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Harold and Maude Reviews:
wasn't disappointed
2009-11-27 - enjoy classic movie I have grown to love. Had to shed the VHS format to DVD. Wasn't disappointed withe the Movie quality, or the service from the provider.


Maude: "The earth is my body; my head is in the stars."
2009-09-22 - This "coming-of-age" story was almost required viewing for high schoolers back in the '70s. Although somewhat dated by folky Cat Stevens tunes and Vietnam War-era overtones, the main story remains a powerful one.

Harold is a 20-year-old rudderless son of wealth. Obssessed with mortality, Harold frightens off any girls his mother arranges dates for him with by simulating his own suicide, using a variety of tricks in the process. He converts a gift sports car into a creepy mini-hearse and indulges in his favorite pastime, attending the funerals of strangers. It is at one of these that Harold first meets Maude, a spry 79-year-old lady with a zeal for living that is positively infectious.

The two embark on several adventures, which include rescuing a dead city tree to plant it in the woods, and giving Harold's patriotic Army officer uncle a shocking surprise. Through all this, Maude teaches the youth how to play banjo and most importantly: how to embrace life. Harold declares his love for this amazing old gal and clings to her despite protests from family and minister. And then the eve of Maude's 80th birthday arrives....


Related items:
Bud Cort has a minor role in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970).
Ruth Gordon and an enormous cast of loonies appear in the cult comedy/disaster film fave, THE BIG BUS (1976). This precursor to AIRPLANE! (1980) is unequalled in craziness.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.

(8.1) Harold and Maude (1971) - Ruth Gordon/Bud Cort/Vivian Pickles/Cyril Cusack/Charles Tyner/Ellen Geer/Tom Skerritt