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Harold and Maude

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• Comedy
• Romance

• 1972
• Hal Ashby
• 87 mins
• 15

Summary

Black comedy drama starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort. Harold Chasen, the quiet son of a domineering mother, has no friends and but a single interest - a calm fascination with death. Then, on one of his regular visits to a funeral, he meets a fellow enthusiast, an elderly lady called Maude. Romance blossoms among the floral tributes.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

Depressed by life, and rejected by his wealthy mother (Vivian Pickles), teenager Harold (Bud Cort) is fascinated by death, drives a hearse and gatecrashes funerals for fun. It's at a graveyard that he meets 79-year-old free spirit Maude (Ruth Gordon), and the pair then embark on an unlikely relationship. You could call it bad taste, but rarely has such a strange love affair been presented so charmingly as in this cult classic from director Hal Ashby (Being There). The performances of the wonderfully poker-faced Cort and the irrepressible Gordon make the central premise - that love can blossom at any age - believable and moving, in a movie that, for all its eccentricities, likes people. The memorable soundtrack by Cat Stevens is an added delight.

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7.8/10

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Cast

rolenameMaudeRuth GordonHaroldBud CortMrs ChasenVivian PicklesGlaucusCyril CusackUncle VictorCharles TynerSunshine DoreEllen GeerPriestEric ChristmasPsychiatristG WoodCandyJudy EnglesEdith FernShari Summers

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rolenameDirectorHal Ashby

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Theatrical distributor

Paramount Film Service Ltd

Released on

1972-04-27

Languages

English

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Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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