Harold and Maude
With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
Special Features
- New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Optional remastered uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill
- Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins
- New interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Ruth Gordon (Blu-ray only); and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with star Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis (Blu-ray only)
New cover by Jordan Crane
Special Features
- New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Optional remastered uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill
- Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins
- New interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Ruth Gordon (Blu-ray only); and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with star Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis (Blu-ray only)
New cover by Jordan Crane
Cast
- Ruth Gordon
- Maude
- Bud Cort
- Harold
- Vivian Pickles
- Mrs. Chasen
- Cyril Cusack
- Glaucus
- Chares Tyner
- Uncle Victor
- Ellen Geer
- Sunshine Doré
- Eric Christmas
- Priest
- G. Wood
- Psychiatrist
- Judy Engles
- Candy Gulf
- Tom Skerritt
- Motorcycle officer
Credits
- Director
- Hal Ashby
- Produced by
- Colin Higgins
- Produced by
- Charles B. Mulvehill
- Written by
- Colin Higgins
- Executive producer
- Mildred Lewis
- Director of photography
- John Alonzo
- Songs composed and performed by
- Cat Stevens
- Recordings supervised by
- Paul Samwell-Smith
- Film editing
- William A. Sawyer
- Film editing
- Edward Warschilka
- Production designer
- Michael Haller
- Costume designer
- William Theiss
- Wardrobe supervisor
- Andrea Weaver
- Makeup
- Bob Stein
- Hair stylist
- Kathryn Blondell
- Sound
- William Randall
- Camera operator
- Joe Marquette Jr.
- Head grip
- Charles Record
- Titles by
- Pablo Ferro
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