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Hud

Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict b...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Elmer. (Composer)
Corporate Author: Paramount Pictures Corporation., Salem Productions., Dover Productions., Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Ravetch, Irving. (Screenwriter, Producer), Frank, Harriet, Jr. (Screenwriter), Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990. (Producer, Director), Newman, Paul, 1925-2008. (Actor), Douglas, Melvyn. (Actor), Neal, Patricia, 1926- (Actor), De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972. (Actor), Bissell, Whit, 1909-1996. (Actor), McMurtry, Larry.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2003]
Edition: Widescreen version.
Series: Widescreen DVD collection
Subjects:
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Conduct of life > Drama.
Ranchers > Texas > Drama.
Texas > Drama.
Western films.
Film adaptations.
Summary: Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high.
Item Description: Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Based on the novel Horseman pass by, by Larry McMurtry.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD.
Audience: MPAA rating: not rated.
Awards: Academy Awards, 1981: Best actress, Best supporting actor (Douglas), Best b & w cinematography
Production Credits: Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editor, Frank Bracht ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; costumes, Edith Head.
ISBN: 0792194152
9780792194156
Author Notes: Actor Paul Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio on January 26, 1925. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He graduated from Kenyon College in 1949 and later studied acting at Yale University and at the Actors' Studio in New York City. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Picnic and his film debut in The Silver Chalice in 1954. His film roles include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and Road to Perdition. In 1987, he won an Oscar for The Color of Money. He also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy Award. One of his last roles was the voice of Doc Hudson in the 2006 animated movie Cars.

In 1982, he founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, with writer A. E. Hotchner. He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity. He and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir entitled Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good about this subject. He also established the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which is a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.He died after a long battle with lung cancer on September 26, 2008 at the age of 83.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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