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Here are some delightful behind-the-scenes photographs from one of my all time favorite movies Harold and Maude. I wish I could have found more, but sadly it looks like this is most of ’em. If you know of any other BTS photographs that exist, please feel free to post them in the comments.

Director Hal Ashby prepares one of actor Bud Cort’s fake suicides

Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon

Bud Cort and Hal Ashby

Suzanne Somers was originally to appear in a cemetery scene but the sequence was cut

Ruth Gordon and Hal Ashby

Bud Cort and Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby, Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon, Hal Ashby and Bud Cort

Hal Ashby and the DP of ‘Harold and Maude’ John A. Alonzo

Hal Ashby serves up a model of Bud Cort’s head for one of Harold’s fake suicide attempts

Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon

Harold and Maude reunion: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon and friend, 1981

Below, a short video with a few more behind-the-scenes photos: