Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude

<p> The original script was sold to a major Hollywood studio virtually overnight; the screenwriter was working as a pool boy and driver for the producer; the director was considered an acid freak by the studio heads; the star was a 74-year-old actress who didn't know how to drive a car. The film flopped upon release but later became one of the great cult successes of all time. This is the fascinating never before told story of the making of <I>Harold and Maude</I> shot guerrilla-style in the San Francisco Bay Area by a crew of New Hollywood filmmakers in the winter of 1971.</p>