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Harold and Maude

Cast

Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner View All

Crew

Hal Ashby (Director) View All

Release: Dec. 20th, 1971

Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don�t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

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34 Harold & Maude Movie Poll Discussion

Okay, gang of thieves! Time to discuss HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971). "Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a ...

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Citizen Rules
I did not object to the story idea of an 80 year old woman having a romance with a 20 year old kid, (though he looks more like 14.) I actually liked the story idea, it had a lot of potential.

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Omnizoa
I like how the two contrast and complement each other in their various ways, Maude to Harold moreso than Harold to Maude though, that would be a criticism of mine.

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