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Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1971

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

User Score

76%

Original Title

Harold and Maude

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Hal Ashby

Budget

$1,200,000

Description

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.