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Cool Hand Luke, 1967

Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Written by: Donn Pearce

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 126 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.3

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Cool Hand Luke can be described as captivating, thought provoking, and rough. The plot revolves around a prison breakout, prison life, and rebelliousness. The main genre is drama. In approach, Cool Hand Luke is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a prison. It takes place in the 1960s. Cool Hand Luke is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed and an Oscar winner.

Summary of Cool Hand Luke

In this classic Southern prison drama, social misfit Lucas "Luke" Jackson (Paul Newman) is incarcerated for a petty crime and sentenced to a chain gang. Luke is a sullen and laconic young man whose cool defiance of the sadistic warden and bullying inmates earns him the title "Cool Hand Luke." But as the prisoners' respect for Luke grows into hero worship, he finds that he must risk everything in order to live up to their expectations. Filled with dozens of memorable scenes (Luke eating 50 eggs) and quotable lines ("What we have here is a failure to communicate."), Cool Hand Luke is a testament to excellent screenwriting (Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson) and Newman's charm and skill as an actor. The film also features an outstanding supporting cast that includes George Kennedy, Strother Martin, and early screen appearances by Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	1 November 1967
Runtime:	126 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

George Kennedy for Best Supporting Actor at the 1967 Academy Awards

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Paul Newman

as Luke

George Kennedy

as Dragline

Strother Martin

as Captain

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Excellent movie, one of my favourites and one of Paul Newman's stand out performances.

Luke (Paul Newman) is a man who refuses to conform to society and is happy breaking the rules and living life as he pleases. Once convicted of a parking meter offence, Luke finds himself at a prison in Texas. A secluded country prison where Luke... Read and rate it

25.April.2011
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by: I Like Children
I Like Children rated this movie10/10Must See

There is a reason this film is often referred to in the same breath as the Hustler, the Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. It is essential and seminal Paul Newman. All acting, all drama with lots of comic relief. A movie devoid of... Read and rate it

14.November.2010
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by: MONIROM SOUTHAKAKOUMAR
MONIROM SOUTHAKAKOUMAR rated this movie0/10

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