After learning of Maude's death, Harold is shown speeding down a country road, and sending the car off a seaside cliff. As the pair dance, Maude tells Harold that she "couldn't imagine a lovelier farewell." When Maude reveals that she has taken an overdose of sleeping pills, and will be dead by midnight, Harold rushes Maude to the hospital. Maude's birthday arrives, and Harold throws a surprise party for her. Unbeknownst to Harold, Maude has been planning to commit suicide on her eightieth birthday. Harold announces that he will marry Maude, resulting in disgusted outbursts from his family, analyst, and priest. Holding her hand, Harold discovers a number tattooed on her forearm, indicating Maude survived the Nazi death camps. His mother tries enlisting him in the military by sending Harold to his uncle, who lost an arm serving under General MacArthur in the Second World War, but Harold deters the recruitment by staging a scene where Maude poses as a pacifist protester and Harold seemingly murders her out of militarist fanaticism.Īs Harold and Maude grow closer, their friendship blossoms into a romance. One by one, Harold frightens and horrifies each of his appointed computer dates, by appearing to commit gruesome acts: self-immolation, self-mutilation, and seppuku. She and Harold form a bond and Maude shows Harold the pleasures of art and music (including how to play banjo), and teaches him how to make "the most of his time on earth." Meanwhile, Harold's mother is determined, against Harold's wishes, to find him a wife. Maude lives in a decommissioned railroad car and thinks nothing of breaking the law she is quite skilled at stealing cars and will swiftly uproot an ailing tree on public property to re-plant it in the forest. Harold is entranced by Maude's quirky outlook on life, which is bright and delightfully carefree in contrast with his moribund demeanor. Harold meets 79-year-old Maude one day while at a random stranger's funeral Mass, and discovers that they share a hobby. His mother sends Harold to a psychoanalyst, sets him up with blind dates, and buys him a luxury car, all schemes he subverts in his own way. He stages elaborate fake suicides, attends funerals (usually for people that he doesn't know), and drives a hearse, all to the chagrin of his self-obsessed, wealthy socialite mother. Harold Chasen is a young man obsessed with death. The Criterion Collection released a special edition Blu-ray and DVD in 2012. The film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1997, and was ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute list of 100 funniest movies of all time in 2000. Filming locations in the San Francisco Bay Area included both Holy Cross Cemetery and Golden Gate National Cemetery, the ruins of the Sutro Baths and Rose Court Mansion in Hillsborough, California.Ĭritically and commercially unsuccessful when first released, the film eventually developed a cult following, and first made a profit in 1983. The screenplay by Colin Higgins began as his master's thesis for film school. Harold develops a friendship, and eventual romantic relationship, with 79-year-old Maude ( Ruth Gordon) who teaches Harold about the importance of living life to its fullest. The plot follows the exploits of Harold Chasen ( Bud Cort), a young man who is intrigued with death, and who rejects the life his detached mother ( Vivian Pickles) prescribes for him. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. original sound - yougoglencoco□.Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy– drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. She is such a sweetheart □❤️ #fyp #foryoupage #foryou #fypシ #viral #elle #womeninhollywood #ellewomeninhollywood #29thannualellewomeninhollywood #sydneysweeney #sydneysweeneyedit #sydneysweeneyspeach #speach #euphoria #euphoriahbo #euphoriaedit #euphoriaseason2 #cassiehoward #cassiehowardedit #cassieeuphoria #euphoriacassie #maudeapatow #maudeapatowedit #sydneyandmaude #maudeandsydney #lexihoward #lexihowardedit #lexieuphoria #euphorialexi #bestfriends #sisters #tvshowĢ.7K Likes, TikTok video from yougoglencoco□ "she is such a sweetheart □❤️ #fyp #foryoupage #foryou #fypシ #viral #elle #womeninhollywood #ellewomeninhollywood #29thannualellewomeninhollywood #sydneysweeney #sydneysweeneyedit #sydneysweeneyspeach #speach #euphoria #euphoriahbo #euphoriaedit #euphoriaseason2 #cassiehoward #cassiehowardedit #cassieeuphoria #euphoriacassie #maudeapatow #maudeapatowedit #sydneyandmaude #maudeandsydney #lexihoward #lexihowardedit #lexieuphoria #euphorialexi #bestfriends #sisters #tvshow".
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