| Cool Hand Luke | 
 enlarge | Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.d. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  149 reviews
Sales Rank: 12926
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 126
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: D11037D
ISBN: 0790731509
UPC: 085391103721
EAN: 9780790731506
ASIN: 0790731509
Theatrical Release Date: November 1, 1967
Release Date: June 25, 1997
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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..." He is cool, all right. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen and digital stereo. --Jim Emerson
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A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a "failure to communicate" in this searing drama. Paul Newman Shines in the title role, George Kennedy as his sidekick won an Oscar(R). Year: 1967 Director: Stuart Rosenberg Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon DVD Features:
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 Review of Cool Hand Luke November 24, 2008
Paul Newman is at his best in this movie. Too bad that we have lost another magnificant actor.
Cool Hand Luke November 24, 2008
This is a new pachage not a used product. This is one of the greatest movies of all times.
Cool Hand Luke November 23, 2008
I order this classic movie in Blu-ray format and it was like watching it for the 1st time!
Well done! November 13, 2008
This is a blu-ray remake of the original movie and it's well done. Great movie too!!
Classic Tale of NerDoWell Becoming Hero October 30, 2008
This movie was so before its time. We ordered it days before Newman's death was reported, and when we got the movie in the mail, he had just passed away. So, we watched it with reverance for Newman's full body of work over the years. As far as prison movies go, this would have to be at the top of the list. As far as Newman goes, this is HIS movie. He dominates the film from start to finish -- with strong supporting roles from all the actors, who have gone on to great work themselves. The movie is funny, sad, poignant, rebellious, and somewhat inspiring in terms of what the human spirit is capable of. With that said, Newman's character is made heroic for all the wrong reasons. He has no respect for authority and has clearly squandered his opportunities in life and what was apparently a successful military career. Lines like "night in the box" and "failure to communicate" still resonate in common venacular 40 years later. Viewers will also never see boiled eggs quite the same.
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