1971 [Hal Ashby]
? film based on the novel by Colin Higgins in which Harold, a wealthy young boy who attends funerals for fun and constantly stages his own suicides in an attempt to get his mother's attention, meets Maude, a 79-year-old woman who is very much his opposite: energetic, impulsive, and light-hearted. The two form an unlikely friendship.
The film is number 45 on the American Film Institute's [list of 100 Funniest Movies]?. It features Ruth Gordon as Maude, and a soundtrack by [Cat Stevens]?.