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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 12/02/2003 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 13 Genres: Drama, Americana, Modern Western

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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Paul Newman - Hud Bannon
Melvyn Douglas - Homer Bannon
Patricia Neal - Alma Brown
Brandon de Wilde - Lon Bannon
John Ashley - Hermy
Whit Bissell - Burris

Paul Newman was nominated for an Academy Award and his co-stars Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas took home Oscars for their work in this revisionist Western, which has been given a strong, but simple, presentation for its DVD release. Hud has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The original English soundtrack has been remixed for playback in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while original Mono soundtracks are included in English and French. Optional English subtitles have also been included. No bonus materials appear on this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide