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Harold et Maude

Original title: Harold and Maude
  • 1971
  • PG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Harold et Maude (1971)
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Coming-of-AgeQuirky ComedyRomantic ComedyComedyDramaRomance

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

  • Director
    • Hal Ashby
  • Writer
    • Colin Higgins
  • Stars
    • Ruth Gordon
    • Bud Cort
    • Vivian Pickles
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    85K
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    POPULARITY
    4,278
    123
    • Director
      • Hal Ashby
    • Writer
      • Colin Higgins
    • Stars
      • Ruth Gordon
      • Bud Cort
      • Vivian Pickles
    • 414User reviews
    • 98Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    • Maude Chardin
    Bud Cort
    Bud Cort
    • Harold Chasen
    Vivian Pickles
    Vivian Pickles
    • Mrs. Chasen
    Cyril Cusack
    Cyril Cusack
    • Glaucus
    Charles Tyner
    Charles Tyner
    • Uncle Victor
    Ellen Geer
    Ellen Geer
    • Sunshine Doré
    Eric Christmas
    Eric Christmas
    • Priest
    G. Wood
    G. Wood
    • Psychiatrist
    Judy Engles
    • Candy Gulf
    Shari Summers
    Shari Summers
    • Edith Phern
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Motorcycle Officer
    • (as M. Borman)
    Susan Madigan
    • Girlfriend
    Ray K. Goman
    Ray K. Goman
    • Police Officer
    • (as Ray Goman)
    Gordon De Vol
    Gordon De Vol
    • Police Officer
    • (as Gordon DeVol)
    Harvey Brumfield
    • Police Officer
    Henry Dieckoff
    • Butler
    Philip Schultz
    • Doctor
    Sonia Sorel
    • Head Nurse
    • (as Sonia Sorrell)
    • Director
      • Hal Ashby
    • Writer
      • Colin Higgins
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    8griffinsteve

    A 'tour de force' of a film and one of Hal Ashby's best films

    'Harold & Maude' is one of those 'sleeper' films that just seems to resonate that bit more with every passing year. Harold, played by the criminally under-utilized Bud Cort, is the quintessential disaffected rich kid wanting to find some meaning in a vacuous life who hooks up with the devil-may-care Maude through their mutual love of attending funerals (Joyce's word 'fun-for-all' springs readily to mind in those scenes). There is plenty to love about this film, the slower pace and the lampooning of easy targets, the 'gung-ho' military uncle and the fetishist priest for example. Here is a film that really stands up well to repeated viewings.
    melanietighe

    The reason movies exist!

    I only saw this film quite recently but it hopped straight to my number one film of all time. It is beautiful. Bud Cort is charming as Harold and Ruth Gordon - dare I say cute? As Maude. If I look like her when I'm eighty I'll be out there nicking cars and fluttering my eyelashes at policemen too! Maude wrenches Harold free from his morbid and lonely existence to show him how lush and amazing the world can be and he emerges from his experiences a happy man. This is definitely one of the films that (along with say, Fight Club, American Beauty and The Rocky Horror Picture Show) show you can be who you want to be, and you needn't let anyone oppress you. It's brilliant. Everyone should know a Maude. It has inspired me to buy a banjo and play Cat Stevens songs.
    8claudio_carvalho

    Death, Love and Life

    The self-destructive and needy wealthy teenager Harold (Bud Cort) is obsessed by death and spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching demolishing of buildings, visiting junkyards, simulating suicides trying to get attention of his indifferent, snobbish and egocentric mother and having sessions with his psychologist. When Harold meets the anarchist seventy nine year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon) at a funeral, they become friends and the old lady discloses others perspectives of the cycle of life for him. Meanwhile his mother enlists him in a dating service and tries to force Harold to join the army. On the day of the eightieth anniversary of Maude, Harold proposes her but he finds the truth about the end of the cycle of life.

    The cult "Harold and Maude" was a huge success in Brazil for people of my generation with a refreshing and funny exposition of themes like death, love and life through the friendship and love of a teenager and a septuagenarian woman. The complex Harold is a young man that needs the attention of his indifferent mother. He found in his childhood the only moment that she really seemed to be worried about him after a serious accident in school and he uses to fake suicides trying to have the same attention back. Maude is an anarchist old woman not attached to material stuff like properties or collections that steals cars for self-locomotion. Along a few days, Maude gives a lesson of life to Harold, changing his behavior and feelings forever. The performances of Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort in this weird love story are unforgettable and the soundtrack with Cat Steven's songs is another plus. Unfortunately "Harold and Maude" has been forgotten in Brazil by the distributors and neither the VHS nor the DVD has been released in my country; I just have a tape recorded from the cable TV. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Ensina-me a Viver" ("Teach me to Live")
    7Cjalln1

    Unexpected - a hidden gem of macabre quirkiness

    The most indie-esque film to come out of the '70s that I have seen, "Harold and Maude" wallows in irreverence. Suicide is played around with as a theme - never trivialised, but used frequently as a source of dark humour. The unlikely relationship between the titular characters is remarkably sweet and loving, if a little rushed, and the jaunty folk soundtrack uplifts the mood despite the heavy themes. The script is superlative, counterbalancing all the incidents of gore; the film almost comes across as a pre-emptive "Breakfast Club" for the "Fight Club" generation. Desperation and listlessness weighs Harold down, until Maude lightens his existence by showing him how to live for once. Her bubbly persona is the yang to his yin, and the film's quirky comedy cheers the audience as well as Harold with its subtlety. A true unexpected pleasure, "Harold and Maude" is surprising and charming throughout, with enough dark substance to mark it out as truly unique.
    8susy-7

    A classic.

    This art house favorite is a timeless classic and recommended viewing for all post-Catcher In the Rye teenagers. To modern viewers, the Ruth Gordon creation of Maude probably seems trite, but her Maude was fresh, original and daring in 1970 and the pre-Sophie's Choice twist in her history that Harold discovers was likewise unanticipated by early viewers. Unfortunately, Ruth Gordon went on to recreate this character in lesser films throughout that decade and the character of the eccentric old lady has become rather shopworn.

    The Cat Stevens soundtrack is probably one of the most effective use of pop music in film ever.

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    • Trivia
      After Maude and Harold steal the police officer's motorcycle, Bud Cort accidentally hit himself in the head with the shovel but just kept going for the sake of the shot.
    • Goofs
      When Maude pulls the banjo out of a cabinet, you see the reflection of crew and lights.
    • Quotes

      [seagulls fly across the sky]

      Maude: Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls... For me they will always be - *glorious* birds.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Where Do the Children Play?
      (1970) (uncredited)

      Written and Performed by Cat Stevens

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 1972 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Enséñame a vivir
    • Filming locations
      • 10 Stacey Court, Hillsborough, California, USA(Chasen Family mansion)
    • Production company
      • Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions
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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,535
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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