Harold and Maude

A 1971 American romantic black comedy directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. 'Harold and Maude' was based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins and published as a novel in 1971. Filming locations in the San Francisco Bay Area included both Holy Cross Cemetery and Golden Gate National Cemetery. In the film a suicidal young man gets a new lease on life when he falls for an 80-year-old woman.The film is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all Time, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".