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starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivasdirected by: Stuart Rosenberg
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790733906
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0790733900
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 03, 1998
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 966
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 01, 1967
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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. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - newman's legacy
I remember this film vividly because when I first saw it, it was at a cinema in Paris--and this was my first time in the City of Light!! Also I was on my 3 day leave from the Air Force and when I saw that famous scene when warden Strother Martin beat Luke (Newman) after he says, "Boss, why are you so nice to me?" to which Martin utters the famous lines, "What we have here is a failure--to communicate", it rang in my ears as an ironic twist to my days in Basic training. The late Paul Newman, who ... Read More
Rating: - The Spirit of the Anti-Hero
Paul Newman died yesterday, and I watched 'Cool Hand Luke' in his memory. Paul liked to think he was an ordinary guy. He played ordinary guys in his films, and he hung around ordinary people. The difference is that Paul Newman knew his own mind and no one could push him. That is the kind of character that Paul Newman best portrayed.
Luke Jackson was a war hero, who may have suffered from PTSD. Certainly Luke did not want to face his demons, he did not like people, he did not want to ... Read More
Rating: - Newman's quintessential role
Well, one of many ... My favorite actor, ever...and one of my favorite films of all time. My heartfelt condolences to Paul Newman's family, at his passing 9-26-08...
Rating: - What we have here is a failure to communicate! (And hard-boiled eggs!)
"Oh Lucille, Lucille! Any girl with legs and a body like that has got to be named Lucille!"
*Includes roadwork, digging, a carwash, a cardgame, a egg eating, three escapes, and lots of Paul Newman smiles.
The best prison movie to date, better than Stephen King's Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. One of the best movies of all time. My favorite movie right up there with Fight Club.
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Rating: - Near Perfection
Over the years, this film has become one of the most poular and widely viewed films of all time. It is one of those rare films that is both immensely entertaining and accessible, and also takes on the "big" questions of life in an effective way. If anything, it has been underappreciated by critics.
Released in 1967, this film could almost be seen as the first example of "70's" cinema, a film that succeeds in being artistic in all of the best senses of the word. It famously addresses ... Read More
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