Cool Hand Luke

Pros: Newman and supporting cast.
Cons: None

"Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand." Cool Hand Luke

Actor Paul Newman was a non-conformist, along with Steve McQueen and James Dean. In "Cool Hand Luke" he topped them all.

"Luke Jackson"...

Pros: Direction, Script, Cinematography, Editing, Music, & Cast.
Cons: None.

***In Memory of Paul Newman (1925-2008)***One of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen, Paul Newman had a quality where he was beautiful but also tough. He had charisma, grace, and a presence that can carry the room. ...

Pros: One of the best endings I have seen.
Cons: Slower pace than modern films.

When people vote on the best prison movie of all time, most people would quickly answer that the "Shawshank Redemption" takes the cake nine times out of ten. Although I would clearly agree with these people, after watching the older film "Cool Hand Luke" ...

Pros: One of the best movies of all time
Cons: A product of it's time—too innocent for contemporary audiences

I've read a lot of reviews of this movie, both on Epinions and elsewhere, and none make mention of what seems to be the over-riding theme of the film. Sure, it's the story of one man, grippingly played by Paul Newman, facing the rigors of life as part...

Pros: A different look at life
Cons: George Kennedy is annoying

Convict, drunk, rebel, loser: there are several ways of looking at the main character in the movie “Cool Hank Luke” and one of them is through a religious prism. This is Paul Newman’s finest and most complex film, and while others may see...

Pros: writing, acting, theme, surprises
Cons: slow, some parts are a little predictable

As a coworker recently mentioned, the character-piece film is a rarity these days.

Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman as the mysterious Luke, carries this tale of a strange, quiet man as he nihilistically runs life through freedom, jail,...

Pros: Wonderful depth of conceptual thinking
Cons: Can be a little overbearing

"Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand", is a phrase uttered by Paul Newman's character, Lucas Jackson, about a quarter of the way through this truly memorable depiction of the complete and total destruction of one solitary man by a...

Pros: wonderful acting by all
Cons: .......

Somehow it seems justified. After all, he was just a little drunk and using bolt cutters to cut the tops off of parking meters. Nothing big, but this is the South and good old Luke is just a little too cocky for the judge. Sent to the chain gang,...

Pros: Excellent story. Dared to take a chance. Compelling characters.
Cons: Not for everyone.

Cool Hand Luke has some problems. You may have noticed that people who like this movie call it a classic or a great movie or such, while people who don't like it really don't like it.

This mainly due to the fact that the movie uses some...

Pros: Excellent performances by a number of stars and a few stars-to-be
Cons: Gritty for it's day, newer grittier prison films have stolen some of it's edge.

That's what Luke says after a handful of 'nothing' won him a big pot in a poker game. And that's how he got the titular nickname.

Arguably one of the sweatiest movies ever made. Luke is a quiet troubled soul. He has anger and resentment for...

Pros: Potent message
Cons: Flawed message

Released as it was in 1967, I hardly needed more reasons to be rebellious at that time. I'm being facetious about college, of course, but in light of the new century some serious rethinking about my formative years (largely spent watching movies) is...

Pros: All-Star Cast , Timeless Performances
Cons: None

Though "Cool Hand Luke" drew its subtext and inspiration from 1960s anti-establishment feeling, its title character Lucas Jackson was no Flower Child.

At best, he's a lonely drifter without a cause or social conscience. At worst,...

Pros: The message of non conformity, supporting actor, story
Cons: a lot of characters are left sketchy

"Bonnie and Clyde", "Midnight Cowboy", "The Graduate", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", in the latter portion of the 60's many classic films were made which presented the spirit of a rebelling, changing...

Pros: Makes you think.
Cons: None that I can recall.

The very first Paul Newman movie I ever saw in a movie theater was "Cool Hand Luke". I was 11. Prior to this, I only watched him on our black and white TV. The movie was about a man in a chain gang. At my young age, I was impressed by two things, and ...

Pros: Best Newman role
Cons: Don't remake it leave it alone

One of the greatest films to come out of the 1960's
or of all time. Paul Newman in one of his many oscar nominated roles.
Playing a guy who was a war hero who snubbed is nose at everyting in his path. The movie opens with Newman cutting the...