A family’s downfall becomes a stark elegy for the ideals of the American frontier in this quietly subversive reimagining of western myths. In the fourth of his six collaborations with the progressive director Martin Ritt, Paul Newman created his darkest role yet as Hud Bannon, a charismatic but ruthlessly unprincipled rancher. Hud’s ambition to seize control of an ailing cattle business from his tradition-bound father (Melvyn Douglas) drives the family—including his worshipful nephew (Brandon de Wilde) and worldly-wise housekeeper (Patricia Neal)—toward collapse. Winner of Academy Awards for Best Actress (Neal), Supporting Actor (Douglas), and Cinematography—courtesy of James Wong Howe, whose austere black-and-white lensing lends psychological dimension to the desolate western vistas—Hud daringly rewrites the image of the heroic cowboy for a disillusioned generation. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Audio excerpts from a 1974 American Film Institute seminar with director Martin Ritt New interview with actor Sally Field, conducted by author Isaac Butler, on Ritt and Hud New interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins on director of photography James Wong Howe Episode of Inside the Actors Studio, hosted by James Lipton, featuring actor Paul Newman English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by author and film scholar Gabriel Miller and a 1963 American Cinematographer interview with Howe Hud (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] Hud (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews
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Martin Ritt’s 1963 HUD is a Texas set family drama based on a novel by Larry McMurtry. Paul Newman is the alienated son of rancher Melvin Douglas and the script sets up their conflict rather baldly as good versus evil. But Newman, even playing a real bastard, has so much audience appeal that despite the awful things he does and says they adore him. This was more or less the beginning of the period in the ’60’s when anti-heroes were in vogue. It is also the movie that transformed him from sta...
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