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Cool Hand Luke [VHS] [1967]

VHS ~ Paul Newman
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
  • Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
  • Writers: Donn Pearce, Frank Pierson
  • Producers: Carter De Haven Jr., Gordon Carroll
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 14 Feb 2000
  • Run Time: 121 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CIL2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,998 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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

Synopsis

A man is sentenced to two years working on a chain gang. He rebels against the guards who try to break him and becomes a hero in the eyes of the other convicts.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just excellent filmmaking, 4 Sep 2006
By H. Feddern "demideniro" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cool Hand Luke [1967] [DVD] (DVD)
Cool Hand Luke is yet again proof of Paul Newman's iconic status as a actor. Given the fact Newman was 42 when this film was made, one has to acknowledge that he was something special and cinema rarely has produced such actors with such a raw charisma, such a warmth and presence in front of the camera.

This film is up there with 'The Sting' and 'Butch Cassidy' in terms of classic Newman. The script and characterisation is just as entertaining and quirky as anything else Newman has appeared in.

Cool Hand Luke is more an analysis in the pride of the male ego and the systematic attempt to break it. It takes many twists and turns, but Luke always seems to have to edge over the system, his inmates and its tyrannical guards and wardens. Although its ending may seem not the one the audience could have wished for, Newman plays his role with such vigour and energy that really it doesnt matter what ending this film has - its just fun watching someone as good as Newman in a film as good as this.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirationally cool, 4 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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Communication breakdown, 2 May 2008
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cool Hand Luke [1967] [DVD] (DVD)
Paul Newman stars as Luke along with a marvellous cast in a prison gang film set in the deep south. Luke is a former war hero who when very drunk one night starts damaging parking meters (the very beginning of the film) and ends up serving time. Although apparently a very laid back character, the death of his mother changes Luke's attitude and the film hinges on this critical moment.

I've always enjoyed the film in the past on TV, but was too young to have seen it at the cinema first time round. So to see it now on DVD, in widescreen, on a large TV only emphasised just how good it really is. There are many classic scenes, the most famous of which is the car wash (for the men anyway), and the attempt to eat 50 boiled eggs. Quite a few others will leave an impression on you as well.

Its Newmans film all the way but George Kennedy (also still alive at the time of writing) pushes him close as 'dragline' in the acting honours. Also listen out for Lalo Schifrin's (Jazz Pianist and Film/TV Score writer - most famously Mission Impossible) superbly atmospheric music as well.

The film is currently rank 118 in the IMDB list of the top 250 films of all time. Its well worth buying at any sensible price and can be picked up cheap if you look around.






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5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Hand Luke
To call `Cool Hand Luke' a classic is a vast understatement. I saw this a few days ago on TV and was hooked within the first fifteen minutes and as I was unable to finish... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Spider Monkey

5.0 out of 5 stars 'sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand'
Paul Newman stars as the loner who will not conform to the arbitrary, oppressive rules of his prison captivity. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Peter Buckley

5.0 out of 5 stars What we got here is... failure to communicate.
What we got here is... failure to communicate.

It starts with Luke cutting the heads of parking meters whilst he is drunk. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Peter Wade

4.0 out of 5 stars cool hand luke
I remember watching the film along time ago. I bought it for someone who was unable to get hold of it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. A. Blackwood

5.0 out of 5 stars The highlight of a glittering career
The film that, personally, is the pinnacle of Paul Newman's career. Funny, poignant, inspiring, rebellious and a true cinematic classic, Cool Hand Luke is the story of Luke, a war... Read more
Published 6 months ago by L. Kay

5.0 out of 5 stars The film is incredible
Cool Hand Luke is just an incredible film, and I really mean it when I say it. The story follows the titular character of Luke, a man imprisoned for a small petty crime. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. Galley

5.0 out of 5 stars dvd reviews
I have been waiting a long time for this and has been worth the wait
Published 11 months ago by A. I. Mitchell

5.0 out of 5 stars The Spirit of the Anti-Hero



Paul Newman died yesterday, and I watched 'Cool Hand Luke' in his memory. Paul liked to think he was an ordinary guy. Read more
Published 15 months ago by prisrob

5.0 out of 5 stars Communication Breakdown
Sadly Paul Newman has now died. This is one of his very best films. Despite his good looks and charm, he frequently played loners or outsiders - this is a classic example. Read more
Published 16 months ago by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars As sure as eggs is eggs?
This film goes the whole way...Never a dull moment and transports you back to a more innocent age? Luke's a rebel who endears himself to everyone, especially George Kennedy... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2007 by Frank Candour

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