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Harold and Maude (Widescreen)

Ruth Gordon (Actor), Bud Cort (Actor), Hal Ashby (Director) | Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (164 customer reviews)

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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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
If I have to choose, this is the best Oct 29 2002
Format:DVD
I know people who have visited Venice and Prague and seen only the graffiti. I know people who have watched Harold and Maude and seen only an affair between a young boy and an old woman. I suspect they're the same people, and I feel for them.

I love movies. I love a lot of movies for a lot of reasons. My "top ten" probably includes about a hundred. But if I have to choose one, I can never think of one more complete, sweet, amazing or satisfying than Harold and Maude.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
If ever a movie could change your life.... this one can. Dec 27 1998
Format:VHS Tape
I have been raving about this movie for about 15 years now. To see it once is to see it dozens of times. I can recite it and still get something out of it every time. It is by far, my favorite movie of all time. Whenever you lack lust for life, see Maude in action. "I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this.... allow themselves to be treated as that." Maude

I think we all have a bit of Harold in us that is waiting for a Maude.

May you find it.

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tres bon film April 21 2012
By sacha
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
un des meilleurs films que j'ai vue, une histoire d'Amour incroyable.
Le service a été impécable, livraison rapide, le produit est arriver en bon état.
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Most recent customer reviews
One of my favorite films
A delicious, heartbreaking comedy that's not afraid of emotion and sadness, about the
love affair between a death obsessed 19 year old, and a life obsessed 80 year old. Read more
Published 12 months ago by K. Gordon
SHEM IS A REAL SHAME
Shem

I bought this expensive film only because in the Product Details given by Amazone it says : Original language : English, French. Read more
Published on Dec 20 2009 by Guillaume Tell
bittersweetness of life
Harold and Maude is an insightful, comedic and touching view of two individuals who are seemingly polar opposites. Read more
Published on Jun 5 2004 by strider
Hialrious!
I watched this movie the first time with a bunch of friends, and the general consensus was that it was the best movie they had ever seen. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004 by Rain
Wonderful, wonderful & wonderful!
In an age of cynicism, bitterness, and pointless movies about horny teenagers, this film is a breath of fresh air. Movies like this simply do not get made anymore. Read more
Published on Mar 21 2004
Absolutely One of the Best
Here is a film that I just cannot get enough of, and, I fear, is grossly misunderstood by far too many people. Read more
Published on Mar 9 2004 by Danielle Bennignus
Dark comedy about real love
Harold is young and rich, and obsessed with death. Raised by a single domineering mother, Harold enacts many death scenarios which she ignores, no matter how horrifying. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2004 by Saima Huq
Maude is my hero
"Harold and Maude" is not really a love story in the conventional romantic sense. It's more of a story about how one person can change another person's life just by being themself. Read more
Published on Jan 30 2004 by Douglas King
What is life?
This is one of those movies that I would offer as required viewing for anyone on the verge of, or just entering, adulthood. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2004 by Alvin McGovern-Orzechowski
#1 with a Bullet
"Harold & Maude" must be my favorite movie of all time. I've probably seen it at least 40 times. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2004 by Lee Armstrong
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