Harold and Maude / Paramount ; written by Colin Higgins ; produced by Colin Higgins and Charles B. Mulvehill ; directed by Hal Ashby. by Stevens, Cat, 1948-

Harold and Maude : original screenplay / by Colin Higgins. by Higgins, Colin, 1941-1988

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Hal Ashby and the making of Harold and Maude / James A. Davidson. by Davidson, James A., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Cast of filmmakers -- The chauffeur, the pool boy and the screenwriter -- The Harold and Maude script -- Selling the script -- The accidental director -- The kid stays in the picture -- The most difficult part of making a film -- "I feel I could make this film about as funny as the Vietnam War" -- Bay Area bound -- The Rosecourt -- The motorcycle cop, the ambulance and the railcar -- Cat Stevens -- Editing the film -- Dropping a bomb and rising from the ashes -- After Harold and Maude: Hal Ashby -- After Harold and Maude: the rest of the cast and crew -- The legacy of Harold and Maude.…”
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Best American screenplays 3 : complete screenplays / edited by Sam Thomas.

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The Hollywood Renaissance : revisiting American cinema's most celebrated era / edited by Peter Krämer and Yannis Tzioumakis.

Table of Contents: “…Becoming Hal Ashby: intersectional politics, the "Hollywood Renaissance" and Harold and Maude (1971) /…”

Genre-busting dark comedies of the 1970s : twelve American films / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by David L. Smith. by Gehring, Wes D.

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The films of Hal Ashby / Christopher Beach. by Beach, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Hal Ashby: new Hollywood auteur -- Hollywood maverick: Ashby, the new Hollywood, and the 1970s -- On the road to find out: The landlord and Harold and Maude -- Once I was a soldier: visions of the military in The last detail and Coming home -- I like to watch: Shampoo and Being there -- There's something happening here: music in Ashby's films -- A director under the influence: Ashby's final decade.…”

Existentialist cinema / William C. Pamerleau. by Pamerleau, William C.

Table of Contents: “…Existentialism: an overview of important themes and figures -- Film as a tool for philosophical investigation -- Film realism and narrative identity -- Antonioni: meaninglessness and the modern world -- Religiosity in the films of Ingmar Bergman -- Rethinking Raskolnikov: exploring contemporary ethical challenges in the films of Woody Allen -- Authenticity in the films of Federico Fellini -- The Nietzschean free spirit in Dead poets society and Harold and Maude.…”

The films of Hal Ashby / Christopher Beach. by Beach, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Hal Ashby: new Hollywood auteur -- Hollywood maverick: Ashby, the new Hollywood, and the 1970s -- On the road to find out: The landlord and Harold and Maude -- Once I was a soldier: visions of the military in The last detail and Coming home -- I like to watch: Shampoo and Being there -- There's something happening here: music in Ashby's films -- A director under the influence: Ashby's final decade.…”
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Being Hal Ashby : life of a Hollywood rebel / Nick Dawson. by Dawson, Nick, 1980-

Table of Contents: “….; 5 The Family Man; 6 Norman; 7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America; 8 1968; 9 Where It's At; 10 The Director; 11 Harold and Maude; 12 Nicholson; 13 The Last Detail; 14 Shampoo; 15 Glory Bound; 16 Coming Home; 17 Double Feature; 18 Being There; 19 Lookin' to Get Out; 20 Like a Rolling Stone; 21 Getting Out; 22 Old Man; 23 The Slugger's Wife; 24 8 Million Ways to Die; 25 The Last Movie; 26 Starting Over; 27 Do Not Go Gentle…”
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Cult films : taboo and transgression : a select survey over 9 decades / Allan Havis. by Havis, Allan

Table of Contents: “…and Rosemary's Baby -- Films from the 1970s: El Topo, Harold and Maude and The Wicker Man -- Films from the 1980s: Road Warrior, Blade Runner and Blue Velvet -- Films from the 1990s: Delicatessan, Naked Lunch and Run Lola Run -- Films from the 2000s: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Ring and Sin City.…”

Contemporary movie monologues : a sourcebook for actors / edited by Marisa Smith and Jocelyn Beard.

Table of Contents: “…Butterfield -- The bird man of alcatraz -- The days of wine and roses -- The manchurian candidate -- The haunting -- Of haumn bondage -- The agony and the ecstasy -- Anne of the thousand days -- Harold and maude -- Jaws -- Taxi driver -- Coming home -- ...And justice for all -- Blade runner -- King of comedy -- Nate and hayes -- Repo man -- Reuben, reuben, -- Something wicked this way comes -- All of me -- Crimes of passion -- Under the volcano -- Birdy -- The coca-cola kid -- Creator --Kiss of the spider woman -- Out of Africa -- The sure thing -- Desert bloom -- Hannah and her sisters -- The mosquito coast -- Platoon -- River's edge -- Salvador -- Broadcast news -- Fatal attraction -- Ferris Bueller's day off -- Full metal jacket -- Moonstruck -- Nadine -- Orphans -- Salome's last dance -- The whales of august -- Thw witches od eastwick -- Bull durham -- The last temptation of christ -- Tucker: the man and his dream -- Mississippi burning -- The accused -- When harry met sally -- Sex, lies, and videotape.…”

The last word : final scenes from favorite motion pictures / Josh Gross. by Gross, Josh

Table of Contents: “…Chips -- Grand Hotel -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Great McGinty -- Harold and Maude -- High Noon -- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- In the Heat of the Night -- It's a Wonderful Life -- Jaws -- The Jazz Singer -- King Kong -- King's Row -- Little Caesar -- The Maltese Falcon -- Ninotchka -- North by Northwest -- The Odd Couple -- The Philadelphia Story -- A Place in the Sun -- The President's Analyst -- Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Rebecca -- The Roaring Twenties -- Rocky -- Rosemary's Baby -- Sergeant York -- Shane -- The Shop around the Corner -- Singin' in the Rain -- Some Like It Hot -- Stagecoach -- Star Wars -- Sullivan's Travels -- Sunset Boulevard -- The Thin Man -- Trading Places -- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- The Untouchables -- West Side Story -- White Heat -- The Wizard of Oz -- Yankee Doodle Dandy.…”

The music of counterculture cinema : a critical study of 1960s and 1970s soundtracks / Mathew J. Bartkowiak and Yuya Kiuchi. by Bartkowiak, Mathew J., Kiuchi, Yuya

Table of Contents: “…Framing Utopia : Monterey pop and the heart of the counterculture -- Creating the downfall : Gimme shelter and the "end" of the counterculture -- Searching fort the real times, baby : Head and the unmaking of the Monkees -- Love in counterculture films : music's diplomatic role in Harold and Maude -- Space is the place : Barbarella and hearing the future -- Did the soundtrack also blow it? …”

Translating Hollywood : from the Posteritati Gallery collection / by Sam Sarowitz. by Sarowitz, Sam

Table of Contents: “…Strangelove -- My fair lady -- From Russia with love -- The Cincinnati kid -- Alphaville -- Repulsion -- Le Samurai -- Fantastic voyage -- Grand prix -- Persona -- A man and a woman -- Seconds -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Cool hand Luke -- The trip -- Valley of the dolls -- Play time -- Belle de jour -- Rosemary's baby -- The Thomas Crowne affair -- Once upon a time in the west -- The Italian job -- Midnight cowboy -- In cold blood -- Planet of the apes -- Stolen kisses -- Easy rider -- Beyond the valley of the dolls -- The French connection -- Get Carter -- Harold and Maude -- Deliverance -- Solaris -- Discreet charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Cabaret -- The wicker man -- Mean streets -- The long goodbye -- Deep throat -- The Rocky Horror picture show -- Chinatown -- Young Frankenstein -- The day of the locust -- The killing of a Chinese bookie -- The man who fell to earth -- Taxi driver -- Annie Hall -- 3 women -- Dawn of the dead -- Halloween -- Alien -- Raiders of the lost ark -- Tootsie -- Videodrome -- Once upon a time in America -- Blue velvet -- Dirty dancing -- Sex, lies and videotape -- Mystery train -- Until the end of the world -- Army of darkness -- The big Lebowski -- Reservoir dogs.…”

The film comedy reader / edited by Gregg Rickman.

Table of Contents: “…Wish you were here," / Richard Combs -- Bridge over troubled water: the graduate / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- The producers / Gregg Rickman -- Let life begin: Harold and maude / Aneta Chapman -- 10. Romantic comedy today: semi-tough or impossible? …”

The last great American picture show : new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s / edited by Thomas Elsaesser, Alexander Horwath and Noel King.

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The last great American picture show : new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s / edited by Thomas Elsaesser, Alexander Horwath and Noel King.

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The National Society of Film Critics on movie comedy / edited by Stuart Byron and Elisabeth Weis.

Table of Contents: “…and Georgy Girl (Pauline Kael) -- A thousand clowns / Judith Crist -- King of hearts / Vincent Canby -- Harold and Maude / Rex Reed -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Vincent Canby -- France: old waves and new -- Some waves that caused ripples -- Rene Clair / Arthur Knight -- La ronde / Roger Greenspun -- Zazie / Pauline Kael -- Jean Renoir -- Boudu saved from drowning / Pauline Kael -- Rules of the game / Penelope Gilliatt -- The golden coach / Pauline Kael -- Jacque Tati -- My uncle / Penelope Gilliatt -- Playtime / Vincent Canby -- Traffic / Jay Cocks -- Francois Truffaut -- Shoot the piano player / Pauline Kael -- Stolen kisses / Roger Greenspun -- Day for night / Colin L. …”