Harold And Maude (Blu-ray, 2014) for sale online

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Black comedy tale about a young man who falls in love with an older woman. He is obsessed with death, but she helps him see the positive side of things.

Product Identifiers

ProducerColin Higgins, Charles Mulvehill

EAN5060000701326

eBay Product ID (ePID)17048555796

Product Key Features

ActorBud Cort, Ellen Geer, Cyril Cusack, Vivian Pickles, Ruth Gordon

Film/TV TitleHarold and Maude

DirectorHal Ashby

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time91 Mins

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2014

FeaturesBooklet\Archive Photos\Interviews\Video Discussion by Critic David Cairns\Profile of Ruth Gordon, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCat Stevens

Production DesignerMichael Haller

ReviewsMartha's Vineyard Times - Understatedly hilarious. Cort and Gordon are a truly unique pairing. A must see.

Additional InformationIn 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, becoming 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 cliched 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 (which Pauline Kael called "mush minded"), provides an effective thematic bridge as Harold crosses from extended adolescence to manhood.

Special EffectsA. D. Flowers

ScreenwriterColin Higgins

Costume DesignerWilliam Ware Theiss

CinematographerJohn A. Alonzo

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleHarold And Maude

EditorEdward A. Warschilka, William Sawyer

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