Cool Hand Luke (1967) | |
| Director(s) | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Producer(s) | Gordon Carroll, Carter De Haven Jr. (associate) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Prison |
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Cool Hand Luke Overview:
Cool Hand Luke (1967) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and produced by Gordon Carroll and Carter De Haven Jr..
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Donn Pearce published in 1965.
SYNOPSIS
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." Newman wakes up on a Southern chain gang after a destructive drunken spree. Stuck in a stink hole of a prison, he refuses to give up his dignity or humor to abusive authorities.
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.Cool Hand Luke was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005.
Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Paul Newman | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | George Kennedy | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | Lalo Schifrin | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Cool Hand Luke (1967, Stuart Rosenberg)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 2, 2020 From The Stop ButtonMaybe a third of the way into Cool Hand Luke, the film all of a sudden starts getting really good. It?s when Jo Van Fleet makes her appearance, which provides the film both its single best acting?Newman and Van Fleet are exquisite in the scene?and also director Rosenberg showing he?s actually got a ... Read full article
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
By Beatrice on Jul 6, 2019 From Flickers in TimeCool Hand Luke Directed by Stuart Rosenberg Written by Don Pearce and Frank Pierson from Pearce’s novel 1967/USA Jalem Productions Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The Christ symbolism and anti-establishment message haven’t aged all that well. ... Read full article
Review: Cool Hand Luke (1967)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 15, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsWhile I might not consider it one of the finest films ever produced, Cool Hand Luke features one of the most mythic characters ever conceived for the movies. He’s one of those figures who can seemingly only exist on celluloid. Luke Jackson comes out of a certain turbulent period in American hi... Read full article
Cool Hand Luke: Newman?s Double?
By Judy on Jun 21, 2014 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouThis post is part of Silver Screenings‘ and The Rosebud Cinema’s 1967 in Film Blogathon. Check out the other entries on their sites! It?s not surprising, given the film?s condemnation of authority and celebration of rebellion, that Cool Hand Luke came out in 1967 in the midst of Vietnam... Read full article
Cool Hand Luke: Newman?s Double?
By Judy on Jun 21, 2014 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouThis post is part of Silver Screenings‘ and The Rosebud Cinema’s 1967 in Film Blogathon. Check out the other entries on their sites! It?s not surprising, given the film?s condemnation of authority and celebration of rebellion, that Cool Hand Luke came out in 1967 in the midst of Vietnam... Read full article
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Quotes from
Dragline: He ain't in the box because of the joke played on him. He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules. We ain't got nothin' to do with that. Would probably have happened to him sooner or later anyway, a complainer like him. He gotta learn the rules the same as anybody else.
Luke: Yeah, them poor old bosses need all the help they can get.
[Luke won a game of poker on a bluff]
Dragline: Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Captain, Road Prison 36: Now, I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean sum-bitch.
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Facts about
Donn Pearce who wrote the novel on which the movie is based, spent 2 years on a chain gang for safe-breaking. Pearce makes a cameo appearance in the movie as a convict named Sailor.
In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
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