TY - ADVS AU - Alonzo,John A. AU - Ashby,Hal AU - Christmas,Eric AU - Cort,Bud AU - Cusack,Cyril AU - Engles,Judy AU - Geer,Ellen AU - Gordon,Ruth AU - Haller,Michael AU - Higgins,Colin AU - Lewis,Mildred AU - Mulvehill,Charles AU - Pickles,Vivian AU - Sawyer,William A. AU - Seitz,Matt Zoller AU - Stevens,Cat AU - Summers,Shari AU - Theiss,William AU - Tyner,Charles AU - Warschilka,Edward A. AU - Wood,G. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) ED - Paramount Pictures Corporation. TI - Harold and Maude T2 - Criterion collection SN - 1604655720 PY - 2012///] CY - [United States] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Drama KW - May-December romances KW - Problem youth KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Dark comedy films KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1971; Special features: Audio commentary by Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill; Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins; New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Matt Zoller Seitz; Songs composed and performed by Cat Stevens ; director of photography, John Alonzo ; costume designer, William Theiss ; production designer, Michael Haller ; film editing, William A. Sawyer, Edward Warschilka; Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers; MPAA rating: PG N2 - Countercultural director Hal Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian. 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. The cult classic of its era, featuring indelible performances and a soundtrack by Cat Stevens ER -