Hud (1963) On DVD
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Actor: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, John Ashley, Whit Bissell
Director: Martin Ritt
Genre: Drama
Year: 1963
Studio: Warner Bros
Length: 112
Released: December 2, 2003
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language: English,French
Subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Having been burned by compromises to censors on his earlier films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth Paul Newman decided to star in as uncompromising a property as he could find. That property was Hud inspired by a portion of Larry McMurtry's novel Horseman Pass By. Hud Bannon (Newman) is a young Texas rancher who lives with his cattleman father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) and his hero-worshipping nephew Lon (Brandon DeWilde). Hud is an amoral cold-hearted creature; his father who holds Hud responsible for the death of his other son tries to imbue Lon with a sense of decency and responsibility to others but Lon is devoted to Hud and isn't inclined to listen. When hoof-and-mouth disease shows up in one of the elder Bannon's cows Hud is all for selling the herd before the government inspectors find out. But Homer orders the cattle destroyed (the film's most harrowing sequence) driving an even deeper wedge between himself and Hud. Finally Hud steps over the line by attempting to rape Alma (Patricia Neal) the earthy but warm-hearted housekeeper. Paul Newman was so repellantly brilliant as an unregenerate heel that his Oscar nomination for Hud was a foregone conclusion. Although Newman lost the Oscar to Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field Oscars did go to Neal for Best Actress Douglas for Best Supporting Actor and cinematographer James Wong Howe.
Actor: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, John Ashley, Whit Bissell
Director: Martin Ritt
Genre: Drama
Year: 1963
Studio: Warner Bros
Length: 112
Released: December 2, 2003
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language: English,French
Subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Having been burned by compromises to censors on his earlier films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth Paul Newman decided to star in as uncompromising a property as he could find. That property was Hud inspired by a portion of Larry McMurtry's novel Horseman Pass By. Hud Bannon (Newman) is a young Texas rancher who lives with his cattleman father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) and his hero-worshipping nephew Lon (Brandon DeWilde). Hud is an amoral cold-hearted creature; his father who holds Hud responsible for the death of his other son tries to imbue Lon with a sense of decency and responsibility to others but Lon is devoted to Hud and isn't inclined to listen. When hoof-and-mouth disease shows up in one of the elder Bannon's cows Hud is all for selling the herd before the government inspectors find out. But Homer orders the cattle destroyed (the film's most harrowing sequence) driving an even deeper wedge between himself and Hud. Finally Hud steps over the line by attempting to rape Alma (Patricia Neal) the earthy but warm-hearted housekeeper. Paul Newman was so repellantly brilliant as an unregenerate heel that his Oscar nomination for Hud was a foregone conclusion. Although Newman lost the Oscar to Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field Oscars did go to Neal for Best Actress Douglas for Best Supporting Actor and cinematographer James Wong Howe.
| Product Name | Hud (1963) On DVD |
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