Harold (film)

Harold
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Directed by	T. Sean Shannon
Produced by	Danny Fisher Cuba Gooding, Jr. Morris S. Levy
Written by	Greg Fields T. Sean Shannon
Starring	Spencer Breslin Cuba Gooding, Jr. Nikki Blonsky Ally Sheedy
Cinematography	Christopher LaVasseur
Edited by	Adrienne Stern
Distributed by	City Lights Pictures
Release date	July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million
Box office	$13,229

Harold is a 2008 American comedy film co-written by Greg Fields and T. Sean Shannon, starring Spencer Breslin in the titular role, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy and Stella Maeve. The film is T. Sean Shannon's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, which itself was adapted from one of his Saturday Night Live sketches. It was also released six years after the death of Greg Fields.

Harold was filmed in August 2007 in and around Great Neck, Long Island, New York, and had a limited release on July 11, 2008 in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City.

Harold Reynolds (Spencer Breslin) is a 13-year-old boy with early male pattern baldness. Harold seems to cope all right in his hometown, Douglasburg, until his mom, Maureen (Ally Sheedy), announces that the family is moving to a new house in a new town. Harold panics, because he had somewhat fit in with everyone at his old school, despite his baldness.

When he arrives in his new house, Harold is met by an elderly new neighbor, Maude (Suzanne Shepherd), who assumes Harold is older because of his baldness, and starts flirting with him. Harold starts at his new school, and because he initially wears a hat into class, he is seemingly accepted, especially by a girl, Evelyn (Elizabeth Gillies), whom he briefly flirts with. When the teacher, Ms. Vicki Norris (Rachel Dratch), notices him wearing a hat, he is forced to take it off, thus revealing that he is bald. Instantly he is ostracized by the other students, including Evelyn.