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Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

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Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, as Dragline explains it, "You're an original, that's what you are!" Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks. Written by alfiehitchie

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"What we've got here is failure to communicate." See more »

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Crime | Drama

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1 November 1967 (USA)  »

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$3,000,000 (estimated)
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In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county. See more »

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The time period was more likely 1958 because Luke sang, "Plastic Jesus", a folk song which was written in 1957. See more »

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[Why he was cutting the heads off parking meters]
Luke: Small town, not much to do in the evenin'.
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Midnight Special
Written by Howard Washington Odum
Performed by Harry Dean Stanton
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"Luke" is a character Newman was born to play - and this is one hell of a beautiful film
18 December 2013 | by (wherever good films play) – See all my reviews

This film got me from the first frame to the last. It's not even because of the story (which I love, of course) - it's just so very well made. And so modern. The kind of angles and perspectives the camera uses, the way it zooms in and out or even allows itself (literally) to get dirty - the way this whole picture was shot is just something I haven't seen in an American film released prior to this one.

And yet, although it is considered a classic, when people talk about the "New Hollywood" somehow 'Cool Hand Luke' is hardly ever mentioned - despite the fact that it came out only a couple of months after 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1967 and before 'The Graduate'.

I look at this film mainly as a character study but the story arc also works very well and it hasn't aged a bit. This is one of those rare films that was way ahead of its time and which has simply everything: great acting, iconic characters and scenes, wonderful music - and the cinematography is just unbelievable.

Funny, tragic and moving, 'Cool Hand Luke' is one hell of a film. What we've got here is NOT failure to communicate - but a 10 star masterpiece.

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