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Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude

by James A. Davidson

Type
Stories
Subject
One FilmHarold and Maude
Keywords
Hal Ashby, Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort
Publishing date
2016
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 224 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)
ISBN
978-1-4766-6321-0
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Book Presentation:
The original script was sold to a major Hollywood studio virtually overnight; the screenwriter was working as a pool boy and driver for the producer; the director was considered an “acid freak” by the studio heads; the star was a 74-year-old actress who didn’t know how to drive a car. The film flopped upon release but later became one of the great cult successes of all time. This is the fascinating, never before told story of the making of Harold and Maude, shot guerrilla-style in the San Francisco Bay Area by a crew of “New Hollywood” filmmakers in the winter of 1971.

About the Author:
James A. Davidson has written a number of articles for Images Film Journal and Taste of Cinema and is co-owner of Second Sight Video & Multimedia. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

Press Reviews:
"the well-researched back story of the unlikely 1971 cult classic"—Acting Solo; "the story behind the film is engagingly told"—The Huffington Post.

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See Harold and Maude (1971) on IMDB ...

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