CLASSIC MOVIES: HUD (1963)

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Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of Turner Classic Movies]:

An amoral modern rancher clashes with his rigid father.
Winner of three Academy Awards, including
Patricia Neal for Best Actress.

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REVIEWS:

"Any film with a title as cryptic and ugly-sounding as Hud better have more to recommend it than its name. .... Hud...does have more—so much more, in every aspect—that it shapes up now as this year's most powerful film...with a fine cast of performers...who behave and talk so truly that it is hard to shake them out of your mind. .... Paul Newman as Hud is tremendous. .... Melvyn Douglas is magnificent as the aging cattleman who finds his own son an abomination and disgrace to his country and home. .... And Patricia Neal is brilliant as the lonely housekeeper. .... There is also much else that is excellent: the camerawork of James Wong Howe, the poignant musical score of Elmer Bernstein, the insinuating use of natural sounds. They merge in an achievement that should be honored as a whole."

-- Excerpt from The New York Times; May 29, 1963