HAROLD & MAUDE / CRITERION COLLECTION (ULTRA HD)

With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become one of cinema’s most beloved comedies. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man from a wealthy family (Bud Cort) and a devil-may-care bohemian sixty years his senior (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and beguiling sincerity, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light—along with those that separate people by class, gender, and age—and features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill
• Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins
• Interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of actor Ruth Gordon; and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with actor Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis