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Release Date:
1 November 1967 (USA) moreTagline:
"What we've got here is failure to communicate." moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(48 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes (From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
They don't make them like Paul Newman anymore, a true giver
(From Monsters and Critics. 30 October 2009, 6:01 AM, PDT)
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real cool more (191 total)Cast
(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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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
126 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Norway:16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Australia:M | Spain:7 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Approved (certificate #21450) | Sweden:15 | France:-12 | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: After Luke cuts his chains with the axe, he ties the chains to his ankles with a strip off his trousers. He ties his left ankle but not his right, yet as he gets up and runs away both are tied on. moreSoundtrack:
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Now that it has become sort of fashionable to speak or write badly about the films of the 60s and 70s, saying that people stopped going to the movie theatres during that fruitful period (which is not true), we must -more than ever-rate a flick as "Cool Hand Luke" as it really deserves. The rebel spirit of the lead character (played to perfection by the excellent Paul Newman) against that brutal and -most of the times- unfair "establishment" represented by the prison guards is a subject that remains as topical as ever. If this picture had been made today, it could also probably be good, but it would undoubtedly be much more unpleasant and filled with four-letter words. Besides, who could match the performances of Newman, George Kennedy (the deservedly Oscar-winner who has kept on making a brilliant career -do you remember him as "The Blue Knight"?), Strother Martin, J.D.Cannon, etc.? Jo Van Fleet´s character as Luke´s mother seems a sort of slightly-aged version of her role as James Dean´s mum in "East Of Eden", and it is really worthwhile. The scene of the hard-boiled eggs is a classic and a gem, but my favourite scene in the movie is that of the car-washing girl so wonderfully played by Joy Harmon (who is really a Joy for any man´s eyes); that character truly says a lot of things without speaking -her gorgeous body speaks for her! I must say that it´s not only one of the sexiest scenes I´ve ever seen in a film but also a very significative one: there is an enormous contrast between the image of the lass moving and shaking in complete and absolute freedom (even in her way of dressing) and the imprisoned men-at-work who watch her as something extremely desirable but, alas, completely out of reach. (The viewer can really feel like a prisoner too!). All in all, this is a fine film of the 60s, but also of the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, the 21st century and whatever God wants it to come.