Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude
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Actor: Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Eric Christmas, Gordon Devol, Harvey Brumfield
Brand: Paramount
Primary Contributor: Bud Cort
Primary Contributor: Ruth Gordon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount Home Video

DVD Reviews of Harold and Maude

DVD Review: Excellent Film!
Summary: 5 Stars

"Harold and Maude" is one of the BEST films ever made. Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon give such brillant and believable performances. As you watch the film you entirely forget the age difference and find yourself believing that yes, "Harold loves Maude". The music of Cat Stevens adds an undercurrent that not only is this Romeo and Juliet of the early 1970's but also an extension of the counterculture movement of the 1960's. Maude, though old enough to be Harold's Grandmother, is a free spirit that decries the materialism and rigid social conventions of the day and personifies the counterculture movement. I only wish that a sequel could have been made; something like "Life After Maude" where we would find Harold making a profound and beneficial change in American culture.

DVD Review: Great movie.
Summary: 5 Stars

I always loved this movie. I could never find it at stores, so I was glad to find it online. Funny and dark, but has a good message about living life and learning to love.

DVD Review: If you've got two synapses to rub together, you want to watch this film
Summary: 5 Stars

The screenplay (get it online) includes essential scenes which were unforgivably expunged from the film, which will salve the ire of the more critical viewer who will construe much of Maude's irresponsible, selfish, childish conduct as an affront to her age and situation, eg. if you've ever had anything stolen from you, you know that Maude's stealing people's cars is the epitome of anti-life for the ordinary citizen. However, the existential element required to make sense of this behaviour is provided by the Sisyphean character, Glaucus (only fleetingly seen in the film), who every day starts carving an ice statue of Venus, which melts when he falls asleep, and every day he starts anew with the same unbounded joy. In my view, Glaucus is the binding agent for the story. Watch the film, read the screenplay, and prepare to be dazzled.

DVD Review: Split decision...
Summary: 4 Stars

Woman loves it and its hilarity, I think its okay and odd with some weird.

DVD Review: Harold and Maude
Summary: 5 Stars

This was my most favorite movie of all times, because of the message it gives which unfortunately many people miss. I was thrilled to be able to get it on DVD. I had it on VCR from Amazon, loaned it to some family members who thoroughly enjoyed it. My niece used it for her Masters in Social Work, but I never got it back. Now I don't have a VCR player so I was thrilled to get it again in DVD. This time I am not loaning it to anyone!!! Thank you for making "old movies" available again in a new format. I love shopping with Amazon!

Description of Harold and Maude

An outrageous tale of two loopy lovers that will change your ideas about romance forever. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/16/2004 Starring: Ruth Gordon Vivian Rickles Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg
Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier, either. It seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higgins, about the unlikely romance between a death-obsessed 19-year-old named Harold (Bud Cort) and a life-loving 79-year-old widow named Maude (Ruth Gordon). They meet at a funeral, and Maude finds something oddly appealing about Harold, urging him to "reach out" and grab life by the lapels as opposed to dwelling morbidly on mortality. Harold grows fond of the old gal--she's a lot more fun than the girls his mother desperately matches him up with--and together they make Harold & Maude one of the sweetest and most unconventional love stories ever made. Much of the earlier humor arises from Harold's outrageous suicide fantasies, played out as a kind of twisted parlor game to mortify his mother, who's grown immune to her strange son's antics. Gradually, however, the film's clever humor shifts to a brighter outlook and finally arrives at a point where Harold is truly happy to be alive. Featuring soundtrack songs by Cat Stevens, this comedy certainly won't appeal to all tastes (it was a box-office flop when first released), but if you're on its quirky wavelength, it might just strike you as one of the funniest movies you've ever seen. --Jeff Shannon

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