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‘Harold and Maude’ at 50: An Oral History of How a ‘Harrowing’ Flop Became a Beloved Cult Classic

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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorIt was the original cult film. A movie you had to show your girlfriend or boyfriend so they understood you.

And it was the comedy Variety called “as much fun as a burning orphanage.”Making “Harold and Maude” wasn’t easy, and releasing it to the general public was even harder.

But 50 years on, the touching, droll and subversive story of a troubled teenager, played by Bud Cort, who falls in love with a nearly 80-year old free spirit, played by Ruth Gordon, still feels fresh and funny.The idea for the film was hatched by Colin Higgins, a UCLA film student who lucked into a job cleaning the pool of a producer and ended up selling his script to Paramount.

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