Word: brandon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...between good and bad. Because it doesn't, it is good drama and a subtly disturbing social commentary. The film is set on a ranch in contemporary Texas, and it centers around the battle between Hud and his father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) for the allegiance of Hud's cousin (Brandon de Wilde). Homer's honesty is tied up with his idea of the dignity of work. His cynical son values money and physical pleasure. The temptation to turn Hud into a pious little morality play must have been strong; fortunately it was resisted. In the end, Lon is won over...
...This honest and absorbing film has all the elements to make it a classic in its own time: a no-compromise script, sensitive direction and photography, and a matchless cast composed of Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Melvyn Douglas and Brandon de Wilde...
...Paul Newman. Patricia Neal. Melvyn Douglas and Brandon de Wilde star in the most brazenly honest picture to be made in the U.S. this season. If the question "Why Hud?" is never answered, the question "Why Hollywood?" gets a rousing and affirmative reply...
...brought out menthol Montclair; last week Philip Morris started selling nationally its filter menthol Paxton, which comes in a thin plastic "humidor" case. Launching each new brand costs some $10 million, but most of them seem to burn out quickly nowadays. Among the recent failures: R. J. Reynolds' Brandon, Philip Morris' Commander, American Tobacco's menthol Riviera, Brown & Williamson's Kentucky Kings...
...Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Brandon de Wilde and Patricia Neal make up almost the entire cast of this magnificently pungent film about an unregenerate heel, a decent old man, and a boy who makes a choice of heroes...