British distributors Eureka Entertainment have officially announced their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Hal Ashby's
Harold and Maude (1971), starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, and Cyril Cusack. The release will be available for purchase on June 23rd.
A glorious mixture of the riotously morbid and joyously life-affirming, Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude was an instant counter-culture favourite on its release in 1971, and whose popularity has spread in the decades since to become simply one of the most beloved cult comedies ever made.
Following the burgeoning relationship between the gloomy, 20-year-old, suicide-staging Harold (Bud Cort), suffocated by his wealthy homestead, and the sprightly octogenarian Maude (Ruth Gordon), whose bohemian wiles and open-arms approach to living enable his first gentle steps towards embracing existence.
With its brilliant script by Colin Higgins, a magnificent, standard-setting soundtrack by Cat Stevens, wonderful performances, and Hal Ashby's stunning directorial control, Harold and Maude combines a jet-black comic edge with romance, philosophy, satire and beauty to form a masterfully funny and moving whole.
Special Features:
- Newly restored 1080p high-definition master
- More on-disc extras to be announced closer to release
- 36-PAGE BOOKLET with a new essay, vintage stills, and more