The ultimate anti-hero, Cool Hand Luke said a lot about the 60's and still stands up today. Fight the system, the system will probably win but at least you didn't bend over and take it!
Cool Hand Luke
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Cool Hand Luke
Anthony Zerbe, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, J.D. Cannon, Jo Van Fleet, Joe Don Baker, Lou Antonio, Paul Newman, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin
A brooding loner is sentenced to a prison chain-gang, stands up to the Nazi-like guards, and eventually becomes the leader of his fellow prisoners.
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Recent Reviews
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September 30, 2009
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January 15, 2009
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain (Strother Martin) is for each prisoner to...( read more) -
November 1, 2008
One of those seminal prison dramas. Excellent cast and no matter how many times you've seen it, you get caught up in things.
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October 22, 2008
cool hand luke is a fun movie. it suffers from a slow pace and the complete lack of a plot, but newman is excellent as always and the end was perfect. the film also had some unforgetable moments, like the boxing match and the egg eating, cementing this as a very good film and a...( read more)
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November 4, 2009
Another film that captures prison monotony, with possible Bresson influences and an obvious influence to Shawshank. Again: why would anyone care for feeling monotony? More often than not it will appear with no cinematic force. Two-thirds gets a 0/10, last third gets 5/10. And all...( read more)
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November 2, 2009
i couldent even begin to tell you how many times ive seen this film.
This is newman at his greatest!!!!!!!!
"nobody can eat 50 eggs" great supporting cast (george kennedy, a very young dennis hopper,Harry Dean Stanton)and great direction by Stuart Rosenberg(amityville horror)
