Martin Ritts 1963 black and white classic Hud shows off three of the great talents of the 1960s: Paul Newman, Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas.
Newman got Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for doing Hud Bannon, and co-stars Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas won Oscars.
Ritt, whose career includes Hombre, Norma Rae, Murphys Romance and a bunch of other mega-hit movies, does Hud. It feels more like a play than a movie and is an outstanding representative of the dialogue writing of the times. Once you get into the rhythm, it is obvious why this is considered a classic.
Newman who I greatly admire and miss is the most natural actor in the history of cinema. Later in his career, he evolved into different types of characters and was more hero or anti-hero material, but early on Newmans characters were unhappy rebels and self-absorbed narcissists.
Hes brilliant in Hud but slightly upstaged by Douglas and Neal and by Ritts exceptional storytelling.
Mr. Movie rating: 5 stars
Not rated. Probably PG-13. It plays Friday, October 9 only at the Battelle Auditorium at 8 p.m.
5 stars to 4 1/2 stars: Must see on the big screen
4 stars to 3 1/2 stars: Good film, see it if it's your type of movie.
3 stars to 2 1/2 stars: Wait until it comes out on video.
2 stars to 1 star: Don't bother.
0 stars: Speaks for itself.
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Cinematographer and Pasco native featured in exhibit
Cinematographer and Pasco native featured in exhibit
James Wong Howe: From Pasco Pioneer to Hollywood Legend exhibit opens at 10 a.m. Sept. 17, Franklin County Historical Museum, 305 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco.
Guest filmmaker Sarah Lee Monroe will be on hand for a lecture on the legendary Hollywood cinematographer and Pasco native, James Wong Howe.
A screening of the classic movie Hud, which he was involved with will follow the lecture. Free is admission. For more information, 547-3714.
Fast focus: Refreshing change
Fast focus: Refreshing change
Being a big fan of the Tri-City Americans, my favorite Christmas movie choice is pretty unconventional. It's Slapshot with Paul Newman as the aging but "lethal" player/coach who is in charge of the Hanson Brothers. They are a match made in heaven.
OK ... so it's not the deepest of Christmas holiday classic movies but it helps to clean the palette before It's a Wonderful Life comes on after the nth time.
-- Gregory Gauck, Richland
Learn about film legend at Pasco history meeting
Learn about film legend at Pasco history meeting
Tri-Citians will have the opportunity to learn about a legendary Hollywood cinematographer from Pasco at a Sept. 17 meeting of the Franklin County Historical Society.
The 10 a.m. meeting for the society will include a presentation by Sarah Lee Monroe about James Wong Howe.
Monroe is an independent filmmaker who is developing a feature-length documentary on Howe's life and work.
On this day: Nov. 7, 1954
On this day: Nov. 7, 1954
Advertisement: Coming to the Capitol Theater in Yakima, one night only, Melvyn Douglas in "Time Out For Ginger." Tickets $2.00 to $4.00. (Melvyn Douglas won 2 Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, "Hud" in 1963 and "Being There" in 1979 as well as a Tony and an Emmy.)
Kudos to Battelle Film Club for bringing 'The Hedgehog'
Kudos to Battelle Film Club for bringing 'The Hedgehog'
The Hedgehog is a subtitled French film from 2009 that finally got released in the U.S. last year, and thanks to the Battelle Film Club , it will be seen in the Tri-Cities.
The story centers around Paloma, an 11-year old girl whose interests are philosophy and art.
No one in her family can relate. Her parents barely speak to each other much less to Paloma. The disconnected mom talks to plants, and the psychiatrist but can’t talk to her daughter. Dad is nowhere to be found.
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