Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude1971

Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG
Runtime: 91 minutes

Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier, either. It seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higg… more »



Maude:
That little tree — it's in trouble. Come on. [Harold and Maude walk over to a tree growing through the sidewalk in front of a building.] Look at it. Oh, it's suffocating. Well, it's the smog. You know, people can live with it, but trees — it gives them asthma. They can't breathe. The leaves, look, they’re turning all brown. Harold, we have got to do something about this life.

Harold:
What?

Maude:
We'll transplant it. To the forest.

Harold:
You can't do that

Maude:
Why not?

Harold:
This is public property.

Maude:
Well, exactly.

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