Cool Hand Luke
starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
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Luke is a prisoner on a southern chain gang and not even the deprivations of these subhuman conditions will break his spirit.Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 11/14/2006Starring: Paul Newman George KennedyRun time: 127 minutesRating: NrDirector: Stuart Rosenberg
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Paul Newman gives one of the defining performances of his career, and cemented his place as a beautiful-rebel screen icon playing the stubbornly tough and independent title character in Cool Hand Luke. And before he became familiar as a sidekick in 1970s disaster movies (Earthquake and the Airport movies), George Kennedy won an Oscar for playing Dragline, the brutal chain-gang boss who tries to beat loner Luke's cool out of him. It's a classic rebel-against-the-repressive-institution story in the line of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest or The Shawshank Redemption. Certain moments have become classics--particularly the hardboiled egg-eating contest, and the immortal line (drooled by Strother Martin, as a sadistic redneck prison officer), "What we have here is a failure to communicate." And don't forget, Luke is also the source of the oft-quoted driving ditty, "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus, right here on the dashboard of my car..." He is cool, all right. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen and digital stereo. --Jim Emerson
Luke is a prisoner on a southern chain gang and not even the deprivations of these subhuman conditions will break his spirit.Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 11/14/2006Starring: Paul Newman George KennedyRun time: 127 minutesRating: NrDirector: Stuart Rosenberg
Amazon.com essential video:
Paul Newman gives one of the defining performances of his career, and cemented his place as a beautiful-rebel screen icon playing the stubbornly tough and independent title character in Cool Hand Luke. And before he became familiar as a sidekick in 1970s disaster movies (Earthquake and the Airport movies), George Kennedy won an Oscar for playing Dragline, the brutal chain-gang boss who tries to beat loner Luke's cool out of him. It's a classic rebel-against-the-repressive-institution story in the line of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest or The Shawshank Redemption. Certain moments have become classics--particularly the hardboiled egg-eating contest, and the immortal line (drooled by Strother Martin, as a sadistic redneck prison officer), "What we have here is a failure to communicate." And don't forget, Luke is also the source of the oft-quoted driving ditty, "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus, right here on the dashboard of my car..." He is cool, all right. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen and digital stereo. --Jim Emerson
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- "You an original. That's what you are."
"Cool Hand Luke" was adapted from the novel by Don Pearce, who spent some time on a Florida chain gang and based his leading character, Lucas Jackson, one-third on a real man he knew in prison, one-third on himself, and the rest is fiction. Lucas "Luke" Jackson (Paul Newman) is sent to a Southern prison camp for "maliciously destroying municipal property while under the influence" -busting parking meters, where the prisoners work on a chain gang doing road work. A big, boisterous inmate nicknamed ... Read More
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- Another path to salvation
You got to hand it to a movie that has a cast of actors like Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton and future TV stars like Wayne (MASH) Rogers and Ralph (The Waltons) Waite in supporting roles that don't even merit feature billing. That's how great this cast is, and Paul Newman leads it with aplomb, his handsome charm a mask for what a fine actor he was. That said, this movie lacks the visual style and sense of bloody menace that other films of this ilk and time (Bonnie and Clyde, Sam Peckinpah's ... Read More
Rating: - One of Paul Newman's most outstanding performances
Paul Newman really knew what to do in almost every film that he was in. In "Cool Hand Luke," he is almost flawless as Luke. Here, Luke becomes a part of the Chain Gang, but he is not your typical member. He refuses to be a part of this whole establishment that would force him to submit and surrender. Not only is Newman spectacular here, but the rest of the cast pull it off nicely. George Kennedy gives an unforgettable performance as Dragline, who slowly supports Luke during the film. Strother Martin ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's amazing that it was made in 1967! It shows that great acting and great writing are all that is needed for a great movie.
Rating: - WALKING THE WALK
Paul Newman's portrayal of Luke Jackson in COOL HAND LUKE ranks with Henry Fonda's Tom Joad in THE GRAPES OF WRAITH, and Jack Nicholson's Randle Patrick McMurphy in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST as prime example's of the quintessential everyman standing up to oppression ( even though said oppression is against less than savory characters ). That is not to say that Luke is without flaws, or saintly. He is not. What he is, is damn near unbreakable in spirit, and in this magnicently written, and extremely ... Read More
- "You an original. That's what you are.""Cool Hand Luke" was adapted from the novel by Don Pearce, who spent some time on a Florida chain gang and based his leading character, Lucas Jackson, one-third on a real man he knew in prison, one-third on himself, and the rest is fiction. Lucas "Luke" Jackson (Paul Newman) is sent to a Southern prison camp for "maliciously destroying municipal property while under the influence" -busting parking meters, where the prisoners work on a chain gang doing road work. A big, boisterous inmate nicknamed ... Read More
- Another path to salvationYou got to hand it to a movie that has a cast of actors like Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton and future TV stars like Wayne (MASH) Rogers and Ralph (The Waltons) Waite in supporting roles that don't even merit feature billing. That's how great this cast is, and Paul Newman leads it with aplomb, his handsome charm a mask for what a fine actor he was. That said, this movie lacks the visual style and sense of bloody menace that other films of this ilk and time (Bonnie and Clyde, Sam Peckinpah's ... Read More
- One of Paul Newman's most outstanding performancesPaul Newman really knew what to do in almost every film that he was in. In "Cool Hand Luke," he is almost flawless as Luke. Here, Luke becomes a part of the Chain Gang, but he is not your typical member. He refuses to be a part of this whole establishment that would force him to submit and surrender. Not only is Newman spectacular here, but the rest of the cast pull it off nicely. George Kennedy gives an unforgettable performance as Dragline, who slowly supports Luke during the film. Strother Martin ... Read More
- Great MovieThis is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's amazing that it was made in 1967! It shows that great acting and great writing are all that is needed for a great movie.
- WALKING THE WALKPaul Newman's portrayal of Luke Jackson in COOL HAND LUKE ranks with Henry Fonda's Tom Joad in THE GRAPES OF WRAITH, and Jack Nicholson's Randle Patrick McMurphy in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST as prime example's of the quintessential everyman standing up to oppression ( even though said oppression is against less than savory characters ). That is not to say that Luke is without flaws, or saintly. He is not. What he is, is damn near unbreakable in spirit, and in this magnicently written, and extremely ... Read More
