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Hud | 
 enlarge | Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 3184
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 097360663044
ISBN: 0792194152
UPC: 097360663044
EAN: 9780792194156
ASIN: B0000AUHQU
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1963
Release Date: December 2, 2003
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Product Description
Newman plays a man at odds with his father, tradition and himself. His father is an old-line cattle rancher and Newman is the son whose only interests are fighting, drinking, hot-rodding and womanizing.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Based on a Larry McMurtry novel, this Martin Ritt film was a testament to the sex appeal of the young Paul Newman. Playing the title character--a total rotter who, by the end of the film, has double-crossed or screwed over everyone he knows, including his hard-working father and brother--Newman turns him into an intriguing antihero. Things are tough on the ranch and Hud's dad (Melvyn Douglas) needs help, but Hud is too busy looking out for number one, even as things fall apart. And guess who's going to land on his feet? Beautiful black-and-white cinematography by James Wong Howe won an Oscar, as did performances by Douglas and Patricia Neal. --Marshall Fine
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Major Babe...... September 3, 2008
Tallulah (North Las Vegas, NV United States)
...one of Newman's finest, bless his heart. Paul couldn't do a bad job of acting if he tried. Dang good film.
Must-have for Paul Newman lovers January 13, 2008
2 boys' mama (Texas)
Hud is a little-known gem. We've always known about it because it was filmed in the little town where my granddad grew up. As a Paul Newman fan, I also recommend the film itself. As usual, Newman doesn't disappoint in this movie.
WHERE'S THE BEEF? October 19, 2007
J J BAGS (MASSACHUSETTS USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The "beef' lies between Douglas' principles and his son's apparent lack thereof. But, the real stampede begins when the "old man" purchases some infected head, with disastrous results. DeWilde is effective,(10 years after yelling ("goodbye,Shane") as Douglas' grandson, torn between Hud's ideas and those of Douglas. But, Neal really stands out as housemaid, referee, nurse, and flirt. Only too late does she discover that her repressed sexuality is no match for Hud at his drunken worst.In the end, Hud slams the door on the world, seemingly not realizing that it's he who's driven the world away from him. A terrific movie that may draw you back on multiple occasions.
 Hod-head October 3, 2007
blockhed (UK)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Just can't go along with all the rave reviewers of this story, most of whom spell out its unpleasant details at great length. Everything about it may be as good and marvellous as they say, but in the end it's an intensely depressing, misery-making, simply feel-bad kind of film. Acting, writing, shooting are all excellent: but the characters and the theme are either deeply unhappy or repellent. There was an aura of corrosive cynicism and disillusion about many movies of this era, starting perhaps with Look Back in Anger, and the British school of kitchen sink, moving West with a variety of American productions, including this one, of course. The obverse of this trend was the birth of Rock and Roll, which took place at about the same time. Perhaps both trends had the rejection of parental values in common, but, frankly, I prefer the Elvis sneer to Hud Bannon's when it comes to offending the wrinkly and righteous. There is positively nothing appealing to me about Hud's personality: he's nothing but a good-looking, sulky, selfish, ill-mannered jerk. Every episode presented, the opening scene, the pointless brawls, the greased pig contest, the ugly rape attempt, the cattle slaughter, the old man's death-rattle, just leave a nasty taste in the mouth.
Hud September 7, 2007
Damon Veach (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the movie that should have won Paul Newman the Oscar, but it was not to be. This is perhaps his most powerful performance, and the story is one of Larry McMurtry's best. The movie follows the book (called "Horseman Pass By") to the letter, and that is always good to see. I saw the movie when it first came out, and I had to have it for my collection to review over and over again.
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