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Overview

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8.1/10   26,524 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Colin Higgins (written by)
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Release Date:
20 December 1971 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They will defy everything you've ever seen or heard about screen lovers! [Video] more
Plot:
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
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(12 articles)
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Great movie! more (244 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ruth Gordon ... Maude

Bud Cort ... Harold
Vivian Pickles ... Mrs. Chasen
Cyril Cusack ... Glaucus
Charles Tyner ... Uncle Victor

Ellen Geer ... Sunshine Doré
Eric Christmas ... Priest
G. Wood ... Psychiatrist
Judy Engles ... Candy Gulf
Shari Summers ... Edith Phern

Tom Skerritt ... Motorcycle Officer (as M. Borman)
Susan Madigan ... Girlfriend
Ray K. Goman ... Police Officer (as Ray Goman)
Gordon Devol ... Police Officer (as Gordon DeVol)
Harvey Brumfield ... Police Officer
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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[June 2008] Ranked #9 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy". more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Maude pulls the banjo out of a cabinet, you see the reflection of crew and lights. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mrs. Chasen: [after spotting Harold hanging from a noose in the living room] I suppose you think that's very funny, Harold... Oh, dinner at eight, Harold. And do try and be a little more vivacious.
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Referenced in Harold (2008) more
Soundtrack:
I wish, I wish more

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32 out of 46 people found the following review useful.
Great movie!, 2 March 2005
10/10
Author: bicycler from United States

I love this film. I saw it when it first came out and I was a teenager. I bought the VHS version and I watch it every-so-often. It is great! I have decided that I want to be like the character Ruth Gordon plays in this movie when I get older. She is eccentric. She loves life. She is in touch with herself. I LOVE HER!!! And Bud Cort...what a wonderful, dry, cool, suave young fellow. Believable. He wants to control his own life. His mama is, well... rich and determined. He is...young and confused. You won't believe this. I laugh every time I play it. And I search myself every time it ends. You can watch it one hundred times and still find something new. It's not normal, it's not predictable, and most of all, it's not a waste of time.

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