Cool Hand Luke famously begins with a drunken Luke twisting the heads off parking meters (one of my favorite openings ever). This is a great opening because it perfectly reveals the character of Luke... a rebel against authority.... that just wont bend... no matter what happens. Cool Hand Luke is many things... a parable of the life of Christ, a prison movie, a male bonding movie, a movie of rebelion against authority, a tragedy. I feel this is one of those classic movies that's just old enough to have fallen through the cracks for many people only to become forgotten.
This movie has so many fantastic scenes and of course one ultra-famous quote "What we have here... is... failure to communicate."
A few of my favorite moments.
A. The opening.
B. Luke sings Plastic Jesus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYqwYrbwHeM
C. Egg Eating Contest
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YL7Vc1QG_BE
D. Chain Gang Car Wash
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aO3aWRUmoSs
This movie has so many fantastic scenes and of course one ultra-famous quote "What we have here... is... failure to communicate."
A few of my favorite moments.
A. The opening.
B. Luke sings Plastic Jesus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYqwYrbwHeM
C. Egg Eating Contest
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YL7Vc1QG_BE
D. Chain Gang Car Wash
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aO3aWRUmoSs
1 comment:
One of the best Paul Newman movies in his caqreer and it makes my top 50 movies of all time as well. Never get tired of it.
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