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In last week's show, viewers may remember that I pointed out the actor Bud Cort near the end of Sweet Charity. Well, he died a few days later (archived NYT obit). Therefore in remembrance of Bud Cort, today we'll be paying tribute to him by showing the movie Harold and Maude. This film was (and may still be) akin to a right of passage for certain high school to college age people struggling to find meaning in a society they rejected.

First, though, we'll pay attention to the other half of the Harold and Maude duo with one of the films written by Ruth Gordon with her second husband Garson Kanin: Adam's Rib. We'll follow with a short set of Cat Stevens' songs recorded at the BBC to ease into the main attraction.

Adam's Rib (1949)

1h 40min 58sec, English with hard coded English subtitles
Directed by George Cukor, Writers: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Featuring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Judy Holliday

Synopsis: Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gordon

Gordon and Kanin collaborated on the screenplays for the Katharine Hepburn – Spencer Tracy films Adam's Rib (1949) and Pat and Mike (1952). Both films were directed by George Cukor. They were close friends of Hepburn and Tracy, and they incorporated elements of the actors' personalities in the films. Gordon and Kanin received Academy Award nominations for both of those screenplays as well as for A Double Life (1947), also directed by Cukor.

Ruth Gordon was active in film and stage from the silent age, appearing as an extra in 1915 before making it to Broadway, then Hollywood. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Rosemary's Baby.

Harold and Maude (1971)

1h 31min 44sec, English with English subtitles
Director: Hal Ashby, Writer: Colin Higgins
Featuring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

Synopsis: Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Cort :

Cort was discovered in a revue by director Robert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies in 1970, MAS*H and Brewster McCloud. In the latter, he played the title role. Cort went on to his best-known role as the suicide-obsessed Harold in Harold and Maude. Though it was not particularly successful on release, it gained international cult status and is now considered an American classic, ranking Number 69 on the American Film Institute's 100 Best Romantic Comedies.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/trivia/

[Cat] Stevens was hired to compose the film's score but could not complete his contract for scheduling reasons. Ashby had already been using Cat's song catalog as mood enhancers and scratch tracks during production, so a deal was made to finalize the score using them in place of all originals. Stevens wrote the opening song, "Don't Be Shy," and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" especially for the film. Most of the Stevens songs heard in the film were taken from his albums Mona Bone Jakone or Tea for the Tillerman. His songs 'Pop Star,' 'Time,' and 'Fill My Eyes' were originally to be used in the film but were cut.

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Content Warnings:

Adam's Rib (U - general audience)

Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: None
Profanity: None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes: None
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/13521
shaving/cutting
gun violence

Harold and Maude PG (the list reads a lot worse than it plays)

Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: Moderate - several "comical" fake suicides
Profanity: None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Mild
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9876
drug use
overdose
blood/gore
excessive gore
amputation
hand damaged
shaving/cutting
razors
stabbing
someone burned alive
drowning
hanging
asphyxiation
someone struggles to breathe
someone becomes unconscious
someone attempts suicide
someone dies by suicide
someone dies
major character dies
self harm
hospital scene
someone has a mental illness
PTSD
meltdown
screaming
sudden loud noises
car gorn / tire screech
car crash
obscene language/gestures
large age gap!
sexual content
someone sexually objectified?
religion discussed
existentialism discussed
gun violence
natural bodies of water

letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/film/adams-rib/
letterboxd.com/film/harold-and-maude/

movie links (these may change):

• 4pm EST/ 9pm UTC Adam's Rib: https://tankie.tube/w/86YjsQuaTQCiqWyaM651PM
• 5:50pm EST/10:50 UTC Cat Steven's songs: https://tankie.tube/w/cFffXuyv9DbPts6TyzqFRU
• 6pm EST/ 11pm UTC Harold and Maude: https://tankie.tube/w/sJRXzmDVCtDNg3uyoVGDmw