Harold and Maude is a 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures.
Harold drifts away from the life that his detached mother (Vivian Pickles) prescribes for him, and slowly develops a strong friendship, and eventually a romantic relationship, with a 79-year-old woman named Maude (Ruth Gordon), a Nazi concentration camp survivor who teaches Harold about the importance of living life to its fullest and that life is the most precious gift of all. The film was based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins and published as a novel in 1971.
Other exclusives are a New York Times profile of actress Ruth Gordon from 1971, an interview from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo, and an interview from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis. ==Accolades== Harold and Maude is #45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years...
Roger Ebert, in a review dated January 1, 1972, gave the film one-and-a-half out of four stars.
You're my favorite movie once again." ==Home media== On June 12, 2012, The Criterion Collection released Harold and Maude for Region 1 on DVD and Blu-ray, both of which includes a collection of audio excerpts of director Hal Ashby from January 11, 1972 and of screenwriter Colin Higgins from January 10, 1979, a new video interview with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, a new audio commentary by Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B.
And Harold and Maude waltz together in her home to "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II. ===1972 soundtrack=== The first soundtrack was released in Japan in 1972 on vinyl and cassette (A&M Records GP-216).
Higgins also imagined a prequel showing Maude's life before Harold, Grover and Maude had Maude learning how to steal cars from Grover Muldoon, the character portrayed by Richard Pryor in Higgins' 1976 film Silver Streak.
The play was on the BDP repertoire until 2003 when Tatjana Lukjanova passed away. A French adaptation for television, translated and written by Jean-Claude Carrière, appeared in 1978.
The production starred Estelle Parsons as Maude and Eric Millegan as Harold. ===Unproduced sequel and prequel=== Higgins expressed interest in 1978 about both a sequel and prequel to Harold and Maude.
You're my favorite movie once again." ==Home media== On June 12, 2012, The Criterion Collection released Harold and Maude for Region 1 on DVD and Blu-ray, both of which includes a collection of audio excerpts of director Hal Ashby from January 11, 1972 and of screenwriter Colin Higgins from January 10, 1979, a new video interview with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, a new audio commentary by Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B.
The original Broadway production, starring Janet Gaynor as Maude and Keith McDermott as Harold, closed after four performances in February 1980.
The Yugoslav premiere of the play was staged at the Belgrade Drama Theatre (BDP) on March 23, 1980, two months after its performance on Broadway.
"Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" were not released on an album, until his 1984 compilation Greatest Hits, Vol.
This poll has been going since 1992 and has become the most recognized poll of its kind in the world.
The film is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all Time and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997, for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Other exclusives are a New York Times profile of actress Ruth Gordon from 1971, an interview from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo, and an interview from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis. ==Accolades== Harold and Maude is #45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years...
The list was released in 2000.
Other exclusives are a New York Times profile of actress Ruth Gordon from 1971, an interview from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo, and an interview from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis. ==Accolades== Harold and Maude is #45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years...
The play was on the BDP repertoire until 2003 when Tatjana Lukjanova passed away. A French adaptation for television, translated and written by Jean-Claude Carrière, appeared in 1978.
A consensus on the site read, "Hal Ashby's comedy is too dark and twisted for some, and occasionally oversteps its bounds, but there's no denying the film's warm humor and big heart." In 2005, the Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #86 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written.
It was also adapted for the stage by the Compagnie Viola Léger in Moncton, New Brunswick, starring Roy Dupuis. A musical adaptation, with songs by Joseph Thalken and Tom Jones, premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, in January 2005.
In September 2008, Empire listed Harold and Maude as #65 in Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.
Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #4 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films." In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
The Criterion Collection special-edition Blu-ray and DVD were released June 12, 2012. ==Plot== Harold Chasen is a 19-year-old man obsessed with death.
In 2012, Niki Caro, Wanuri Kahiu, and Cyrus Frisch voted for "Harold and Maude".
You're my favorite movie once again." ==Home media== On June 12, 2012, The Criterion Collection released Harold and Maude for Region 1 on DVD and Blu-ray, both of which includes a collection of audio excerpts of director Hal Ashby from January 11, 1972 and of screenwriter Colin Higgins from January 10, 1979, a new video interview with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, a new audio commentary by Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B.
Frisch commented: "An encouragement to think beyond the obvious!" In 2017, Chicago Tribune critic Mark Caro wrote a belated appreciation, "I'm sorry, Harold and Maude, for denying you for so long.
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