The wildest among a thousand

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Movie
German title The wildest among a thousand
Original title Hud
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1963
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Martin Ritt
script Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.
production Martin Ritt
Irving Ravetch
music Elmer Bernstein
camera James Wong Howe
cut Frank Bracht
occupation

Hud is a Western drama by Martin Ritt in 1963 with Paul Newman in the lead role. Ritt filmed the novel The Wildest Among Thousands (Original Title: Horseman, Pass By ) by Larry McMurtry .

action

The action takes place in the American West in the early 1960s: When Homer Bannon's cattle died, the vet suspected foot-and-mouth disease . While Homer Bannon will wait to see what the final tests will reveal, his easy-going son Hud advises him to sell the herd in time so that the buyer has the damage. Homer of integrity refuses this and wants to face the consequences. This reinforces the already tense relationship between father and son. The cattle must be killed and the family's existence is in question. After a riding accident, old Homer Bannon no longer fights for his life and dies. The housekeeper Alma, the mother substitute in the family and the soul of the house (and at the same time the object of Hud's desire as well as the somewhat more romantic fantasies of Hud's young nephew Lonnie), leaves the house in search of a new job. Hud plans to look for oil and hopes Lonnie will build something new with him. However, Lonnie blames him for Homer's death and leaves too. Hud is left alone. Although he now has free rein for his plans and no one to reproach him morally, he would have had nothing against a little familiar company.

criticism

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Phil Hardy considers the film to be an “outstanding contemporary western” that offers “no redemption” for its protagonists . Howe's black and white photography perfectly captures her "mental despair" . Joe Hembus sees "the end of the cowboy cult in one of the best post-westerns" , only Newman gives his role of the failed drinker "more glamor than the film is good."

Awards

The wildest among a thousand was nominated seven times for the 1964 Academy Awards. Patricia Neal won the statue for Best Actress and Melvyn Douglas for Best Supporting Actor . James Wong Howe also received the award for Best Camera - Black and White . Newman was nominated for a trophy for Best Actor, Martin Ritt for Best Director as well as the production design and the adapted screenplay. At the Golden Globes , neither of them came away empty-handed and perhaps that was why they were not present at the awards ceremony. Leading actor Paul Newman had to admit defeat to Sidney Poitier ( Lilies in the Field ). Martin Ritt lost out to Tony Richardson for Best Director . Also in the categories Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Screenplay , The Wildest Among a Thousand received nothing. The film was very successful at the Laurel Awards . He won Best Drama Awards, Newman Best Actor in Drama Awards, Patricia Neal Best Actress in Drama, and Melvyn Douglas Best Supporting Actor.

At the British Film Academy Awards in 1964, Patricia Neal was named Best Foreign Actress , while Newman again received nothing.

Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas also received the National Board of Review's award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.

Patricia Neal also won the trophy at the NYFCC Awards. In addition, the script was awarded there.

In 2018 the film was included in the National Film Registry .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on February 28, 2015
  2. ↑ Hud in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 284
  4. ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894 to 1975. Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Vienna, 2nd edition, 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 700