Cool Hand Luke
1967 Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Synopsis
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.
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Any man who doesn't like this movie gets a night in the box.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Paul Newman is one hell of an actor. The charm he brings to his roles are quite the treat. I can't believe it took me this long to finally see this classic film. I didn't realize all the star power this film had, a young Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton! Nice to know where all those popular movie quotes come from now! This film is excellent!
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"What we've got here is failure to communicate".
Paul Newman has the bluest eyes of anyone I have ever seen. On blu ray they sparkle like diamonds just like this film. The quintessential chain gang movie this follows ex-war hero Newman on his road to self-destruction. Southern hospitality doesn't come much meaner than this as our Paul becomes the ultimate anti-hero in a cinematic landmark. Directed with aplomb by Stuart Rosenberg with a stellar supporting cast and a blistering performance from it's star man this is a wonderful film. Harry Dean Stanton,Dennis Hopper,Joe Don Baker,Anthony Zerbe and Oscar winner George Kennedy make up a cast of memorable screw-ups amid the baking southern heat. Newman brings to life one of the… -
In a movie I didn't care much for, John Cusack was asked what his favorite movie is and he responded that "the correct answer is Cool Hand Luke." That's more or less true. No one could ever be called wrong for picking this movie as their favorite of all time.
Newman is always something special on screen and this is one of his most memorable roles. There's something about the unbreakability (it's almost McQueen-ian) and the total calm he handles things with that really gets to you. He can be (and is) smashed in the face over and over but he just gets back up like it's nothing. I mean, hell, this guy can eat 50 eggs, and nobody can…
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Cool Hand Luke is a film about a man who is unwilling to conform in an environment that demands conformity. Paul Newman portrays Luke, a war hero who gets thrown into a road prison for public drunkenness and vandalism. In an effort to establish a reputation, Luke shows his prison mates that he is able to stand more than most men by boxing with the prison's "big man" (George Kennedy). After a (dumb) egg-eating contest, Luke becomes the toast of the prison, earning the respect of his prison mates and guards.
Luke is content to spend his days in prison, but when he learns his mother has died, he becomes impatient with prison life. What follows is a series of…
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"Taking it off here boss."
"Take it off."
"Shaking the bush here boss"
"Shake it off"
"Bound with fifty eggs here boss!"Any film with an egg eating competition is always likely to win my heart.
Unusually for an American film, I think I would have been aided at points by some subtitles here. Subtitle it off boss! Having to get my ear in a little gave me a sense of getting amongst 'em that either wrongly or rightly, made the film more enjoyable. Either that or I had the volume too low? I dunno.
Paul Newman's acting, I thought, was good.
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A classic.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Paul Newman is excellent in this, in fact it got me thinking I haven't really seen many movies with him. The story is very simple, he gets locked up for what appears to be resentment towards the US government for a military career that went nowhere probably due to his defiant presence, he doesn't actually engage in disobedience, but he refuses to subdue, it is peaceful resistance, he is very charismatic and becomes something of a symbol to all the other prisoners and in a way he makes them feel free.
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Paul Newman is one hell of an actor. The charm he brings to his roles are quite the treat. I can't believe it took me this long to finally see this classic film. I didn't realize all the star power this film had, a young Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton! Nice to know where all those popular movie quotes come from now! This film is excellent!
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I could eat 50 eggs in an hour.
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"Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand"
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Thought this was a fantastic film.Newman was super cool,Gorgeous to look at.stella acting..da bomb.
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One of those movies I try to dust off at least once a year. It's a A beautiful, cruel, funny, deeply sad film. Plus it features Paul Newman as a rebel without a cause, in what might just be his most iconic role.