Hud (1963)
If you only watch one Paul Newman movie in your life, watch Hud.
A bad boy with sex appeal oozing off the screen, Hud is hard to resist. He’s quick with a fight, a one-liner, and a love-and-run romance. He’s bad news, but the audience can’t help but like and root for him. He’s positively magnetic, but two characters in the film resist him. His father, Melvyn Douglas, clashes with him at every turn, and their fights are devastating to watch. And Patricia Neal, the woman with more willpower than any woman alive.
Newman and Neal spark, sizzle, and scorch. It’s worth watching the film just to feel their chemistry. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Melvyn Douglas won Best Supporting Actor, but unfortunately Paul Newman lost his contest. Sidney Poitier won his make-up Oscar that year (Lilies of the Field, as an apology for losing the Oscar for The Defiant Ones in 1958 and not being nominated for A Raisin in the Sun in 1961), but Paul Newman would have to wait 25 years to receive his make-up Oscar.
Hud is a classic, but it’s a heavy drama, so make sure you’re in the right mood when you rent it. It’s really fantastic, and the script is smart, sexy, and sorrowful. It’s too bad the Academy was so taken with Tom Jones that year; Hud lost the adapted screenplay award and wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture. At least director Martin Ritt was nominated. He directed five Paul Newman movies, and this one really shows off his talents.
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A bad boy with sex appeal oozing off the screen, Hud is hard to resist. He’s quick with a fight, a one-liner, and a love-and-run romance. He’s bad news, but the audience can’t help but like and root for him. He’s positively magnetic, but two characters in the film resist him. His father, Melvyn Douglas, clashes with him at every turn, and their fights are devastating to watch. And Patricia Neal, the woman with more willpower than any woman alive.
Newman and Neal spark, sizzle, and scorch. It’s worth watching the film just to feel their chemistry. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Melvyn Douglas won Best Supporting Actor, but unfortunately Paul Newman lost his contest. Sidney Poitier won his make-up Oscar that year (Lilies of the Field, as an apology for losing the Oscar for The Defiant Ones in 1958 and not being nominated for A Raisin in the Sun in 1961), but Paul Newman would have to wait 25 years to receive his make-up Oscar.
Hud is a classic, but it’s a heavy drama, so make sure you’re in the right mood when you rent it. It’s really fantastic, and the script is smart, sexy, and sorrowful. It’s too bad the Academy was so taken with Tom Jones that year; Hud lost the adapted screenplay award and wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture. At least director Martin Ritt was nominated. He directed five Paul Newman movies, and this one really shows off his talents.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Cinema Central Seleus B" for posting!
More Whit Bissell movies here!
More Paul Newman movies here!