Hud

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American film Western drama film film

Hud is a 1963 American Western drama film, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, acclaimed for its stark portrayal of moral conflict and its Oscar-winning performances.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hud canonical	10
Hud (1963 film)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4912785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hud
Context triple: [Patricia Neal, notableWork, Hud]

A. Hud
Hud is a prophet in Islamic tradition, known for being sent to guide the ancient people of ʿĀd away from idolatry and toward the worship of one God.
B. Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American film drama, best known for Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance as a handyman who helps a group of nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert.
C. Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
D. Hooch
Hooch is the slobbery but lovable Dogue de Bordeaux who partners with Tom Hanks’s character in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy film "Turner & Hooch."
E. Hoosiers
Hoosiers is a 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team’s underdog run to the state championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest sports movies ever made.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hud
Target entity description: Hud is a 1963 American Western drama film, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, acclaimed for its stark portrayal of moral conflict and its Oscar-winning performances.

A. Hud
Hud is a prophet in Islamic tradition, known for being sent to guide the ancient people of ʿĀd away from idolatry and toward the worship of one God.
B. Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is a 1963 American film drama, best known for Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance as a handyman who helps a group of nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert.
C. Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
D. Hooch
Hooch is the slobbery but lovable Dogue de Bordeaux who partners with Tom Hanks’s character in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy film "Turner & Hooch."
E. Hoosiers
Hoosiers is a 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team’s underdog run to the state championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest sports movies ever made.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ Western drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
academyAwardNominated	Academy Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ
academyAwardWinningPerformer	Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ
academyAwardWon	Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Larry McMurtry NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Horseman, Pass By NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Martin Ritt NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
editedBy	Frank Bracht NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	New Hollywood precursor ⓘ
filmingProcess	black-and-white ⓘ
genre	Western ⓘ drama film ⓘ
leadActorForCharacterHudBannon	Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadCharacter	Hud Bannon NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy	Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	moral conflict ⓘ
notableFor	Oscar-winning performances ⓘ stark portrayal of moral conflict ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Irving Ravetch NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Ritt NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Salem Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1963-05-29 ⓘ
releaseYear	1963 ⓘ
runningTime	112 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Harriet Frank Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Irving Ravetch NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Brandon deWilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Hud NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patricia Neal → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

Brandon deWilde → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

Elmer Bernstein → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

James Wong Howe → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

James Wong Howe → academyAwardWonFor → Hud ⓘ

Melvyn Douglas → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

Paul Newman → knownFor → Hud ⓘ

Hal Pereira → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hud (1963 film)

Larry McMurtry → screenplayAdaptationOf → Hud ⓘ

Martin Ritt → notableWork → Hud ⓘ

Martin Ritt → directed → Hud ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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