Genres: Comedy, Dark Comedy, Romance, Drama, 70s, Cult Classics, Criterion Collection
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, Tom Skerritt
Director: Hal Ashby
Synopsis: With the idiosyncratic American fable HAROLD AND MAUDE, countercultural director Hal Ashby (Being There) fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins (9 to 5), Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou's Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Rosemary's Baby's Ruth Gordon). 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.
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States of America
Production Year: 1971
Reviews:
- "Delightful. If you have somehow managed not to have seen this movie yet, it could quite possibly be a revelation for you.", The Village Voice
- "A provocative and unsentimental love story... A sublime experience.", North West Film Forum
- Release Date: Jun 12th, 2012
- Catalog Number: CC2138DDVD
- UPC: 715515094610
- Rating: PG
- Run Time: 91
- Color Format: Color
- Audio: PCM Mono
- Language: English
- 16:9: Yes
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Closed Captions: No
- Subtitle: English
- Special Features:
New high-definition digital restoration
Optional remastered stereo soundtrack
Audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill
Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and Colin Higgins
New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wood and more!
- Release Date: Jun 12th, 2012
- Catalog Number: CC2137BD
- UPC: 715515094511
- Rating: PG
- Run Time: 91
- Color Format: Color
- Audio: PCM Mono
- Language: English
- 16:9: Yes
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Closed Captions: No
- Subtitle: English
- Special Features:
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Optional remastered stereo soundtrack
Audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill
Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and Colin Higgins
New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wood and more!
1 comment
This is without a doubt one of my all-time favorite movies! If you haven't seen it, you are really missing out. If you have seen it before, don't you want to experience this beautiful story over and over again? Yes. Yes, you do.
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