Harold and Maude

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Review added by
David Simpson

Certificate: 15
Running Time: 91 Mins
Retail Price: £17.99
Release Date: 14/07/2014
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
A glorious mixture of the riotously morbid and joyously life-affirming, Hal Ashby s Harold and Maude was an instant counter-culture favourite on its release in 1971, and whose popularity has spread in the decades since to become simply one of the most beloved cult comedies ever made.

Following the burgeoning relationship between the gloomy, 20-year-old, suicide-staging Harold (Bud Cort), suffocated by his wealthy homestead, and the sprightly octogenarian Maude (Ruth Gordon), whose bohemian wiles and open-arms approach to living enable his first gentle steps towards embracing existence.

With its brilliant script by Colin Higgins, a magnificent, standard-setting soundtrack by Cat Stevens, wonderful performances, and Hal Ashby s stunning directorial control, Harold and Maude combines a jet-black comic edge with romance, philosophy, satire and beauty to form a masterfully funny and moving whole. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this masterpiece for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.

Special Features:
New and exclusive video discussion of the film by critic David Cairns
Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill

40-PAGE BOOKLET featuring archival interviews with director Hal Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins, a 1971 profile of star Ruth Gordon, and rare archival imagery.

Related Websites:
http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/harold-and-maude/