Harold and Maude Digital Life DVD

Harold and Maude
starring: Harvey Brumfield, Eric Christmas, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Gordon Devol

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: GORDON,RUTH
EAN: 9786305882596
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305882592
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 803
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1971

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Cort is Harold, a young man bored with wealth but interested in death, and Gordon is Maude, a wonderful old lady who can see nothing but good intentions in the world.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 1-MAR-2004
Media Type: DVD

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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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- One of the Greatest Movies I've ever seen
This movie made me laugh and laugh hard. The wit is delicious and the satire is tangy. The performances are brillant and savage. This is a movie that is an easy watch that everyone with a funny bone can enjoy.

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- Friendship divining rod
Harold and Maude is one of those movies which transcends the goals of ordinary movies which seek mostly to entertain. This film actually manages to become an indicator of human compatibility. If you like the movie, you will probably get along with me and anyone else that likes it.

To enjoy this movie you have to be able to laugh at difficult subjects like death. The conversion of a classic car into a pimped out hearse has to make you giggle a little. You can not be so judgmental that a little thing like a romantic relationship between the teenaged and the elderly shuts your mind off. You have to have a generally positive outlook on life. People with this grouping of characteristics seem to like others with these same traits.

Directed by the quirky Hal Ashby, this 1971 black comedy sets the tone perfectly in the beginning when a seemingly suicidal Harold (played by Bud Cort), hangs himself ... Read More

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- Quirky little film
This came highly recommended by a friend. I can't believe I had never seen it because I've been a movie buff for 40 years. This is quite enjoyable...definitely quirky. Ruth Gordon is remarkable. The soundtrack by Cat Stevens is great too.

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- Quirky
Quirky story of love and living a life. Makes you think about the difference between creating a picture perfect existence to please everybody else and what it means to live life on your own terms. Makes you happy to be alive. I would call it an esoteric cult classic, except I've never met a person who didn't love this movie.

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