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Summary: Cool!
Review: This film is truly one of the greatest films of all time! (That's all that needs to be said about this film!)The only other thing I can add is, if you like the film, read the book by Donn Pearce.
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Summary: its cool hand luke what needs to be said
Review: easily one of the best movies ever
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Summary: There ain't nothing like a cool hand.
Review: COOL HAND LUKE stars Paul Newman as "Cool Hand" Luke Jackson, a lonely man sent to prison for cutting off the tops of parking meters and not knowing why. Newman has had several memorable roles, but his turn in COOL HAND LUKE is one of his best and my favorite of Newman's movies. The movie is filled with unforgettable scenes (Lucile washing the car; the egg scene) and lines ("What we got here is failure to communicate."). The film has a great supporting cast and George Kennedy won an Academy Award. The movie can be described as a typical 1960s antiestablishment rebellion movie. However, the film is much more than that. At it's core is a story of humanity shrouded in Christlike imagery. In many ways, the film is a Christian parable (but without the dashboard Jesus sung about in the movie). A fun movie, well worth watching.
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Summary: "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."
Review: What a great movie. Paul Newman shows in this film (And his earlier role in "The Hustler") why he is one of the greatest actors of all time. Surprisingly, he did not win an Academy Award for his role as Luke Johnson, a born loser who ends up on a chain gang for destroying parking meters. George Kennedy did however win an Academy Award as Dragline, who becomes a sort of mentor to Luke. Luke's problem is that he has a lot of guts, but has no brains. That's why I like the phrase I used for my title. It best shows the spirit of Luke: Keep fighting, even when you are beat. There are many other elements that make this movie great. Besides the acting, there is an authentic feel to the picture's depiction of the chain gang. We can actually feel the heat bearing down on us as the men work in the fields or tar roads (This feel can be attributed to co-author Donn Pearce, who was on a chain gang for two years). This film, however, is probably most remembered for the characters of "The man with no eyes" and the prison captain who utters the famous line "What we've got here is...failure to communicate". One of my all-time favorites, I can't recommend this enough.
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Summary: Nobody Can Eat Fifty Eggs
Review: I was flipping through the channels one day, and I came to AMC and saw Paul Newman cutting the tops off of parking meters, and I thought, "What the hell is he doing?" Because, after all, that is a rather odd thing. I became entranced with the movie, even though I hadn't a clue what it was except that Paul Newman was in it and it was cool. By the time it got to the "failure to communicate" speech and I realized "Hey, that's from the Guns and Roses song" I had figured out what the movie was. When it was over, I sat there watching the credits role up the screen, thinking about what I had just experienced (yes, not WATCHED, but EXPERIENCED). This is one hell of a great movie. It has so many great parts in it. The infamous egg scene. You actually can see that Luke's stomach looks ready to burst from all those eggs! I wonder how they got it to look like that? Also, the part where Luke is "broken" by the prison bosses. His fellow inmates try to help him while he is digging and filling the ditch again and again by playing music, but, after they see him break, they don't even talk to him. They don't so much as look at him. After all he did for them, they just let him collapse of exhaustion in the aisle between the beds. They were with him when he was riding high, when he didn't need them, but when he hit his lowest point and needed them they were nowhere to be found (well, they were right there in the room with him of course, but you know what I mean). You are really feeling for Luke in that scene.
There are a few things in this movie that confuse me. First of all, why is Luke sentenced to a chain gang for so long just for cutting the tops off of parking meters? And, I think it is the second time he escapes, when he's shaking the bush, the one guard (the man with no eyes) starts trying to shoot at him almost immediately. Wouldn't he wait at least a couple seconds? What if he really was just taking a leak? Anyway, those are just a few things I found confusing.
This is really one the best movies around. It also ranks extremely high on what I call the Rewatchability Scale. I have only seen this three times, all on TV, but whenever it's on, no matter what else I had been planning on watching, it just pulls me in everytime, and I can't take my eyes off until the credits roll. Everytime is like the first time. It is that great. Also, if you like this, get The Shawshank Redemption. Another great prison movie, a little different than this maybe, but stil it's in the same vain.
And now I'm going to go check my TV guide, because my copy of this movie still hasn't arrived yet, and after writing this review I really feel like watching it.
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Summary: "I can eat fifty eggs."
Review: G. Gordon Liddy, eat your heart out. Having been raised by uber-Republicans, I didn't think men got tougher than when the G-Man wrote: "Then I put my hand over the flame, just to show how tough I really was." Then I bought Cool Hand Luke, and heard the P-Man (that's Paul Newman, kids -- he doesn't just make pasta sauce and popcorn) say "I can eat fifty eggs." I know, it doesn't make much sense now, but wait untill you see this classic bit of Hollywood movie-making. Brubaker? That wuss. Oz? For HBO sissies. Cool Hand Luke is the ORIGINAL prison-is-not-fun flick. And it belongs in your library.
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Summary: A movie you will never forget! Outstanding!
Review: I'm a movie buff. 56 years old. First saw this wonderful movie in 1967, and it keeps coming back to me. There are so many memorable scenes and character actors, I could go on for an hour. It is poignant and sad, humorous and frustrating. I really do feel this is Newman's greatest movie. George Kennedy deservedly won an oscar for his lovable lug, "Dragline". The "car wash" girl is by the way, Joy Harmon. Memorable scenes: 50 eggs, Car Wash, The warden's "Spend the night in the box" speech, Luke's visit from his mama, looks like dying from lung cancer, Strother Martin's twang "What we have here...is a failure...to communicate!" Even to this day, my buddy and I still quote this movie all the time in everyday life....."Oh lord, I know I've been bad, but please don't strike me blind for the next five minutes." Dragline said when he sees the car wash girl. The Boss Man.."the man with no eyes" is too real and intimidating. Riveting entertainment. Lots of symbolic meanings. Stunned and dazed when it's over. Prepare thyself for big-league emotions. Outstanding!
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Summary: This movie is a classic
Review: Its a shame George Kennedy worked in the Police Squad movies.He actually showed acting talent in this picture.It is both funny and sad.Laughing one minute and then sharing what life might have been like in a prison work farm.Men being away from family and trying to cope.This and much more not to mention one of the most famous lines in all movie history spoken by Strother Martin.Its a must see.
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Summary: Doesn't get any better
Review: Cool Hand Luke fits into an elite group of movies (along with The Outlaw Josey Wales, Shawshank Redemption, and Jaws) that have the ability to draw you in no matter how many times you've seen them. I can be channel surfing and no matter what time it is or what else is on, if I see Luke or the above mentioned others I become paralyzed and unable to change channels until the ending credits roll. Cool Hand Luke is a story about a hard headed good ol' boy that just can't seem to deal very well with authority. To make it worse, he's stuck on a chain gang with a host of interesting characters (on both sides of the bars). George Kennedy gives an excellent performance as Dragline, the chain-gang leader and Strother Martin belts out his famous "What we've got here is a failure to communicate" line. See how many other then unknown actors make up the inmate population, it's quite a recognizable list. Luke becomes popular with his co-inmates and with the audience because he's just a small, not so tough "man's man" with an iron will who simply wants to be left alone and refuses to conform to authority. He's the horse that can't be broke. Cool Hand Luke is a funny, suspensful, dramatic, emotional ride that has timeless appeal. Thumbs WAY up!
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Summary: Hard to describe
Review: They just don't make movies like this anymore. Maybe because of a lack of great actors like Paul Newman, or maybe because it might not appeal to the main-stream audience. This movie is hard to describe because so little happens in it, and yet, things are constantly going on. It seemed a little sluggish to me, but, it kept me entertained at the same time. Maybe it was made like that to demonstrate how life would actually be in jail. Every actor in this movie does an excellent job, this is one of the few movies that I can't criticize any of the acting. In my opinion, everyone should see this movie at least once in their lives if not just to become well-cultured. And, if you don't listen to me, well, we have "a failure to communicate."
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