# Bud Cort turns 75 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [September 4, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912 "2022-09-04T01:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/1 "2022-09-04T01:27:50Z")
If the internet is to be trusted, today Bud Cort turned 75, making him the same age Ruth Gordon was when they made Harold and Maude. I find this…I don’t know what. It was the first movie that really moved me, and I recall it very fondly. It’s been 15 years or so since I’ve seen it and I will spool it up later. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/2 "2022-09-04T01:46:21Z")
**Maude** : What a _fuss_ this is – _so_ unnecessary. **Harold** : Don’t die, Maude, for Christ’s sake. **Maude** : Oh, Harold – oh, don’t upset yourself so. **Harold** : I love you. I love you! **Maude** : Oh, Harold… That’s _wonderful_ . Go and love some more. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/3 "2022-09-04T02:14:58Z")
One of my favorite movies. And I love the soundtrack. I haven’t seen it in years. I’ve got it stored on my DVR so maybe it’s time for a re-watch. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/4 "2022-09-04T02:14:58Z")
Are you trying to make me cry? Because it’s working ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/5 "2022-09-04T03:21:01Z")
Man, do I ever feel old. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/6 "2022-09-04T09:04:21Z")
“Too late, Boone, you killed him.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/7 "2022-09-04T09:10:38Z")
One of the best movies ever. I’ve probably watched it 10 or 15 times and would happily watch it another 10 or 15 more. And yes, it’s weird that Bud Cort is now the same age as Ruth Gordon was in the movie. Of course, Maude turned 80 in the film, so we’ve still got five years to go before we really have to feel old. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/8 "2022-09-04T17:45:41Z")
I’m counting on this! ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/9 "2022-09-05T15:20:37Z")
I have not seen this movie in a little over 40 years. It’s time to watch it again. I loved it the one time I did see it. Thanks for bringing this back to mind. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/10 "2022-09-05T15:20:45Z")
Bud Cort also starred in a far-from-perfect but quite good [Brewster McCloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_McCloud). ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/11 "2022-09-05T15:22:26Z")
He’d perhaps be better known but for this: “In 1979, Cort nearly died in a car accident on the [Hollywood Freeway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Freeway) where he collided with an abandoned car blocking a lane into which he was turning. He broke an arm and a leg and sustained a concussion and a fractured skull. His face was severely lacerated and his lower lip nearly severed. Years of plastic surgery, substantial hospital bills, a lost court case, and the disruption of his career ensued.” ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912/12 "2022-09-05T19:11:08Z")
Love to know what you think of it now. For me it’s caught up in a particular moment in my life and it’s hard to separate all the feelings, so I love it no matter what.