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Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort) lives deep within the cavernous underground of the Houston Astrodome, but his dreams rise much higher. He aims to fly. Not in a plane. But with strapped-on wings he’s designing – encouraged by a mysterious woman (Sally Kellerman) who may be his guardian angel. But Brewster McCloud, Robert Altman’s wild, anarchic cult fave, isn’t about dreams as much as it is about the highs and lows of humanity. It’s a serial-killer mystery. A frenetic car-chase flick. A crazy circus-finale comedy. Shelley Duvall debuts as the tour guide whose seduction of Brewster may lead to his undoing. Ah, love. The thing that at once shapes and unravels us. The thing that may or may not give us wings.

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With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby (Being There) fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins (9 to 5), Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’s Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Rosemary’s Baby’s Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.

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With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become one of cinema’s most beloved comedies. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family (Bud Cort) and a devil-may-care bohemian sixty years his senior (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and beguiling sincerity, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light—along with those that separate people by class, gender, and age—and features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins Interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis Top Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews Harold and Maude (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Harold and Maude (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become one of cinema’s most beloved comedies. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family (Bud Cort) and a devil-may-care bohemian sixty years his senior (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and beguiling sincerity, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light—along with those that separate people by class, gender, and age—and features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins Interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis Top About this item Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews Harold and Maude (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] Harold and Maude (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]

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Harold (Bud Cort) is a rich teenager obsessed with death; Maude (Ruth Gordon) is a wacky septuagenarian who loves life. Their bittersweet romance makes for an uproarious and touching dark comedy that you will want to see again and again. Harold's faked suicides, Maude's eccentricities, and Cat Stevens' score make this a very special movie; directed by Hal Ashby. With Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Ellen Geer. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Top