Depicts the joyous search for life of eighty-year-old Maude and twenty-year-old Harold

Harold and Maude

Higgins, Colin

Humor & Entertainment

Avon/Books

Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers. Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and transplants them to the forest, paints smiles on the faces of church statues, and "borrows" cars to remind their owners that life is fleeting-here today, gone tomorrow! A chance meeting between the two turns into a madcap, whirlwind romance, and Harold learns that life is worth living, and how to play the banjo. Harold and Maude started as Colin Higgins's master's thesis at UCLA Film School. He was working as a pool boy when Paramount purchased the script. The 1971 film, directed by Hal Ashby, bombed. But then this quirky, dark comedy began being shown on college campuses and at midnight-movie theaters, and it gained a loyal cult following. In 1997 it was selected for inclusion on the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. This novelization was published shortly after the film's release, but has been out of print for more than 30 years. Even fans who have seen the movie dozens of times will find this companion valuable, as it gives fresh elements to watch for and answers many of the film's unresolved questions. Colin Higgins was a screenwriter, director, and producer of films that included Harold and Maude, Silver Streak, 9 to 5, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He died in 1988.

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Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

J.B.Lippincott

This is a stage adaptation of the movie about the suicidal 19 year old boy who finally learns how to truly live when he meets that delightfully wacky octogenarian, Maude. Harold is the proverbial poor little rich kid. His alienation has caused him to attempt suicide several times, though these incidents are more cries for attention than actual attempts. His peculiar attachment to Maude, whom he meets at a funeral (a mutual passion) is what saves him and what captivates us. This stage version, a hit in France directed by the internationally renowned Jean Louis Barrault, will certainly delight both aficionados of the film and new comers to the story.

Harold and Maude - A Play in Two acts

Concord Theatricals

Harold and Maude / Harold et Maude (Bilingual French and English Edition

Reference

Colin Higgins

Foreign Language Study & Reference

French & European Pubns

We now catalog in a post-AACR2 world. RDA: Resource Description and Access is designed to cover all types of content and media, but communities of practice are still evolving for motion picture and video materials. This handbook clarifies the protocol for DVDs and Blu-ray discs, expanding upon established guidelines for AACR2 and integrating them into the new standard. Along the way, Higgins introduces the fundamentals of filmmaking, including its history and technical vocabulary, providing context that will help catalogers quickly find the information relevant to their bibliographic records. Organized by familiar MARC 21 fields, this comprehensive reference walks readers through such topics as
<ul>
<li>Unraveling the complexity of film and the ways it is packaged and presented on optical disc, to help quickly determine the title statement and statement of responsibility</li>
<li>Explaining the roles of the individuals and organizations involved in the creation and publication of film, and where to record them in catalog records</li>
<li>Deciphering the technical terms and abbreviations used on DVDs and Blu-ray discs</li>
<li>Using subject and genre headings</li>
<li>Cataloging television and streaming media</li>
<li>Dealing with unusual formats, such as videotape and reels of photochemical film</li>
<li>Outlining the MARC 21 fields where AACR2 practices differed from RDA</li>
</ul>
With the expert guidance contained in this book, readers will learn how to apply RDA instructions to the cataloging of every type of film and video collection, whatever the medium.

Cataloging and Managing Film and Video Collections

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

ALA Editions

The Ik (A Play)

Dramatic Pub.

United States

Chicago Review Press

Harold et Maude

Genre Fiction

Фоліо

Flammarion

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