Hud 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray presents Martin Ritt’s quietly radical American classic, a powerful drama that dismantles frontier myth through family conflict, moral decay and generational disillusionment.
At the centre is Hud Bannon (Paul Newman), a charismatic but deeply self-serving rancher whose ambitions put him in direct conflict with his principled father. As tensions within the family intensify, the film traces a slow unraveling that extends beyond the ranch itself, becoming a meditation on power, legacy and the erosion of traditional ideals.
Anchored by extraordinary performances and James Wong Howe’s striking black-and-white cinematography, Hud remains one of the defining American films of the 1960s, reshaping the western’s moral landscape with rare precision.
FILM INFO
United States
1963
112 minutes
Black & White
2.35:1
English
Spine #1319
Hud [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] - Pre-Order 7/14
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio excerpts from a 1974 American Film Institute seminar with director Martin Ritt
• New interview with actor Sally Field, conducted by author Isaac Butler, on Ritt and Hud
• New interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins on director of photography James Wong Howe
• Episode of Inside the Actors Studio, hosted by James Lipton, featuring actor Paul Newman
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author and film scholar Gabriel Miller and a 1963 American Cinematographer interview with Howe

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