Harold and Maude
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Harold and Maude is a 1971 dark romantic comedy film that became a cult classic for its offbeat love story between a morbid young man and a free-spirited elderly woman, emblematic of countercultural cinema of its era.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold and Maude canonical | 31 |
| Harold and Maude universe | 2 |
| Harold and Maude (1971 film) | 1 |
| Harold and Maude (screenplay) | 1 |
| Harold and Maude (soundtrack) | 1 |
| Maude in Harold and Maude | 1 |
| film Harold and Maude | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379907 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold and Maude Context triple: [New Hollywood, notableFilm, Harold and Maude]
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A.
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 dark comedy fantasy film known for its satirical take on vanity and immortality and its groundbreaking visual effects.
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B.
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American film drama, best known for Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance as a handyman who helps a group of nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert.
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C.
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film starring Jack Nicholson, celebrated as a landmark of the New Hollywood era for its character-driven storytelling and portrayal of alienation.
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D.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
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E.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold and Maude Target entity description: Harold and Maude is a 1971 dark romantic comedy film that became a cult classic for its offbeat love story between a morbid young man and a free-spirited elderly woman, emblematic of countercultural cinema of its era.
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A.
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 dark comedy fantasy film known for its satirical take on vanity and immortality and its groundbreaking visual effects.
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B.
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American film drama, best known for Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance as a handyman who helps a group of nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert.
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C.
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film starring Jack Nicholson, celebrated as a landmark of the New Hollywood era for its character-driven storytelling and portrayal of alienation.
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D.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
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E.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cult film
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dark comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Harold and Maude
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Harold and Maude (screenplay)
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| castMember |
Bud Cort
ⓘ
Charles Tyner ⓘ Cyril Cusack ⓘ Ellen Geer ⓘ Eric Christmas ⓘ G. Wood ⓘ Ruth Gordon ⓘ Tom Skerritt ⓘ Dawn Addams ⓘ
surface form:
Vivian Pickles
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| cinematographyBy | John A. Alonzo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Hal Ashby ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William A. Sawyer ⓘ |
| follows | New Hollywood movement aesthetics ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| initialBoxOfficeReception | poor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReception | cult classic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Glaucus
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Harold Chasen ⓘ Maude Findlay ⓘ
surface form:
Maude
Mrs. Chasen ⓘ Sunshine Doré ⓘ Uncle Victor ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Cat Stevens
ⓘ
Paul Lewis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emblematic representation of early 1970s American countercultural cinema
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offbeat love story between a morbid young man and an elderly woman ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Don’t Be Shy
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If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A morbid young man obsessed with death forms a romantic relationship with a free-spirited 79-year-old woman who teaches him to embrace life. ⓘ |
| producer |
Charles B. Mulvehill
ⓘ
Colin Higgins ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1971-12-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Colin Higgins ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war sentiment
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counterculture ⓘ death ⓘ individualism ⓘ intergenerational romance ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maude in Harold and Maude
this entity surface form:
Harold and Maude (screenplay)
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Harold and Maude (soundtrack)
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Harold and Maude universe
this entity surface form:
Harold and Maude universe
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Don't Be Shy
subject surface form:
Don't Be Shy
subject surface form:
Don't Be Shy
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Hal Ashby
this entity surface form:
Harold and Maude (1971 film)
this entity surface form:
film Harold and Maude