In Collection
#146
Seen It:
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Owner:
Ben
Drama
USA / English
Paul Newman |
Luke |
George Kennedy |
Dragline |
Strother Martin |
The Captain |
Director |
Stuart Rosenberg |
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
Edition |
Widescreen |
Barcode |
085391103721 |
Region |
Region 1 |
Release Date |
2/8/2005 |
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Screen Ratio |
1.85 (16:9) Letterboxed
2.35:1 |
Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 1.0
French Dolby Digital 1.0 |
No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailers
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Purchase Date |
9/15/2005 |
Purchase Price |
$9.99 |
Store |
Best Buy |
Condition |
New (Still Sealed) |
Current Value |
$9.99 |
Links |
Amazon US
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