Harold and Maude (1971)

This winter, the Final Friday at Mother's series moves indoors right here to the Moxie. Since space is a wee bit tighter here than at Mother's backyard, we will be stretching the screenings over three nights. For each of these movies, Mother's will be sending us a special keg to tap. Welcome to Mondo with Mother's! Film Summary: With the idiosyncratic American fable Harold and Maude, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins, Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. [Criterion Collection]