound conversations, they redefine life and love, proving that age is just a number in a celebration of existence.
Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic dark comedy drama directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama, with a plot that revolves around the exploits of a young man named Harold (played by Bud Cort) intrigued with death.
