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Cool Hand Luke [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Paul Newman
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  • Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
  • Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
  • Producers: Carter De Haven Jr., Gordon Carroll
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Jun 1997
  • Run Time: 126 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0790731509
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,604 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Paul Newman gives one of the defining performances of his career and cemented his place as a beautiful, rebel screen icon playing the stubbornly tough and independent title character in Cool Hand Luke. And before he became familiar as a sidekick in 1970s' disaster movies (Earthquake and the Airport movies), George Kennedy won an Oscar for playing Dragline, the brutal chain-gang boss who tries to beat loner Luke's cool out of him. It's a classic rebel-against-the-repressive-institution story in the line of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest or The Shawshank Redemption. Certain moments have become classics--particularly the hardboiled egg-eating contest and the immortal line (drooled by Strother Martin, as a sadistic redneck prison officer): "What we have here is a failure to communicate". And don't forget, Luke is also the source of the oft-quoted driving ditty: "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus, right here on the dashboard of my car." --Jim Emerson

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirationally cool, 5 Nov 2000
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This review is from: Cool Hand Luke [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
"What we've got here is failure to communicate!". The prision warden says this as he tries to humiliate and break Paul Newman's character Luke.

Luke is the hero of the prison population for his non-conformative style. This is an awe inspiring film with some truely great pieces of character acting. Paul Newman and George Kennedy are the two main stars, with Strother Martin strong as the warden. Kennedy is the prision hard man, who just can't get the better of Luke in a bare knuckle prison yard scrap. Luke just won't stay down. The scenes as the two work on the chain gangs are some of the best in the film.

Pual Newman is immense as the con who just won't reform. He has never ever done as he was told, and won't now, even in when beaten and tested to the physical limits in jail. When his mother dies, Luke begins a spiral towards self destruction, questioning everything from the system to God.

Luke is the anti-establishment hero that so many of our modern actors try to portray but are left not even fit to polish Newan's dusty prison boots.

Sharp filming and clever use of music make this a film that rises above most. It is so good it is well worth watching again and again.

"He had that ole Luke smile". Cool as you like Luke!

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My all time favourite film., 26 Aug 2000
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This review is from: Cool Hand Luke [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
I love this movie. There's not a lot else I can say. The sheer determination of Luke not to conform is inspirational, although the feeling that his fate could have been so different is never allowed to slip too far from your mind. An outstanding performance from Paul Newman, backed up by the superb George Kennedy et al. A truly outstanding piece of cinema. I also liked the book - you get a much richer picture of whats going on behind that Cool Hand Luke smile....
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6 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars "He's a natural born world-shaker.", 4 Sep 2004
The anti-establishment attitude of the Sixties is personified in the lead character of Stuart Rosenberg's "Cool Hand Luke." While Paul Newman is indeed "cool" in every sense of the word in the title role, the film unfortunately fails to recreate that same restless energy and urgency of "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955) - the spiritual predecessor of "Cool Hand Luke" from the decade prior.

Luke Jackson (Newman) is caught vandalizing parking meters early one morning. As punishment for his deed, he is sentenced to a prison farm chain gang for two years. Unsurprisingly, Luke refuses to conform to the norms imposed on him by both the guards and the other prisoners. His defiance turns him into a folk hero among his fellow inmates but the prison staff is less amused by Luke's antics since his rebelliousness leads to repeated escape attempts from the camp. Defiant to the end, Luke eventually forces a final confrontation between himself and the system he so despises.

"Cool Hand Luke" is merely a serviceable vehicle for Newman. He turns in his usual stellar performance but the film is just one set piece after another interspersed with some occasional witty dialogue. The film does have some high-points - co-stars George Kennedy and Strother Martin are great and Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton and Wayne Rogers ably fill their smaller supporting roles. Also, the interplay between Luke and his mother (Jo Van Fleet) is genuinely touching and helps to add tremendous emotional depth to Luke's character. However, "Cool Hand Luke" does not take its exploration of conformity, individuality, and reform far enough. What could have been an in-depth and enlightening intellectual analysis of the society around us and our role within it ultimately winds up as just another routine tale of a spirited outsider.

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