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1967–2015. Walter Edward Cox (born March 29, 1948), known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor known for his unorthodox starring roles in Robert Altman 's Brewster McCloud (1970) and Hal Ashby 's Harold and Maude (1971). He also had supporting roles in films such as M*A*S*H (1970), Electric Dreams (1984), Heat (1995), Dogma (1999 ...
Bud Cort is an American actor, director, writer, and singer who starred in cult classics like Harold and Maude and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He also appeared in films by Robert Altman, Milos Forman, Wes Anderson, and Kevin Smith, and co-founded the LA Classic Theatre Works.
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Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot follows the exploits of Harold Chasen ( Bud Cort ), a young man who is intrigued with death, and who rejects the life his detached mother ...
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- BUD CORT NEARLY KILLED HIMSELF WITH HIS METHOD ACTING. On the Harold and Maude set, Bud Cort was infamous for his Method acting. In an interview with , Cort shared that among the many scenes he improvised were his breaking of the fourth wall to give a cheeky glance at the camera and raising his middle finger at Vivian Pickles during her entire monologue after she tells him he’s joining the army.
- BUD CORT REFUSED TO DO PUBLICITY IF THE STUDIO DIDN’T GIVE HAL ASHBY CREATIVE CONTROL OVER THE EDIT. During post-production, Paramount Pictures stripped Ashby of his power to edit the film.
- ACTRESS ALI MACGRAW, ROBERT EVANS’ THEN-WIFE, WANTED THE LOVE SCENE BETWEEN HAROLD AND MAUDE TO BE CUT. Of course, her Paramount boss husband tried to oblige.
- VIVIAN PICKLES BROUGHT HER OWN CLOTHES FOR MRS. CHASEN’S WARDROBE. Pickles, who played Harold’s detached, socialite mother, flew in her own costumes for the character.
Mar 18, 2021 · Much like a precocious college student, Harold (Bud Cort) maintains his own sense of self through constant acts of resistance against these authority figures, and appears unable to communicate in ...
Dec 20, 1971 · Bud Cort stars as Harold, a young man obsessed with death, who falls in love with Maude, a septuagenarian anarchist, in this comedy drama romance. See cast and crew, trivia, reviews, videos, photos and more on IMDb.
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Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948) is an American film and stage actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's 1971 film Harold and Maude and the titular hero in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud.
