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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: HAROLD AND MAUDE review
Description: In which the Mister and I check out HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971), which we caught on the TCM app. From director Hal Ashby and writer Colin Higgins, the film tells the story of Harold (Bud Cort), a rich, young man who is obsessed with death and creating macabre scenes to elicit a response from his mother (played by Vivian Pickles). He meets with a shrink regularly and indulges in his favorite pastime, attending funerals. It is here that he meets 79 year old Maude (Ruth Gordon), a woman who may not have had the easiest life but who has nonetheless grabbed life with b...