Harold & Maude The End

[SurfaceCollison]

I love this movie.

[DannyCBrennan]

great movie, perfect soundtrack

[telspei]

I love that people are still watching this movie; either for the first time or time and again. The truly sad thing is that Bud Cort gets nothing from the sales and rentals of this movie yet Paramount keeps cashing checks!

[lizvandort666]

One of the best movies my Dad introduced me as a kid back in the 90's. At first I didn't understand it but I loved it anyway, but as I grew older and watched the movie more and more I loved it more, I like to watch it down when I'm down.

This is one of the greatest ever films and makes me think about my life and how there's so much more to it than being depressed.

[freddieroller]

He didn't die. Cars ALWAYS blow up in flames when they go off a cliff from that height. it was proven on mythbusters.

[SunGreen777]

@caleb6868 You are my favorite person.

[08shortstop]

great film ... quirky, inspirational, memorable ... I think Cat Stevens contributed as much as Ruth Gordon and the kid.

[EXFOOLYCOOLY]

I didn't understand the ending of this movie its weird =/

[taiga1969]

@EXFOOLYCOOLY It's simple really.

[danning1]

I don't think it's a sad ending at all. Everyone assumes that Harold's committed suicide but he decides that life is worth living after all. Therefore, Maude did influence him for the better. How is that sad?

(laughs) Maybe the saddest thing about the movie is that in real life Cat Stevens eventually became a Muslim fundamentalist! Whenever I hear one of his great songs of the past that kind of depresses me.

[mackinl]

e type hearse , a great film 10/10.

[crumplezone1]

this mirrors my last moments with my wife that its hard to watch.

[7outof9gone]

wonderful, wonderful movie. She was a pisser and he needed a laugh the poor kid. She taught him the wonder of life................

[DanaPattison]

og god, I just remembered how very deeply I loved this movie.

[trashywilma]

Greatest movie of all time. I love how it's evident at the very end that Maude left Harold, her student, with her legacy.

[vootie99]

I never found it sad exactly... in the end, Harold is liberated from his old beliefs in order to live again...

[nestol15]

Makes me wanna cry everytime :")

[Presto409ify]

This is one of the most beautiful things ever,- the way it's directed, the song... If you ever want to encapsulate a period of your life, listen to this song in the background, it will conjure up the most pleasant memories...

[MrJasteen]

Watching Harold dance in to the distance with his banjo always puts a smile on my face. Makes me feel like there might just be hope for us all in the end.

[KleWdSide]

@MrJasteen Agreed. It was a pretty sad end, but Harold's will to live made it optimistic.

[darrenrodd]

They both chose to live and die their own way....sad yes but also life affirming, the dance and the song live on with Harold as does Maud's momeory...as hopefully will this film

[mavericksone]

i love this movie so much, thanks

[yepthatsjoesoundsgoo]

Damn harold chill out and bang some girls your own age.

let this old bag die

[CoirNoirify]

@yepthatsjoesoundsgoo fuck off you bitch of superficiality!

[elfangel22]

@yepthatsjoesoundsgoo Wow aren't you just lovely...I feel so sorry for the people who are cursed with your precense...Maude and Harold outshine you immeasurably....

[frikk13]

great film,great love story....GREAT!!!

[OceanicLoveLetters]

Wishin I was there tonight in Santa Cruz with my friend to see my favorite movie, Harold and Maude, on the big screen on Pacific Avenue... Part of it was shot in Santa Cruz. I was never able to see it on the big screen cause I was living in France when it came out in 1971. For me too, it's one of the greatest love stories ever... and so life affirming. Maude lives on in Harold.....

[kennykiller911]

lol'd at 3:00

[mnolanporter]

One of the greatest love stories ever told.

[dreamstreetrocks]

im 17 and this is my favorite movie ever im kinda in love with harold and i adore cat stevens and hal ashby the whole thing works perfectly and bud cort iis my second favorite actor ever have you seen brewster mccloud absoloutly amazind

[Sophiology]

Its an awful pretentious, boring movie. I gave it a chance. Its awful

[MrsChasen91]

@Sophiology

man no offense but nothing's 'awful' like movies today...like you know, for example kids my age watch Twilight (worst thing i ever seen an i hope movies will never get worse while im still young), Harry Potter, Transformers, blah blah blah just too much terrible shit and its such a shame. i dont know what you're really into but if you think the classic Harold and Maude is 'awful' im afraid you have no idea what real films are.

[Omtmy]

@MrsChasen91 Easy on the Potter there please. H&M is amazing, there's no need to put down other movies for not being as good.

[MrsChasen91]

@Omtmy

ok you're right. the hp series weren't that bad at first before they changed the director and all. i was talking about the new ones. i used to like the books (especially the 4th) so maybe i was expecting too much on the movies. sorry for being a bitch

[twilightedwardbella9]

This is my favourite movie ever, I just love everything about it. and I keep trying to get my friends to watch it, but they won't cause they say it looks boring and old. D:

I weep for the adolesence of today :P

[jdhoffman1221]

@twilightedwardbella9 Too bad for your friends but those of us who know the wonderful joy of this movie can rejoice in our shared secret :)

[SuperOxideDimutase]

But I love you!

That's wonderful, Harold.....go and love some more

she taught him how to love.

[MysticGohanBuu]

this is the best movie of all time, I thank my english teacher for showing me this movie!

[Desenterre]

Cry? Well, I don´t know how about you but It makes me sing out...:) Most beautiful ending ever !

[GCNetwork]

One of the greatest ending (as well as movie) in cinematic history. This movie should be on every ones list to see.

[GagaUSATV]

He Finally Sees beauty inlife

[lordalessan]

@GagaUSATV I love/hate the irony that he was obssessed with death and she loved life and yet she was the one who killed herself.

[Capaloso18]

The cliff segment is unbelievably symbolic... The crushing of the Hearse is Harold's rejection of death's barrier between himself and Maude, a refusal to allow her death destroy him. That sick, twisted smile just adds to the effect.

[Alienmojo]

I don't believe it was a 'sad end' because it is really a happy ending. Harold driving his car over the edge was his ending of his previous 'sad' life and the new beginning he has now. That is why he walks away playing his banjo happily and dancing. He is no longer 'dying', but 'living' now.  I so loved this movie and still do. :)

[xlostgracex]

My favorite movie ever..

Battling with depression for over four years now, I see the ending as symbolizing the emergence from my depression that I dream of having. I have always seen myself as Harold, Maude being the life that I wish to have. I feel like I am so close to the point in my life where I can crash MY hearse, when I can skip while playing the banjo. This movie will always be in my heart <3

Watching this movie makes me smile. It is truly a masterpiece.

[TheGames32]

Ok people listen up! He isn't even wearing the same cloths in that last scene after jumping out of the car and without a scratch AND getting his banjoe out also intact and unscathed. Before he met Maude he had nothing to live for and in Maude had found something and lost it and couldn't live without her. I kind of wish it wasn't just him walking away but him walking away with Maude the only one who cared to show him the way. -The Games32

[sdscreenwriter]

It's fascinating that the caption applied is "The sad end of a beautiful movie". To me there is no sadness here! Maude lived EXACTLY as she wanted, a perfect and empowered person and she CHOSE her moment to die. And I LOVE the idea that he actually did go over the edge with the car--never considered that before, but in the real sense, it makes no difference whether he died or not. Either way, this scene is the ending of one life for him and the beginning of another, more empowered one...

[Chrisdrumz]

U people REALLY believe he leapt from the car at the last second? He leapt out with the banjo?! C'mon. It's an Ashby movie,Harold took his own life. The Harold on the cliff with the banjo is his spirit moving on to a much happier place. I understand your optimism in wanting to believe he didn't die,but he DID.

[MoPPsychotik]

@Chrisdrumz Harold didn't take his own life in the end, he got his life in the end. Harold enjoyed being dead because it got him attention, but what he didn't realize was that he wasting away his life doing so. Maude showed him that you have to live life, not be afraid to get hurt, and not be afraid to make an ass out of yourself. In other words Maude inspired Harold to live. His Hearse going over the cliff is symbolic of him moving on from the suicidal part of his life and now on to living -

[MoPPsychotik]

@MoPPsychotik every day to the fullest and loving life. Anyways, if Harold can fake shoot himself in the face, stab himself in the stomach, and various other grizzly ways to die, I'm sure he can jump out of a car just fine.

[Chrisdrumz]

@MoPPsychotik If he did,he must've been real quick to be able to grab the banjo as well. He also doesn't have any scrapes or marks on his body. Had he leapt from the speeding car he would surely be a bit beat up. Then again perhaps he stopped the car,got out(with the banjo) set a heavy ass rock on the gas and THEN set it over the cliff. He's dead man,he went over the cliff,died,and found peace.

[wiccaboi83]

I saw this movie when I was about seven and could only ever remember two things about the film, the first being that he was involved with an older woman and the second being this scene with him playing the banjo on a cliffiside, though I didn't remember the ocean. Seriously, I spent almost twenty years racking my brain trying to remember anymore details only to find it on youtube.

[KenMacMillan]

He had an unhealthy fascination with death. His relationship with Maude cures his emotional problems & the pain of losing her ends that fascination. The destruction of the hearse symbolizes that hes moved on & is going to be fine. In a very real way she saved him.

[pica624]

@KenMacMillan

yes id have always said 2 things about this movie

1. harold was the original goth kid lol

2. what maude says would seem hokey and hollywood if at the root you didnt know she meant it. i worte a report about this movie for school and i commented how what she says any teenager would roll their eyes at but when she says it you appreciate it:) it has been my fave movie for FIFTEEN YEARS... and i dont ever see that changing its my natural(so to speak) prozac..watch this movie!!!

[NictitatingRabbitCom]

It wasn't intentional -- the (only) camera malfunctioned and didn't capture images during the frozen frame part. It was the only car they had, so they couldn't film it again.

[milofucker]

@NictitatingRabbitCom yes.. but if they really didnt like the effect they would of cut out the begining.. so the point is they obviosly liked the effect..

[djempire23]

omg he doesnt kill himself watch the movie

[woodwardg]

To everyone saying he's dead at the end of this scene... Watch it again...

[notsobadyathink]

Irony - don't you love it? This movie is a lesson in irony. Layers of irony.

[theScytheofGod]

Wow...that's the end? He fucking kills himself? Shit, wish I would've watched the movie years ago.

[Lrpesme48]

he just kills his old morbid self, symbolized by the wrecked hearse and dances off with his banjo, it's all life affirming and stuff, lol, hey, Scythe! :))

[theScytheofGod]

You know what happens Lr, is that I stop watching the video in the middle to comment on it, so I didn't see him dance off until after I opened my big mouth.

Be good.

[LFZ15]

That's not the end. o_O

[XboxliveAddict314]

He didn't kill himself. He was obsessed with death until Maude taught him there was more to life than he thought. After Maude died, he threw his life away and started living.

[wpod64]

Correct. Notice how Harold's expression subtly changes as he's driving straight toward the camera? I believe that's precisely when the character realizes he's not going to kill himself. He's going to pull his fake death trick one final time. And there's no audience this time, except for the real audience.

[MrRelys]

He doesn't "kill himself" in a physical sense.

[manbearpig177]

he doesnt kill himself, he jumps out of the car last second.

[spielkind90]

♥♥♥

[xtinkerbellax3]

Sad to say, this is one of my favorite parts of the movie.

[gab9669777]

Straight to favorites.

[Asorac2]

I love the ending to this movie. It's very symbolic of what maude wanted for harold.

[0hs4sh4]

makes me cry so much