Harold and Maude [DVD] / Paramount Pictures Corporation ; a Mildred Lewis-Colin Higgins production ; executive producer, Mildred Lewis ; written by Colin Higgins ; produced by Colin Higgins and Charles B. Mulvehill ; directed by Hal Ashby.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
DVD special ed.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Special features: Audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill; Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins; New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Matt Zoller Seitz. Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers.
Summary:
Countercultural director Hal Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian. 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. The cult classic of its era, featuring indelible performances and a soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
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