"......and if you want to beep beep, beep beep....." LOL!.....This movie was released by the Criterion Collection on bluray and the transfer is excellent...there are some interesting deleted scenes in the bonus features too.....
I've seen this movie countless times. It never gets old. It also introduced me to the music of Cat Stevens, which was perfect for the actors and the story. When young, this film made me feel better during bad times. Now old, I still like it.
I have never forgotten this movie. I saw it for the first time in 1971, when I was 21 years old. It has continued to be an inspiration in so many ways. A film to turn to and embrace when the world seems scary and uncertain...which is always, and never.
This is best cuts from the movie, the parts that really explain the reason why Harold & Maude are the way they are. I've never understood why people call this a dark comedy, when it is the most life affirming movie I know. Yes, the beginning of Harold's life is tragic, but once Maude comes on the scene, she shows us all what enjoying every moment of life can be like. And she loves Harold unconditionally with her whole heart, but not more than she has loved others like her dead husband. Maude is complete in herself, she doesn't need Harold, certainly not the way he needs her, for he is drinking up her love of life like the thirsty little tree she rescues, and she is the first great love in his life. Those around him can't see his true love, but it is real, and wholesome, and innocent, even their lovemaking scenes are about true love and passion for the beloved, not lust. When he glimpses the concentration camp numbers on her arm, he finally gets to understand how she has become so in love with life, it is her victory over the killers of her loved ones and all the tragedy that was inflicted upon her, and it helps him realize that his own sad childhood is joyous compared to the trauma she has suffered and doesn't talk about. And in the end, Harold's grief is just as real as his love, and liberating; death holds no attraction anymore for him for it would be a betrayal of all she gave him. His last staged suicide was a rejection of longing for death (represented by his beloved hearse-mobile) and an affirmation of life, singing and dancing away from everything that used to enslave him. I don't think he goes back to his mother's home ever again, but heads out into the wide world, hopping a freight train, or "borrowing" a car, or hitch-hiking, and taking the adventures that life gives him.
And then he gets assaulted by a drug dealer and has to resort to prostitution to get by, eventually becoming a heroin addict and dying at the age of 25, life is wonderful, but Maude got to where she was through luck as well, I doubt she failed to realise that.
You are missing the entire point of the movie, if you have seen it. She was in a concentration camp in WW2. Her life was worthless to her captors, she could have died in there or died on the inside surrounded by all the death and lack of hope. There was no luck that got her to to the place of her enlightenment but, the understanding that life is full of both love and sorrow and in experiencing both we find the meaning of what it is to be alive.
@@cpshirling Yes, she had hope and a strong mind, but a lot of people do and still meet tragic circumstances, luck is an element in success. She is grateful for the lucky opportunities she had to survive.
I loved both actors' performances in this film!! This song alone puts me in a lively mood. It's touching how Maude taught Harold to appreciate more life. This is Cat Stevens' best song!!
Тhis moоovie is noоw аvailable to watch hеrе => twitter.com/19683a8c7720f22f5/status/822791545094930433 Harold and Мaudeеe If yyou want toо sing out sing out
The one scene here that hits me every time is when Harold looks down at Maude's arm (at 4:08), and sees the concentration camp tattoo. Suddenly, everything about Maude becomes blindingly clear, and the song takes on another layer of meaning...
+primroseburrows I watched this movie when I was realy young about 8 and saw things in it I would not see today, likewise I noticed new things as I watched it again later
Seen this wonderful movie with my mum..she's 87 years old & shes " young at heart" too../ we love this great Love- life Story...One of the best movies...❤
I watched this on the good prescription cough syrup when I was 13 and had a blast. My mom knew I liked old things from the 60’s and 70’s, but she didn’t convince me until the second go round at Blockbuster when she told me that everybody had a big crush on Bud Cort back in the day. Well, needless to say Harold and Maude changed my life and made it more worthwhile. I only watch it with really close friends now. I’ve seen it so many times, but I always have a good cry. I love Hal Ashby too. He’s such a brilliant director and I was obsessed with his films for a long time.
I recently saw Ruth Gordon in an oldie silver screen cinema film and my god what timeless beauty, super fresh and exuberant, a simply divine creature. I was spellbound the first time i saw Harold and Maude. This is better than anything, wondrous, magical, timeless
I thank God for my mother. This is one of her favorites and she brought spiritual meaning to my life through everything beautiful just like Maude !!! ⭐❤⭐
I have watched this movie at least 20 times... one of my all time favorites! but until this day I never saw the 'tattoo' on Maude's arm... WOW... So sorry I didn't recognize that before!!! Glad I finally did, tho!!!
This is so much more than a love story, it is more than I could ever put in to words. I find it unexplainabley deep and beautiful. It's like a beautiful painting in motion or a beautiful musical composition translted in to a story. So many ways to see this movie and they are all good.
+Nostalgia In my 60 years on this planet I have sometimes felt like Harold and sometimes like Maude. I hope you find that freedom. As long as you're here, as Maude said, "Go out and love some more!".
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I think you can, if you do not limit love, and you just love each moment, and what is in that moment, don't drag the last moment into it, and do not bring a fear of the future, or disappointing expectations into it.......it is hard, but when you learn to be free.......you can. God bless.
I just love this scene ... especially when she stands up and the piano keeps on playing. Brilliant film and whether your on top of the world or struggling beneath you 'll be all the better for having watched it. i see something I've missed everytime.
Beautiful movie and sound track.. I love it so much.. Come on Harold , join in .... Whenever my back is against the wall, I remember Maude and I sing out and I feel free again. ...Thank you Yusuf for this.. My Happy Song .
The old sculptures on the Emeryville mud flats at 3:23 really bring back memories for me. They have been gone at least thirty years now, but anyone of a certain age certainly remembers them with with fondness.
This is in my top 3 movies. Last year with no warning i got deathly ill with spinal meningitis staff infection and pneumonia at the same time. was in and out of coma coded three times had five emergency surgeries in seven weeks almost died then infection raced up my spine fracturing all my vertebra just missed my brain stem. they said that I would be a vegetable or quadriplegic but thank God I am walking now with a small limp. But when I was scared and alone living hour by hour. I sang trouble in my head. I really highly recommend the movie across the universe. I loved it so much I watched it 3 times in a row.
I'm 18. I was born in 1994 and have grown up with DVDs and iPods. My dad showed me this movie when I was 16, and to this day It is my favorite movie ever. Cat Stevens is also my favorite artist, and I can't believe I lived 16 years without the beauty and crude-humor of this amazing film.
I too have been a fan of this film since seeing it with my cousins Georgia and Lois in a movie theatre about 40 years ago or so. Thanks kindly for posting! Love the Cat too.
Wonderful movie ah Maude's spirit gives me life! Every song in the movie is so beautiful as is this one. Oh how life passes so quickly. 'Aim above morality' :D 'take chances'
One of my favorite all time movies, and all time favorite musicians, Cat Stevens. It doesn't get any better. This was my favorite of Cat Stevens songs, although not as well known as his others.
+shevdiam5 Life isn't about controlling our circumstances, but how we respond to them. She chose not to cry, but to live the moments she was in. Not languishing in the horrors of her past, but rejoicing and celebrating the present.
Ricksville exactly! That's what I got from her character and the reveal of her tattoo, but I've never been able to articulate it into a sentence like you have, thank you, I think this will help me adopt this same outlook on life.
When this fine film was released, I related to Harold. Now, fifty-plus years on, I relate to Maude. Sing this at my funeral - because if you want to be free, be free!
Great words, hommefriday. I lost my husband last month and found myself alone with my little boy. Still, that movie put a smile on my face. Maude is so full of life and so touching. Makes you see life in a complete different way, even in the moments of deep sadness I'm going through these days. That song makes me cry, though. Oh, and btw, the DVD is avalaible in France. Found it in Lille the other day, just so you know. Take care.
I always loved this movie, I used to miss school just to watch it , Brazil ..,”Sessão Da Tarde” ...This vídeo is so touching...Especially because it shows the scene of Harold seeing Maud’s number...He then realizes she is a survivor from the holocaust.He get closer and put his arms around her♥️
This brings such a wonderful memory to me joe ray Cortez playin this pool side on marco island for my love gray and myself god bless joe for the memory no one can take your.memorys
Ruth Gordon was one of my all time favorites!!! Her portrayal of Blanche in Bonnie and Clyde was brutal to watch, but soooo poignant. And Bud Cort? Stands alone!!!
Hands down the BEST movie of ALL time!!! My life wouldn't be as beautiful without it!
slow down there buddy
Full throttle buddy. Live life to the fullest!
"......and if you want to beep beep, beep beep....." LOL!.....This movie was released by the Criterion Collection on bluray and the transfer is excellent...there are some interesting deleted scenes in the bonus features too.....
I've seen this movie countless times. It never gets old. It also introduced me to the music of Cat Stevens, which was perfect for the actors and the story. When young, this film made me feel better during bad times. Now old, I still like it.
Andrea Torkington
1 million % AGREE with you
I have never forgotten this movie. I saw it for the first time in 1971, when I was 21 years old. It has continued to be an inspiration in so many ways. A film to turn to and embrace when the world seems scary and uncertain...which is always, and never.
This is best cuts from the movie, the parts that really explain the reason why Harold & Maude are the way they are. I've never understood why people call this a dark comedy, when it is the most life affirming movie I know. Yes, the beginning of Harold's life is tragic, but once Maude comes on the scene, she shows us all what enjoying every moment of life can be like. And she loves Harold unconditionally with her whole heart, but not more than she has loved others like her dead husband.
Maude is complete in herself, she doesn't need Harold, certainly not the way he needs her, for he is drinking up her love of life like the thirsty little tree she rescues, and she is the first great love in his life. Those around him can't see his true love, but it is real, and wholesome, and innocent, even their lovemaking scenes are about true love and passion for the beloved, not lust. When he glimpses the concentration camp numbers on her arm, he finally gets to understand how she has become so in love with life, it is her victory over the killers of her loved ones and all the tragedy that was inflicted upon her, and it helps him realize that his own sad childhood is joyous compared to the trauma she has suffered and doesn't talk about.
And in the end, Harold's grief is just as real as his love, and liberating; death holds no attraction anymore for him for it would be a betrayal of all she gave him. His last staged suicide was a rejection of longing for death (represented by his beloved hearse-mobile) and an affirmation of life, singing and dancing away from everything that used to enslave him. I don't think he goes back to his mother's home ever again, but heads out into the wide world, hopping a freight train, or "borrowing" a car, or hitch-hiking, and taking the adventures that life gives him.
Thank you Chris ...I couldnt have said it better!
Thank you for one of the most beautiful posts that I have ever read on RUclips. This movie and soundtrack have inspired me since I was a young teen.
And then he gets assaulted by a drug dealer and has to resort to prostitution to get by, eventually becoming a heroin addict and dying at the age of 25, life is wonderful, but Maude got to where she was through luck as well, I doubt she failed to realise that.
You are missing the entire point of the movie, if you have seen it. She was in a concentration camp in WW2. Her life was worthless to her captors, she could have died in there or died on the inside surrounded by all the death and lack of hope. There was no luck that got her to to the place of her enlightenment but, the understanding that life is full of both love and sorrow and in experiencing both we find the meaning of what it is to be alive.
@@cpshirling Yes, she had hope and a strong mind, but a lot of people do and still meet tragic circumstances, luck is an element in success. She is grateful for the lucky opportunities she had to survive.
Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon were so wonderful together! This is such a great movie. Always makes me laugh/cry.
A sign of best kind of entertainment on screen ❤
I loved both actors' performances in this film!! This song alone puts me in a lively mood. It's touching how Maude taught Harold to appreciate more life.
This is Cat Stevens' best song!!
I can watch this film again and again, and every time there is something new. "You can be what you want"
I feel so lucky to have found this movie, it encouraged me and changed me for the better.
Even thinking about this movie makes me want to cry. The thing is, it's actually one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. A true original.
WQW ! Good EYE............I almost missed that !
Paul South I love love love love this movie ❤️
Тhis moоovie is noоw аvailable to watch hеrе => twitter.com/19683a8c7720f22f5/status/822791545094930433 Harold and Мaudeеe If yyou want toо sing out sing out
So true , saw it as teenager and laughed till I cried and of course cried , I loved Harold and Maude ❤❤
Maude is brilliant. Harold just standing there intimidated, and shy by her singing is precious...
The one scene here that hits me every time is when Harold looks down at Maude's arm (at 4:08), and sees the concentration camp tattoo. Suddenly, everything about Maude becomes blindingly clear, and the song takes on another layer of meaning...
Marti Andrews
Yeah. The tattoo is only onscreen for a brief second, easy to miss. But when you finally see it.... pow!
John Maddin I wonder if young people who watch it today will realize the significance. I hope so.
+primroseburrows I watched this movie when I was realy young about 8 and saw things in it I would not see today, likewise I noticed new things as I watched it again later
Wow, I think I had forgotten about that. I've seen the movie many times, but not in quite a while. That does change one's perception of everything.
I watched the movie for the first time today. At this scene I paused it and said to myself "Holy shit!"
Seen this wonderful movie with my mum..she's 87 years old & shes " young at heart" too../ we love this great Love- life Story...One of the best movies...❤
Movies and songs takes me back to that time,it’s like a time portal I’m just glad I saw this at the Royal Oak theater in Royal Oak Michigan 1971
71, my freshman year in High School, saw it in the theater and Loved it. Ruth Gordon was Brlliant.
I watched this on the good prescription cough syrup when I was 13 and had a blast. My mom knew I liked old things from the 60’s and 70’s, but she didn’t convince me until the second go round at Blockbuster when she told me that everybody had a big crush on Bud Cort back in the day. Well, needless to say Harold and Maude changed my life and made it more worthwhile. I only watch it with really close friends now. I’ve seen it so many times, but I always have a good cry. I love Hal Ashby too. He’s such a brilliant director and I was obsessed with his films for a long time.
It is wonderful to watch with other people who love this .
broke the mold... forever inspiration... and gratitude.
I recently saw Ruth Gordon in an oldie silver screen cinema film and my god what timeless beauty, super fresh and exuberant, a simply divine creature. I was spellbound the first time i saw Harold and Maude. This is better than anything, wondrous, magical, timeless
JackinTheWoods
The funniest scene in this marvelous film ... Maude feels the need to dance -- and the piano plays on ...
I thank God for my mother.
This is one of her favorites and she brought spiritual meaning to my life through everything beautiful just like Maude !!! ⭐❤⭐
I have watched this movie at least 20 times... one of my all time favorites! but until this day I never saw the 'tattoo' on Maude's arm... WOW... So sorry I didn't recognize that before!!! Glad I finally did, tho!!!
This is so much more than a love story, it is more than I could ever put in to words.
I find it unexplainabley deep and beautiful. It's like a beautiful painting in motion or a beautiful musical composition translted in to a story. So many ways to see this movie and they are all good.
If I should be as lucky to love like this in my life time I shall be as free as Maude
+Nostalgia In my
60
years on this planet I have sometimes felt like Harold and sometimes like Maude. I hope you find that freedom. As long as you're here, as Maude said, "Go out and love some more!".
I wаtсchеееd Hаrold аnd Маudе full mооoоviе hеrе twitter.com/78ff4303be59328ba/status/822791545094930433 Haааarold аnd Маudе If уууоu wаnt tо sing оut sing оut
I think you can, if you do not limit love, and you just love each moment, and what is in that moment, don't drag the last moment into it, and do not bring a fear of the future, or disappointing expectations into it.......it is hard, but when you learn to be free.......you can. God bless.
I just love this scene ... especially when she stands up and the piano keeps on playing. Brilliant film and whether your on top of the world or struggling beneath you 'll be all the better for having watched it. i see something I've missed everytime.
I have cried so many times watching this.. the movie the concept Cat singing..all of it.
Beautiful movie and sound track.. I love it so much.. Come on Harold , join in .... Whenever my back is against the wall, I remember Maude and I sing out and I feel free again. ...Thank you Yusuf for this.. My Happy Song .
My favorite movie of all time. I've watched it so many times and never once noticed the tattoo. Thanks for the "AHA!" moment! :)
probably my favorite movie and cat stevens goes perfectly as a musical backdrop
The old sculptures on the Emeryville mud flats at 3:23 really bring back memories for me. They have been gone at least thirty years now, but anyone of a certain age certainly remembers them with with fondness.
This is in my top 3 movies. Last year with no warning i got deathly ill with spinal meningitis staff infection and pneumonia at the same time. was in and out of coma coded three times had five emergency surgeries in seven weeks almost died then infection raced up my spine fracturing all my vertebra just missed my brain stem. they said that I would be a vegetable or quadriplegic but thank God I am walking now with a small limp. But when I was scared and alone living hour by hour. I sang trouble in my head. I really highly recommend the movie across the universe. I loved it so much I watched it 3 times in a row.
Ellie F I am glad you survived and found something that helped you through. Peace sister.
@@kerreill thanks so much
Glad you are here. ❤️ My favorite movie of all time.
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Extraordinary music by Cat Stevens
What a great movie this is!!
This song lifts me up!!
Gives us hope..2020 ❤
I saw this movie when I was sixteen or seventeen ... I loved it then ...I understand it now ❤️ and I now feel like Maude ..it’s wonderful ❤️
I'm 16 and watched it now and I understand it. It changed my life a lot ❤️
Margareth ♥️🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank Q Cat Steven's!!!
I love your music. ☆
Withour Cat Stevens' music the movie would not have been so wonderful, something would be missing
Harold And Maud was a great movie about love at any age.
Beautiful in every way.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of this wonderful movie.
I remember watching this movie in my high school psychology class a couple years ago. I instantly fell in love with the soundtrack.
Why watch it in psychology?
I'm 18. I was born in 1994 and have grown up with DVDs and iPods. My dad showed me this movie when I was 16, and to this day It is my favorite movie ever.
Cat Stevens is also my favorite artist, and I can't believe I lived 16 years without the beauty and crude-humor of this amazing film.
Harold and Maude is a heartwarming black comedy. One of the greatest screenplays ever! Up there with The Princess Bride, in my estimation.
This video deserves endless likes.
One of the best movies I have never seen ! Surely in the the top 10 !!
I too have been a fan of this film since seeing it with my cousins Georgia and Lois in a movie theatre about 40 years ago or so. Thanks kindly for posting!
Love the Cat too.
Wonderful movie ah Maude's spirit gives me life! Every song in the movie is so beautiful as is this one. Oh how life passes so quickly. 'Aim above morality' :D 'take chances'
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One of my favorite all time movies, and all time favorite musicians, Cat Stevens. It doesn't get any better. This was my favorite of Cat Stevens songs, although not as well known as his others.
My favorite movie and song of all time.
I sing this sing when very lonely and Love this movie.
I haven’t seen this in years I’m gonna cry
Love the way this movie is made. Best love story of all time to date!
What a wonderful film.
this makes me so sad seeing her numbers on her arm it made me cry harder!
+shevdiam5 I never noticed the numbers before, certainly adds a whole different level to the story.
+shevdiam5 Life isn't about controlling our circumstances, but how we respond to them. She chose not to cry, but to live the moments she was in. Not languishing in the horrors of her past, but rejoicing and celebrating the present.
***** They mean she was in a concentration camp during WWII. They mentioned it in the X-Men too. Magneto has numbers tattooed on his wrist.
Ricksville exactly! That's what I got from her character and the reveal of her tattoo, but I've never been able to articulate it into a sentence like you have, thank you, I think this will help me adopt this same outlook on life.
Harold represents me; dead inside and mourning life...
This movie spoke to me directly.
When this fine film was released, I related to Harold. Now, fifty-plus years on, I relate to Maude. Sing this at my funeral - because if you want to be free, be free!
This makes me want to cry. So beautiful.
You are blessed to have a father that showed you something so beautiful and magical!
I am a girl and only twenty two but even I am in love with Maude... damn
You lie. You are not a girl, you are Bob Dylan
@@kilianbader9786 you caught me 😂
A wonderful movie! A amazing love story.
I loved this movie. She was really a character!!
70s movies are just the best
The greatest love story of all time.many happy memories watchinng this film on videotape over and over again with my children.
I love how the piano still plays itself after she gets up to dance a little x)
The Legend Ruth Gordon in her Oscar winning role. Love her and this brilliant performance.
That is so beautiful, I just love it, Harold and Maude is my favourite film of all time and this is lovely
dedicated it 2 my grand- sons( 17&19 ) in 2022 as as life- philosophy!!may they listen....
So great,...
love this movie
Beautiful... BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.
Great words, hommefriday. I lost my husband last month and found myself alone with my little boy. Still, that movie put a smile on my face. Maude is so full of life and so touching. Makes you see life in a complete different way, even in the moments of deep sadness I'm going through these days. That song makes me cry, though. Oh, and btw, the DVD is avalaible in France. Found it in Lille the other day, just so you know. Take care.
Brilliant...the song and the movie..
That is the perfect description of this movie, odd and wonderful.
Brings me so much joy...every time!
ABSOLUTELY love this movie
God I love this film
Only the special effects are crude. The humor is, in turn, beautiful, hilarious, and profound. Delighted that I found this inspired mash-up.
So in love with this movie ❤❤❤❤
Wonderful rare gem of a film x.
Outrageous and hilarious movie ...
great song great movie and you did a wonderful bit of video here. cheers
Gets me every time. Ruth Gordon was a treasure.
I always loved this movie, I used to miss school just to watch it , Brazil ..,”Sessão Da Tarde” ...This vídeo is so touching...Especially because it shows the scene of Harold seeing Maud’s number...He then realizes she is a survivor from the holocaust.He get closer and put his arms around her♥️
Pure, innocent love. Just brilliant.
people don't get this movie. they need to really open their minds. it's about love and living and finally death. best movie ever made!!
My all time fave movie since I was like 19.
LOVE this film & music by Cat Stevens (as he was called then).
Cat Stevens...the best of the best singer+songwriter genre!!
got the dvd a wee while ago...this is such a Great song
Just finished watching the movie and wanted to share to my fb friends ~ ty for this! Love Cat
I love these people. I have searched for them , my whole life "You Can Be So Free
This movie is so sad and wonderful. Makes me cry every times
Best Love Story ever!
This brings such a wonderful memory to me joe ray Cortez playin this pool side on marco island for my love gray and myself god bless joe for the memory no one can take your.memorys
one of my favorites, quote the lines all the time
Ruth Gordon was one of my all time favorites!!! Her portrayal of Blanche in Bonnie and Clyde was brutal to watch, but soooo poignant. And Bud Cort? Stands alone!!!
Except Blanche was played by Estelle Parsons not Ruth Gordon
the best movie ever produced.....love this song!
And one of the best songs ever!
God I love this movie!!
i love the info section and the "should be regarded as a loveletter" remark :D bless you and your work on posting this ... love it!
at the end of this movie i was crying my heart out! it's simply beautiful!;W; poor maude
You know that they are ! Much love
What a great video Thanks for posting I must find this movie now
that is a beautiful movie... thanks for the video
Thank you so much.
What an awesome video👍🏻