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<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>TWO YEARS ONE THEATER: THE CULT FILM THAT WOULDN'T DIE</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(SECOND EDITION - WITH A DOZEN NEW PHOTOS)</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The studio wanted it buried. Critics dismissed it. But when </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Harold and Maude</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> arrived at Minneapolis' Westgate Theater something magical happened.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The quirky dark comedy about a death-obsessed teen and an 80-year-old free spirit found its home. And stayed. And stayed. And stayed some more-until angry neighbors started protesting.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This true story captures the remarkable phenomenon that transformed a box-office disaster into one of the most beloved cult films of all time.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inside this captivating chronicle you'll discover:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• How a single theater kept </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Harold and Maude</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> alive when everyone else had given up on it</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• The joyful celebrations when stars Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort visited their devoted fans</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• The superfan who saw the film so many times he became friends with Ruth Gordon herself</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• The hilarious neighborhood protests demanding a change after endless months of the same film</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Rare never-before-published photographs of the theater the celebrations and the protests</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Before streaming before home video before cult classic was even a term-there was a small theater that wouldn't let a strange little film die. This is their story.</span></p>