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James A. Davidson, “Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude” (McFarland, 2016)

New Books in Film
New Books in Film
Episode • Jan 24, 2017 • 1h 8m

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....

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