Harold And Maude details

Harold And Maude
Format: 15 DVD
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, William Lucking, Ellen Geer, Charles Tyner, G. Wood, M. Borman, Eric Christmas
Director: Hal Ashby
Genre: Comedy - Action/Adventure, Crime
Studio: PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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Harold And Maude
15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time: 1 hour 27 minutes
Rental release: 13 May 2002
Main languages: English
Dubbed: German, French, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Hearing impaired subtitles: English
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  • Older and better

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By sadako from sussex , 27 May 2004

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    A little dated now but Hal Ashby’s comedy about a maudlin young man and his relationship with a young-at-heart octagenarian is short, sweet and leaves you feeling a better person for having watched it.

    Maude is irreverent, spontaneous and beautiful and Ruth Gordon does her full justice. In a lesser directors lap this story would come across as absurd and ridiculous. Hal Ashby, as ever, is simple and sly in his humour and is able to say a lot with very little. Some of the set pieces seem a little jaded after thirty years but others are hilarious, not least Maude’s encounter with the police. Cat Stevens provides a jaunty soundtrack. At an hour and twenty five minutes you could get two of these into a Lord of the Rings, about £100,000,000 in change and learn a lot more about life, war and love.
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  • Didn't get this at all.

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By Martin77 (211 reviews) from PLYMOUTH , 15 Apr 2013
    I know its probably me but i didn't get this movie at and baled after 45 boring mins. Why do critics rave about it ?
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  • Strange but good strange

    Rated - 4.5 stars  
    By MikePoole (24 reviews) , 05 Sep 2012
    Weird as hell and very off-beat what what a fantastic film. It would be considered strange even now, years after it was released but so interesting, well acted and filmed. Highly recommended.
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  • Ahead of its time. Good music from Cat Stevens too..

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By Steve from Swindon , 04 Jul 2012
    I watched this recently.. about 35 years after I first saw it. It was ahead of its time and is still very enjoyable. I had forgotten that Cat Stevens did the music on this one which was a real bonus when I sat down to see it a second time. The story and acting is unusual and its both an amusing and touching story.
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  • Entertaining fun

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By Malgy (3 reviews) , 27 Jun 2012

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    One of my favourite films ever. It is simply entertaining and fun to watch with completely over the top characters.
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  • Alternative attitudes of an era

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer , 05 Jun 2012
    I missed this in the 70s and watched it now in C21st as a relic of a bygone era. In these more cynical times and bearing in mind that I'm pretty close to Maud's age, it's very difficult to identify with what appears to be a fantasy world inhabited by weird and overdrawn characters. That it became a cult film at the time provides an insight into alternative attitudes of the era.
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