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  Harold and Maude (1971)
HAM clearly was the product of its time, as everything about it signifies the worst aspects of the counterculture prevalent in the late Sixties and early Seventies.
Maude has the habit of stealing cars for herself, and we're clearly supposed to think this is cute and acceptable.
Harold and Maude wants to be The Graduate: a poignant and honest look "coming of age" story about a young man who doesn't fit in with the ways society tries to buttonhole him.
www.dvdmg.com /haroldandmaude.shtml   (1798 words)

  
 The DVD Journal: Harold and Maude
To refresh on the plot: Harold (Bud Cort, in his career-defining role) is 20, passive and withdrawn, and obsessed with death.
Maude lives each moment fully, spurning convention and authority with exuberant joy, gradually drawing Harold out of his shell and encouraging him to embrace life.
When Harold asks Maude about an umbrella she has hanging on the wall, she tells him it was something she used to defend herself with at protests and political meetings before she moved to America.
www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/haroldandmaude.html   (976 words)

  
 Endervidualism Agora - Harold and Maude (1971) - reviewed by Tom Ender
Maude is closing in on 80 years old and has lived all over the world.
Maude’s attitude regarding property is probably not “in synch” with most readers here, but when she gives her underlying reasons they are almost Nockian, though surely not propertarian.
In most ways Maude is a near opposite of Harold: he is focused on death, she on life; he is quiet and subdued, she is exuberant and vivacious; he is young, she is old.
www.endervidualism.com /agora/harold_maude_1971.htm   (966 words)

  
 "Harold and Maude" by Colin Higgins
Maude takes a great ring of keys from her purse, selects one of them, and opens the door of the car at the curb.
Maude is standing by the tree with her umbrella and a large peace sign.
MAUDE But, Harold, we begin to die as soon as we are born.
home.online.no /~bhundlan/scripts/Harold-and-Maude.htm   (14271 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Harold and Maude at Epinions.com
She befriends the oddball Harold and they go back to her home, which appears to be an old train car, and they talk about this and that.
Harold is more interested in playing mind games on the girls than anything else, but the three scenes with the different girls are the funniest parts of this movie.
In another, Harold seems to be acting normal until he pulls a meat cleaver out of his jacket and hacks off a prosthetic hand right in front of the girl his mother is trying to set him up with.
www.epinions.com /content_221286076036   (912 words)

  
 Harold and Maude
The 1971 film Harold and Maude is best known as a love story between a man 20 years old and a woman going on 80.
Harold is drawn to her carefree lifestyle, and the two become friends.
He learns from her to live life to the fullest--a theme that would recur in countless movies in the decades to follow--but as the friendship progresses, we begin to understand that her devil-may-care attitude is something of a facade.
tobybaldwin.tripod.com /long/maude.html   (807 words)

  
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"Harold." A layer of plaster became a craggy desert of light and shade, and a swirl of paint evoked the swell of a polar sea.
Maude drove at her usual pace and talked happily to Harold about children's games and how she had taught Frederick to play marbles when they were in hiding after the Anschluss.
Maude was on the motorcycle, revving it up and motioning Harold to jump on behind her.
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 Harold and Maude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maude's past is revealed in a glimpse of the concentration camp ID number tattooed on her arm.
Clearly a survivor, Maude is also a fabulist and a dreamer; seeing beauty all around her and believing in the innate goodness of the individual people (but neither the state nor the corporate structure).
Maude steals the Mustang in front of the San Mateo County Courthouse.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_and_Maude   (804 words)

  
 Harold and Maude: The Musical, a CurtainUp review
Neither of these significant issues is considered by the musical which, like the film, focuses on the plight of Harold Chasen, a rich yet seriously morbid 19 year old who enjoys staging his own death and attending the funerals of strangers.
Harold and Maude meet as a result of their mutual fascination with funerals.
As Harold's peculiar brand of creativity generally serves to unnerve those who would like to see him fit into society, mainly his mother and his analyst, the musical remains focused on Harold's growing affection for Maude and on his ability to be completely honest with her.
www.curtainup.com /haroldandmaude.html   (1332 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Harold and Maude: DVD: Harvey Brumfield,Eric Christmas,Bud Cort,Cyril Cusack,Gordon Devol,Henry ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Harold is a rich kid with a high strung, selfish mother who tries anything to find a suitor for him, in turn Harold escapes from his home to overshadow funeral processions and memorials.
The relationship between Harold and Maude is truly endearing, and is as heartbreakingly dear as it is comedic.
Ruth Gordon as Maude, Bud Cort as Harold Parker Chasen, Vivian Pickles as Mrs.
www.amazon.com /Harold-Maude-Harvey-Brumfield/dp/6305882592   (2316 words)

  
 Harold and Maude (1971)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Trivia: In all shots of Ruth Gordon (Maude) driving the hearse it is being towed because she never learned how to drive a car.
Quotes: Maude: Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves.
"Harold and Maude" is a paean to life and love, even if it's in the weirdest places.
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 SHOWS :: ON OUR STAGE
Based on the 1971 cult film, Harold and Maude: The Musical is perhaps one of the sweetest yet most unconventional love stories - profoundly moving and filled with delectable humor.
Harold, a 19 year-old fascinated by death and all its trappings, meets Maude, a vivacious and eccentric 79-year-old widow with hobbies that border on the felonious.
With her unbreakable spirit, she becomes a beacon in the life of this self-destructive rich boy, and their unlikely romance awakens Harold to the beauty, possibility and meaning of life.
www.papermill.org /stage/shows.php?ID=7   (214 words)

  
 For the love of 'Harold and Maude'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Coincidentally, Harold and Maude was just released on DVD — and I suggest everyone go out and buy it right this minute, no questions asked.
Harold and Maude is apt to direct everyone toward one obsession or another: life, death, licorice, trees or Cat Stevens, to name a few.
Harold and Maude is one of very few films that not only opens the door to fascinating, original characters, but it can have a permanent impact on the way you view your own life.
www.usatoday.com /life/candy/candy23.htm   (1054 words)

  
 HAROLD AND MAUDE
Harold and Maude's picnic was on Sand Hill Road, about a mile off Highway 280.
Maude's railcar house was filmed in South San Francisco on Oyster Point Boulevard
Harold is driving by Golden Gate National Cemetery, probably on Sneath Lane, though possibly on El Camino Real.
www.filminamerica.com /Movies/HaroldAndMaude   (575 words)

  
 HAROLD AND MAUDE
Fascinated by death and all its trappings, Harold has an old hearse which he drives to funerals at various cemeteries around town.
At two successive services, he meets Maude (Gordon), a 79-year-old concentration camp survivor who is as thrilled with life as he is with death.
A classic free spirit, she is the polar opposite of the solemn Harold.
www.filmnight.org /haroldmaude.htm   (290 words)

  
 Harold and Maude Movie Review at Hollywood Video
Harold and Maude Movie Review at Hollywood Video
At a funeral he meets Maude who is old, poor, and full of life.
Soon thereafter, men of great influence, such as the president of the United States, want counsel from Chauncey.
www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?mid=532   (204 words)

  
 Harold & Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens - The Songs Used in the Film
Harold & Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens - The Songs Used in the Film
An official soundtrack containing all of the Cat Stevens songs used in the movie Harold & Maude has never been released.
However you can compile your own soundtrack from three Cat Stevens albums - Tea for the Tillerman, Mona Bone Jakon and Footsteps in the Dark (Greatest Hits, Vol.
zensite.home.att.net /haroldandmaude   (206 words)

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