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1 November 1967 (USA) moreTagline:
"What we've got here is failure to communicate." moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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TCM—Paul Newman Commemorative Marathon (From Twitch. 30 September 2008, 9:50 AM, PDT)
Remembering Paul Newman: His Top Five Performances (From Get The Big Picture. 29 September 2008, 7:11 PM, PDT)
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Cool Hand Luke great movie to watch during Oscar month moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. Oct. 12 | 10:00 PM | TCM |
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Paul Newman | ... | Luke | |
| George Kennedy | ... | Dragline | |
| J.D. Cannon | ... | Society Red | |
| Lou Antonio | ... | Koko | |
| Robert Drivas | ... | Loudmouth Steve | |
| Strother Martin | ... | Captain | |
| Jo Van Fleet | ... | Arletta | |
| Clifton James | ... | Carr | |
| Morgan Woodward | ... | Boss Godfrey | |
| Luke Askew | ... | Boss Paul | |
| Marc Cavell | ... | Rabbitt | |
| Richard Davalos | ... | Blind Dick | |
| Robert Donner | ... | Boss Shorty | |
| Warren Finnerty | ... | Tattoo | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Babalugats |
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126 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Norway:16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Australia:M | Spain:7 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Approved (certificate #21450) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970)MOVIEmeter: 
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While passing by the prison camp set, a San Joaquin County building inspector thought it was a recently constructed migrant worker's complex, and posted "condemned" notices on the buildings for not being up to code. moreGoofs:
Continuity: While Luke's mother is smoking a cigarette, it gets smaller when the camera switches angles. moreQuotes:
Captain, Road Prison 36: Now, I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean sum-bitch. moreSoundtrack:
Plastic Jesus moreFAQ
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Paul Newman (Old Blue Eyes) stars as Cool Hand Luke Jackson, a war hero, who gets himself in trouble with the law, and is repeatedly beaten both mentally and physically savagely by the main boss of the prison he is in.
The main boss hates Luke for several reasons: Everyone likes Luke. He is the typical rebel , yet he has a certain aura around that people love. Even the people working in the prison like Luke.
The boss also hates Luke, because he keeps escaping out of prison, which makes the prison's security and himself look bad.
The movie from beginning to end, is one of the entertaining and powerful movies by Newman.
Throughout the movie, we see Luke's exploits including his status as "Cool Hand" which basically says that he can do anything.
There is no better scene that shows this that Luke's bet that can he eat 50 eggs in one hour. This scene is terrific and humorous to watch, time and time again. George Kennedy plays Greg Dragline, Luke's best friend and prison inmante.
Dragline's love of Luke is evident through the whole movie. Whenever, Luke is mistreated Dragline is there to try to pick up his spirits. Whenever, Luke is beaten severely for trying to escape the prison, Dragline is one of the first friends that is there to pick him up and attend to him.
Then of course, this Oscar worthy film has the memorable tunes and lines that all audiences all familiar with:
"What We Got Here is a familiar to Communicate" is Paul Newman, legendary and household line that critics and audiences remember. This line has also been used in over a hundred, movies and tv shows including comedies, crime drama movies and much more. The line is a piece of cult phenomena and America which symobolizes a bad situation.
Paul Newman was nominated for Best Actor for this film, but didn't win.
Newman over his career has been nominated over 10 times for this award: "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" , "Malice", "Nobody's Fool", are several of the great movies that NewMan has been nominated for.
"Cool Hand Luke" stands as one of the American movies ever made. It represents the abusive and mistreatment that a couple of prisons have.
It also represents an intelligent and popular fellow who all through his life had one bad situation after another, yet like Greg points "Ah Luke, always had that great smile."
Luke's character in a way is a reflection on individuals like himself, whose life have been filled with pain and aggravation yet people like these never give up.
An Oscar worthy film, during this month of oscars.