Hud

19631963
PassedPassed
1h 52min

Paul Newman in Hud (1963)

Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

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Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his br... Read allHonest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

Director
- Martin Ritt
Writers
- Irving Ravetch(screenplay)
- Harriet Frank Jr.(screenplay)
- Larry McMurtry(from a novel by)
Stars

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Won 3 Oscars
- 17 wins & 17 nominations total

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Paul Newman in Hud (1963)

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"Hud" Patricia Neal 1963 Paramount Pictures

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Paul Newman and Brandon De Wilde in Hud (1963)

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Paul Newman in Hud (1963)

Director
- Martin Ritt
Writers
- Irving Ravetch(screenplay)
- Harriet Frank Jr.(screenplay)
- Larry McMurtry(from a novel by)
All cast & crew
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Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner." —alfiehitchie

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Taglines
- Newman means action!
Genres
- Drama
- Western
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide

Trivia
Patricia Neal is only in the movie for 21 minutes and 51 seconds, making her performance both the shortest to win a Best Actress Oscar and the shortest to win in a leading category.

Goofs
After Hud hits the guy at the bar, he takes a swig from his bottle-in-bag, which is on the bar, but which he had left at the table.

Quotes
Homer Bannon: Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire. You're just going to have to make up your own mind one day about what's right and wrong.

Connections
Featured in The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968)

Soundtracks
The Great Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)
(uncredited) (ca 1915)
American folk song
Sung a cappella by Paul Newman and Brandon De Wilde

Top review

10/10

Powerful Modern Western Morality Play

HUD is one of the best movies I have ever seen! Based on Larry McMurtry's early novel HORSEMAN, PASS BY, it works wonderfully as a modern morality play showing the seductiveness of hedonism (as represented by the attractive and persuasive Hud (Paul Newman) vs. the human decency and duty represented by Homer Bannion (Melvyn Douglas) as they battle for the soul of the grandson, Lon (Brandon De Wilde). There is an important lesson about the destruction of society by the cheapening of our standards of admiration. I absolutely love Patricia Neal in this film! Her earthy housekeeper, Alma, steals every scene she's in! I am so happy that she won the Academy Award for this role. I can't think of anyone, male or female, who gave a better performance that year. I love her line resisting Hud's advances, "No, thanks! I've done my time with one cold-blooded bastard. I'm not looking for another."

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Release date
- May 29, 1963 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Der Wildeste unter Tausend
Filming locations
- Goodnight, Texas, USA
Production company
- Salem-Dover Productions
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Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 52min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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