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Cool Hand Luke (1967) watch a long (Patreon)

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2025-08-16 18:00:51
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COOL HAND LUKE! An inspiration to us all!!

Enjoy this awesome reaction!

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ames

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COOL HAND LUKE (1967)

Lemmy Distracted me in my intro SORRY it was not concise lol

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RFK Fan

Well? FAST EDDIE or LUKE JACKSON? The scene where Luke finds out his mother Arleta has passed and he retreats to his bunk and plays Plastic Jesus to her is one of Newman's, and cinema's, best acted scenes. Also, I think the ONLY time we ever see Newman crying in any of his films?

Catchermag

I’ll be watching this in a minute, but first want to nerd out. I just got back from watching Shin Godzilla in 4k at the theater (nerd item #1) and then I was in line at the Pharmacy there was a car in front of me whose license plate said L L A P…..and the frame said “NCC-1701” at the top. It said more but it was spoilery for Ames lol I know this has nothing to do with Cool Hand Luke….um…..ok, I had eggs for breakfast!! There, now it’s pertinent 🤪

Toc

Just got home! Starting now! (and I'm still buzzing from "Streetcar"!!!)

Clay F

In the reaction intro, a wild story about your bartending days. First full watch. Of course, I have seen scenes, e.g., Luke w/the 2 black kids on his 2nd escape, and Dragline (George Kennedy) receiving the magazine/pic of Luke, and I’ve known for decades that line “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” and how Captain (Strother Martin) sounded saying it. I had no idea Dennis Hopper in movie. Ton of recognizable faces. Cornbread + beans did look good. Putting a man in the box b/c his mom died = bullshit system. I didn’t realize Paul Newman could sing. Memorable scene. I like the camaraderie that evolved between Dragline and Luke – that they became buds instead of against each other. And really how Luke’s infectious presence raised the camaraderie among the entire group. Near the end, I liked the crushing of the mirror sunglasses of the evil boss ("The Man with No Eyes") – to me, those glasses were the symbol and an implement of his intimidating persona.

James Rogers

This movie was a runner-up on a poll? Talk about a failure to communicate. I have a bit of a personal connection to this film. Clifton James (The Floor Walker) and my step father were both from the small city of Gladstone, OR and served together in the South Pacific during WW2. They'd get together occasionally to golf and share war stories. So I'm always a bit conflicted when I see him in these kinds of rolls. He's also in my favorite baseball film, Eight Men Out. Anyhoo... One of my all time favorite films.

Catchermag

Great reaction Ames. This is top three Newman movie for me, along with Butch Cassidy and The Hustler. The film is pure religious allegory, with Luke as Jesus. Once you realize that, the symbolism is everywhere. I mean, he’s in a church and prays to his ‘old man’ and asks him what he wants of him. There’s a ton more. I’m not religious but it’s interesting and worth looking up. What is fascinating to me about Newman in this is how magnetic he is and how impressive his acting is, when he has relatively few lines compared to George Kennedy. It so amazing to watch. Let’s talk about the embarrassment of riches in the cast! Arletta was played by Jo Van Fleet, Oscar Winner for East of Eden. Dennis Hopper Harry Dean Stanton Wayne Rogers (MASH TV show) Ralph Waite from the Waltons And a cavalcade of character actors: Anthony Zerbe (his first film) Strother Martin Clifton James Joe Don Baker Robert Donner And the indomitable George Kennedy Blink and you’ll miss him, one of the Sherrifs is Rance Howard…..Ron Howard’s father.

John A

One of my favorite movies and Paul Newman was amazing in this movie. I love a Paul Newman movie. some of his movies that I do not think you seen are Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) The Towering Inferno (1974) Absence of Malice (1981) The Verdict (1982)

Toc

Fantastic reaction to this movie.....again! What a week!

Reggie

I've seen this film several times, but despite knowing the ending I still find myself hoping for Luke to finally manage to escape the bloodhounds and the cruel SOB's working for the prison. But I suppose he did in a sense. Luke was restless, resistant to authority, but also tired. As sad as the conclusion of the film was, the smirk Luke gives implies that he got the rest he desired without surrendering to his oppressors. Really enjoyed this one Ames!

VivendoBem

Tremendous reaction by Ames. I mean, we all knew she was gonna go gaga for this one, but she in no way disappoints! I'm sure nobody cares, but on the off chance somebody gets something out of this, here's my 2 cents on Cool Hand Luke. I love Cool Hand Luke. It's, of course, one of Newman's most iconic roles and best loved movies, but it always lives up to it. What's always confounded me, however, is its reputation amongst so many people as a sort of "feel good" movie. I mean, goddamn, this is a passion play! A defiant and angry bummer masterpiece! Brutal and unrelenting in its message that, for the nonconformist, you're doomed to a life of unending pain, both psychic and physical, and misery, both psychic and physical. Even the egg scene, something everyone remembers as wonderful and funny, is actually repulsive and tortuous. Society, and maybe even God himself, can't abide swimming upstream. Minutes before he's killed by the man with no eyes, Luke lets the Big Man Upstairs know that he's onto his game--God made him what he was, and does nothing but punish him for it. When's it gonna end? How 'bout now, Luke. BLAMMO! It's as tragic as it is inevitable. The supporting cast is splendid and memorable, and George Kennedy deserved the supporting Oscar he won, and the the journeyman Stu Rosenberg's direction is steady, Lalo Schifrin doing his groovy late '60s thing and Conrad Hall, a giant of a DP, does wonderful Connie Hall stuff here, but this movie sinks or swims on Newman's performance. No other lead actor of the time (and certainly not our time) other than Newman (maybe Sidney Poitier?) could have done what he does here. The reason people remember CHL warmly is 99% Newman (and .5% Jo Van Fleet and .5% Kennedy), one of the greatest movie stars in the history of cinema at the absolute height of his powers. What he does is almost a magic trick--and I don't mean that derisively. Bleak as this message of this movie is, he uses every bit of his vulnerability, sensitivity, charm, swagger and handsomeness to keep our attention from what the movie is actually doing with its other hand. It's his defiant, resigned rebel smile that we hold onto, even though the movie tells us we should know better. But that's not to say that all Newman does is grin and look good while taking a punch. Luke has one hell of an arc, and Newman earns it. BTW, it always both warms my heart and amuses me that so many 1st time viewers love the banjo scene. Newman didn't care for his performance in that scene. He didn't sing or play any instruments but learned the banjo picking as best as he could, but was really hard on himself that he couldn't do it better, despite a TON of practice. In fact, he thought that all the concentrating on the music took away from his acting in the scene. So, everyone loved it but Paul, and I think we are right, but while he was, by that point, the biggest movie star in the world, he was still an actor first, God bless him. Newman always said that he wasn't a born actor, like his wife, Joanne, and possessed precious little natural talent, but, embarrassed that early on his looks got him roles he didn't feel he earned and wasn't good in, he worked his ass off to become a good actor. And it's true. Nobody ever thinks it of him, but he was a late bloomer. He was starring in several mostly forgettable movies in the early 50s as a guy in his late 20s, but (with apologies to Somebody Up There Likes Me, which was fine) it wasn't until 1958 with the release of the two Southern Gothics, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Long, Hot Summer when he was 33, that he became a bona fide star. Yup, Paul freaking Newman had to grind! (And, grisly as it is to say, he got a little lucky, as no one's career benefited from James Dean's untimely death more than Newman's.) Making the most of whatever natural gifts you get and then working extraordinarily hard is probably a pretty good recipe for success in any field. One last thing, like so many movies that embed themselves into the popular imagination, this is chock full of GREAT character actors. A nod to all those great faces appearing her: Dennis Hopper, Joe Don Baker, Harry Dean Stanton, Strother Martin, Ralph Waite, Wayne Rogers, Clifton James, Anthony Zerbe , Morgan Woodward, Luke Askew--Some of them were stars in their own right, others merely worked constantly and a few were just dependable "that guy" faces, but they are always so welcome when they appear.

Teemu Laitinen

Just love this film. Paul is just superb in this. George Kennedy is one of those actors that always delivers. Love him to bits. RIP Lalo Schifrin he really did some fantastic film scores. It's interesting that in the end Boss Godfrey is vulnerable for the moment after he is attacked and not just cool, calm and reflective with his aviators. Just goes to show that the system is just people too. Unfortunately common sense usually flies right out the window and people who are different struggle to conform to the stupidity that is so plainly obvious.

Stacy Provenzano Eccleston

Im so glad you loved it and appreciated it at the level you did. It is an amazing film.