Harold and Maude
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.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- 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
- 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 actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis
Cover by Jordan Crane
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- 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
- 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 actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis
Cover by Jordan Crane
Cast
- Ruth Gordon
- Maude
- Bud Cort
- Harold
- Vivian Pickles
- Mrs. Chasen
- Cyril Cusack
- Glaucus
- Charles Tyner
- Uncle Victor
- Ellen Geer
- Sunshine Doré
- Eric Christmas
- Priest
- G. Wood
- Psychiatrist
- Judy Engles
- Candy Gulf
- Shari Summers
- Edith Phern
- Tom Skerritt
- Motorcycle officer
- Susan Madigan
- Girlfriend
- Ray Goman
- Police officer
- Gordon Devol
- Police officer
- Harvey Brumfield
- Police officer
- Henry Dieckoff
- Butler
- Philip Schultz
- Doctor
- Sonia Sorrell
- Head nurse
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
- Gaffer
- Richard Hart
- Unit production manager
- Wes Mcafee
- Production assistant
- Jeff Wexler
- First assistant director
- Michael Dmytryk
- Stunt coordinator
- Buddy Joe Hooker
- Titles by
- Pablo Ferro
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A scene from Harold and Maude
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