DVD : Hud
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792194156
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792194152
Label: Paramount Pictures
Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 02, 2003
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 1883
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1963
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Newman is the materialistic son of a texas rancher who doesnt ride to the occasion when the ranch falls on hard times. Instead he pursues an uninterested neal in this western for modern times and changing morals. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: Paul Newman Patricia Neal Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Martin Ritt
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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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This is one of Newmans best, because he plays a completely dispicable
person with no redeeming qualities. He has no scruples and no character.
It is a great departure for Newman and he does a Great job.
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Quite possibly one of my all time favorite movies ever, `Hud' is an extraordinary example of how subtlety can be so overwhelmingly powerful. Using the swagger of its stars, `Hud' immortalizes itself as one of the strongest character studies I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Sadly, all too many individuals don't see `Hud' for what it was intended to be. They view Hud Bannon as a sort of anti-hero; a villain to be adored and or idolized when in reality he is a despicable and selfish human being not worth our adoration. We watch the film waiting for the good in Hud to shine through, but it's not there, and no matter how much we want to take his side and defend him we can't; or at least we shouldn't.
That is the beauty of `Hud', for when taken properly it is a magnificent depiction of human morality at its lowest.
Not many films make the most morally reprehensible their focal points, but `Hud' is certainly all about Hud Bannon. Working on his father's ranch, Hud has a feeling of being owed by everyone around him. He views the ranch as his personal investment, something to reap from once his father dies. He lives his life the way he wants to, violently and immorally, starting brawls and courting married women. He drinks like a fish and this leads to emotionally scarring outbursts between Hud and his father. All the while Hud's nephew Lonnie is soaking in the very essence of Hud, trying to decide if he is a man to admire or judge.
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The movie opens with scenes of endless barren Texas flatland, and a dusty small town caught in the middle of it like a spot on a napkin. Open spaces characterize the film, which takes place on a ranch surrounded by lonesome roads. It feels like open space; a breath of fresh air from the wishy-washy, politically correct, happy-ending Hollywood films of today.
Based on Larry McMurtry's novel "Horseman, Pass By," "Hud" is a gruff, manly meditation on life and death, loneliness, and moving on. An old cattle rancher's hopes are shot to death, and his few relatives are left to carry on his legacy.
Hud is an arrogant, untamed cowboy who has more trouble to him than he reveals. His father (the old wise rancher known as Granddad) resents his freewheeling irresponsibility and misses the older brother that Hud killed by accident. Lonnie is the young optimistic grandson (nephew to Hud) who takes strongly to Hud's wild ways yet also admires his solid reliable grandfather. Halmea is the housekeeper, a temptress to both Hud and Lonnie who escapes them both in the end. Granddad's cows are diseased and he is unsure of what the future of his ranch will be. He is old and may not see much more of it. He's a wise man who's seen a lot of life, Hud's in his middle years and being forced to come to terms with it, and Lonnie is young, yearning to pass into manhood.
"Hud" possesses the quiet understatement of the desolate landscape that surrounds it. The characters ... Read More
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"Hud" is one of Newman's greatest movies but, interestingly, I find his father, the old man, more compelling. Hud, as his old father notes, has his share of charm and even guts but he has no soul. He doesn't care. He doesn't care about people and lives only for himself. He uses others, especially women, but ultimately he is his own worst enemy and his reward is a emptiness.
Initially, Lonnie, his 17 y.o. nephew admires him and wants to be Hud's kind of man. Gradually, perhaps inevitably, the nephew learns all too much about Hud both from his grandfather and Hud's own selfish and reckless behavior. A cow dies. Hud wants to leave the carcass to the buzzards but his father, although he has much to lose, insists on a veterinary examination. The veterinarian suspects hoof-and-mouth, a disease that requires the slaughtering of entire herds. Hud wants to sell off the herd before the veterinarian returns with his report. His father refuses and Hud sees a lawyer to have his father declared incompetent...with Hud as administrator of the estate.
Too late for Hud, the veterinariam returns with a report postive for hoof-and-mouth. We grieve for the old man having to kill his cattle and livelihood in a bulldozer-excavated pit. Hud is disgusted that he couldn't offload the cattle before this happens.
Hud, as usual, gets blind drunk. Then tries to rape the housekeeper. Lonnie has to protect her from his drunken uncle. By this time Lonnie's admiration ... Read More
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This movie stands in a class reserved for the best of best in western theme films. Based on the book by Larry McMurtry, "Horseman, Pass By", it also features a very credible performance by Brandon DeWilde as Lonnie, grown up from the little boy he once portrayed in another legend, the unforgettable "Shane" which was filmed about 10 years before. Lonnie worships Hud, who is his father's brother, and the realization that this man of his own blood is not of good character, is a concept too deep for him to grasp until the final turn of events mature him past his youth in the course of one day . The events surrounding this relationship are at the core of the storyline, and also at the core of the conflict between Hud and his old father, Homer, played by Melvyn Dougas.
Newman's star was at it's Zenith when he made this movie. His extraordinary talent, independent of his looks, are both showcased as an integral part of the character in this role; and play off each other to his advantage for him in this, what I considered to be one of his best movies. His character assessment of Hud was something that came easy to him; he nailed the selfish, self-centered, narcissistic personality that was the man named Hud.
Melvyn Douglas as the crusty old rancher who has seen the times pass him by, gives a performance truly outstanding as he struggles for his last stand of independence, threatened not only a dread disease that is spreading through his entire herd of cattle, but ... Read More
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starring: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
directed by: Martin Ritt
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792194156
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792194152
Label: Paramount Pictures
Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 02, 2003
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 1883
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1963
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