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Mood:
- ContemplativeOffbeatHumorousTouching
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Plot:
- Odd CoupleSocial MisfitsUnlikely CoupleComing of AgeFriendshipTeenage LifeLove and RomanceMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century70s
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Place:
- CaliforniaSan FranciscoUSAUrban
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Audience:
- Date Night
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssential
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- Dark HumorIrreverent Humor
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- Semi SeriousRealisticSlow
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Score:
- Pop
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Harold and Maude, 1971
English
USA
Profile of Harold and Maude
The mood of Harold and Maude is contemplative, offbeat, and touching. The plot centers around an odd couple, social misfits, and misfits. It features dark humor and irreverent humor. Harold and Maude is a drama, comedy, and romance movie. In approach, it is realistic. The pacing is slow. Harold and Maude takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. The setting is San Francisco. It happens in the 20th century. The musical score of Harold and Maude is pop. The movie is known for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of Harold and Maude
In the days before home video, when access to anything but first-run Hollywood movies was limited to repertory houses and college film societies, Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude achieved cult status and became a surprise hit. In a broad sense, the film is a simple love story about how opposites attract--only, this time around, he's 19 and she's 79. Harold, played with deadpan humor by Bud Cort (M*A*S*H), is under extreme pressure from his overbearing mother, Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles, in a performance that is a sheer delight), to enter the dating world. Unfortunately, the shy and morose Harold would rather spend his time attending the funerals of complete strangers. It is at one of these where he meets Maude (Ruth Gordon), who has the spunk and energy of a teenager. Maude is convinced that Harold needs to come out of his shell and enjoy life, so she brings him into hers.
The taboo relationship between Harold and Maude, created by screenwriter Colin Higgins, embodied the spirit of an experimental generation guided by the mantra "If it feels good, do it." The love affair between the film's two eccentrics remains one of Hollywood's most unexpected, but tender, romances. The soundtrack, with songs by Cat Stevens, provides an effective thematic bridge as Harold crosses from extended adolescence into manhood.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 December 1971 |
| Runtime: | 91 min |
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as Maude
as Harold Parker Chasen
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Users Reviews
- 01.May.2010
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- by: Elizabeth Maurer
- Elizabeth Maurer rated this movie
0/10
- 18.June.2009
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- by: Mary Leighton
- Mary Leighton rated this movie
10/10Must See
