#608: ASHBY, Hal: Harold And Maude (1971)
ASHBY, Hal (United States)
Other Ashby films in the Collection:
#947: Shampoo (1975)
#864: Being There (1979)
The Film
Harold And Maude [1971]
Spine #608
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become one of cinema's most beloved comedies. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family (Bud Cort) and a devil-may-care bohemian sixty years his senior (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and beguiling sincerity, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light — along with those that separate people by class, gender, and age — and features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
91 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2012
Director/Writers
Written by Colin Higgins.
Other Ashby films in the Collection:
#947: Shampoo (1975)
#864: Being There (1979)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with star Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis.
Commentary
By Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill.
Illustrated audio excerpts
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with star Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis.
Commentary
By Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill.
Illustrated audio excerpts
From seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Higgins.
Interview
Interview
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