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Hud

Hud

Martin Ritt, 1963

Spine #1319

Picked by 1 guest

Drama / Western

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Martin Ritt

Written by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

Cinematography James Wong Howe

Edited by Frank Bracht

Cast Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell, Crahan Denton, John Ashley, Val Avery

Picked by

Cooper Hoffman

“Hud, I haven’t seen this movie, but I want to take it with me because Paul Newman is one of my favorite actors of all time. He is unbelievable. Cool Hand Luke, The Sting. I could go on. He is remarkably handsome, and yet loses none of his empathy, his sadness, his depression, his guilt, his hilarity. He’s someone that I will never be but admire watching. And it’s really nice with an actor like that, where you aren’t striving to become them.”