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A Movie A Day: Quint watches COOL HAND LUKE (1967)!
What we have here is a failure to communicate!

first! by pubgrundy	Jun 12th, 2008 11:55:00 PM

by chipps	Jun 12th, 2008 11:55:23 PM
awesome movie
how about that! by pubgrundy	Jun 12th, 2008 11:56:42 PM
my first post and i get a first! anyway... loved cool hand luke since my dad sat me down and made me watch it when i was 10. glad you've finally seen in quint!
Some men you just can't reach... by Campion	Jun 12th, 2008 11:59:16 PM
I've known that line since 1992 when I heard it on Guns N Roses song "Civil War". I didn't actually see Cool Hand Luke until years later, and I loved it!
Best Scene by richiro33	Jun 13th, 2008 12:06:02 AM
The boxing match
It's worth it by The Funketeer	Jun 13th, 2008 12:08:25 AM
It's worth it to see it just so you can say "what we have here is a failure to communicate" and understand where it comes from and why it's so cool. I'll never forget when my friend and I were watching it on video for the first time and my little brother comes in and starts watching it with us and gets sucked in. He gets emotionally invested in his movies. He bawled his eyes out when the ugly fat chick didn't make the team in League of Their Own. Anyway, my stepmother walks in, sees him watching and say, "I just want you to know that...." and ruins the whole ending for us.
Fuck the system by The Dum Guy	Jun 13th, 2008 12:13:51 AM
Everyone should go out and demolish parking meters. It is what some people have died for, namely Cool Hand Luke.
Whut we... GOT Heah... by Napoleon Park	Jun 13th, 2008 12:31:16 AM
is a Failyuh... tuh commume'cate! My dad and I loved that movie and I think we tossed that catch phrase around for years. One of the top lines in movie history. Awesome movie, awesome series of articles. This movie made George Kennedy or at least moved him up a couple of notches the same way Bonnie and Clyde put Gene Hackman on the charts. Say it decades ago, not since, but just reading this review I can picture that surreal opening scene of Luke just strolling drunkenly down the road cutting the heads off of parking meters. Parts of this movie a re buried that deep. So unrelated it's blasphemous to bring it up but a few years ago when I got this computer the first online music video I saw was Jessica Simpson's These Boots Were Made For Walking remake from the Dukes of Hazzard remake. That video, of course, has a sudsy car washing sequence that can't hold a candle to the one in Luke. Of course I was 14 when this came out; when she leans into that window and mushes against it and those men moan - well, only 14 year old boys and men in prison know what it's like to be that horny.
How the HELL had you never seen this Quint? by Det. John Kimble	Jun 13th, 2008 12:31:40 AM
I am depressed.
Paul Newman on The Cover With a Smoke... by Read and Shut Up	Jun 13th, 2008 12:43:41 AM
...and here all those rumors about his cancer. Yeesh. Anyway, this is a great, great, great movie.
bacci by Stevie Grant	Jun 13th, 2008 12:58:05 AM
Has a point, Quint. What's next, you watch Hud for the first time?
Give Quint a break by maxjohnson1971	Jun 13th, 2008 01:04:38 AM
Hell, I have never seen all of "Gone with the Wind" or "Casablanca" or a bunch of those movies. That isn't to say that I haven't seen a LOT of movies, but sometimes, some of these things just don't get seen for one reason or another. I have probably seen lots of movies that I think are essential viewing, but they are only essential to ME, not necessarily someone else. I'll get around to a bunch of them, but in the meantime, give the dude a break. Keep it up Quint. We all know what you do!
and the quote is "what we have here is failure to communicate" by howardroark	Jun 13th, 2008 01:11:08 AM

Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Jun 13th, 2008 01:30:20 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
"Iconography" by JIMBOCOP	Jun 13th, 2008 02:00:04 AM
Great you picked up on that word Quint, given the amount of Christ imagery in the film. Luke arrives at the jail and gives hope to the inmates before... well you know. Brilliant tovie, but I can't believe you didn't mention "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" which not only borrows the sinners and saviours motif, but also the sadistic/satanic death's-head-in-shades hunter character.
tovie = movie by JIMBOCOP	Jun 13th, 2008 02:00:41 AM
That is all.
Religious imagery by Paideia	Jun 13th, 2008 02:53:46 AM
I'm surprised more people haven't commented on the religious aspect og the film. I'll even go one up on Jimocop and call it an allegory on the life of Christ. I had missed this angle entirely the first two times I saw the film and then suddenly af couple of years ago I rewatched it and it all came together: the outsider bringing hope to the inmates, his "miracles", Strother "washing his hands" with that famous line, the visit by his mother, his "Gethsemane"-moment in the church near the end and of course Dragline spreading the good word at the very end: "He's a natural born world-shaker." The great thing is that you don't need to see this in order to appreciate the film. It simply adds another layer to it. Great storytelling, great filmmaking and superb acting!
Quint, you forgot Strother's best role ever by Rowsdower.ZabRowsdower	Jun 13th, 2008 03:28:43 AM
The penny-pinching hockey team GM in Slapshot. The, turns out, more-than-slightly effeminate, cross-dressing, can't-do-right, nickel & diming GM who would "piss on Eddie Shore!" But, yeah... Cool Hand Luke is one of Newman's greatest (and he co-starred with Martin in that one, too). Just watching that movie... your body wanted to sweat in a form of empathy with the characters. Anyone who lives in the humid deep south knows. Watching this movie... damn! Those poor bastards really went through hell. So so many little things went into the mix to make this one of our best films ever. But, then again, lest we forget Strother's line in George Roy Hill's Slapshot... his severly heartbroken delivery of the line: "... not this bunch of.... pussies!"
Paideia by JIMBOCOP	Jun 13th, 2008 03:35:30 AM
I agree, but I didn't want to hammer the paralells to JC coz that would spoil the ending...
I Saw This Movie As A Kid And Had A Big Problem With It by Red Dawn Don	Jun 13th, 2008 04:05:37 AM
Up until this movie all of my movie heroes were good to the core. LUKE was a true gray heroe. I had trouble back then reconciling his heroic side from his heel side. I now prefer flawed heroes in my movies.
an absolute classic by Lost Jarv	Jun 13th, 2008 05:55:16 AM
Possibly the best film on your list Quint, everything else is downhill after this one.
The Line by Owen Taylor	Jun 13th, 2008 07:06:50 AM
Actually the line is: "What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men."
DVD by MediaNerd	Jun 13th, 2008 07:25:17 AM
I haven't popped it in in awhile, but remember the dvd being bare bones, which is a shame as classics like this deserve better.
Anyone notice the religious imagery in Prince Caspian? by Knuckleduster	Jun 13th, 2008 07:29:27 AM
So, like, the river that looks like an old man that kills the bad guys at the end, he's the Holy Father, right? And Aslan is Jesus. And when he tells the mice not to cut off their tails, that's a criticism on the Jews and circumcision. Am I close?
come on safety pin, pop by Magic Rat	Jun 13th, 2008 07:47:35 AM
best line in the movie.
I had never seen this movie before, but by Squashua	Jun 13th, 2008 08:52:52 AM
when I watched it for the first time last year, it nearly put me to sleep a couple times.
Stunned... by Ned Pepper	Jun 13th, 2008 09:10:28 AM
...at how many had not seen this movie, but I guess that's the way it always is with your favorite things: you can't imagine that EVERYONE doesn't love them like you do. Cool Hand Luke is in my personal top ten movies of all time, but there are lots of "great" flicks I've never seen. Keep 'em coming Quint!
The Holy Trinity Of Guy Movies by The Harp	Jun 13th, 2008 09:21:14 AM
Rio Bravo, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt. If you've never seen these three films, you're a woman. If you've seen them and don't like them, you're gay. If you've seen them, love them, and worship them daily, you're allowed to piss standing up, because you're finally a man.
Penultimate movie Bacci??? The Quint list... by half vader	Jun 13th, 2008 09:40:41 AM
So what's the best then Bacci? Brazil? Add me to the list of those who can't comprehend Quint not having seen it. And let me start the list of those who are jealous of him for getting to experience such a great flick for the first time.
"You just boned me!" by grungies	Jun 13th, 2008 11:32:35 AM
That better be your quote tomorrow.
"I can eat fiddy eggs." by fiester	Jun 13th, 2008 11:58:17 AM
Heh.
Loved how Hollywood flaunted the anti-hero by skimn	Jun 13th, 2008 12:19:50 PM
angle in the pre-Easy Rider days. "The man and motion picture do not conform....bugs the Establishment as..."
No offense... by Wee Willie	Jun 13th, 2008 02:03:24 PM
But if you're going to "review" a well-known classic, at least try to find something interesting to say other than basically re-iterating that "this was awesome..."
Some men you just can't reach... by Axl Z	Jun 13th, 2008 02:04:43 PM
"AND HISTORY HIDES THE LIES OF OUR CIVIL WARSSS...." gotta love GN'R!
I'd never seen Cool Hand Luke until I was.... by The Dum Guy	Jun 13th, 2008 02:48:46 PM
I believe eight-years old. They had at my local library and I watched it, and liked it. Also the library video collection is where I first 'rented' the original Star Wars trilogy. Support your' local library and Mom & Pop stores.
I just saw this movie for the first time last September by sweeneydave	Jun 13th, 2008 03:32:37 PM
and I picked up on the Christ story at the end of the egg eating contest. When he's lying on the table and the camera is above him. He's sprawled out in the typical crucifix image. See, religious inspiration CAN come from a R rated movie not directed by Mel Gibson...
One of my all time top five favorites by gavdiggity	Jun 13th, 2008 06:56:02 PM
Never get sick of watching this movie. Watching Luke outfox the bloodhounds is always a entertaining. Along the same lines, Quint, if you haven't seen The Cincinnati Kid, check it out. One of my favorite Steve McQueen roles.
Harp, trade you Bullitt for Great Escape by half vader	Jun 13th, 2008 11:40:07 PM
There's a bit of Luke in that performance too though I guess. I just find Bullitt uneven, that's all. McQueen is cool as though.
Newman's the man! by RicardoMontalban	Jun 14th, 2008 01:47:22 PM
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Where are the Paul Newman/Steve McQueens of today? by EbertsFatThumb	Jun 14th, 2008 10:11:27 PM
Johnny Depp? Leo Decrapio? Brad Pitt? Matt Damon? George Clooney? Brendan Frasier? The Rock? Maybe these actors are "cool" to 12 year old boys but none can stand up to Newman and McQueen. Bunch of twinks including The Rock with his Disney career.
QUINT, did you know... by Ive got her car right here.	Jun 14th, 2008 11:40:13 PM
that George Kennedy won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in this film? Kennedy’s character is an allegory of Judas to Newman’s Christ as he betrays him at the end. The final shot of Newman’s fake photograph is shown torn in an almost perfect cross.
Netflix Instant Watch by kagai	Jun 15th, 2008 12:26:40 AM
Hey, this movie is available on Netflix's Instant watch service. Also, I love this series...great work!
Great movie... by REDD	Jun 15th, 2008 05:27:21 PM
One of Paul Newmans best movies. You should add "Sometimes a Great Notion" to your list. It's about a logging family in Oregon; there's a scene I never forgot with Newman trying to save one his guys trapped under a log while the water is rising (not sure if it's available on DVD). Also, the "The Eiger Sanction"; George Kennedy is great in that (he and Eastwood have some great one-liners).
GIVE ME THE AMULET, YOU BITCH!!!! by DRACULA_WANTS_THE_AMULET	Jul 5th, 2008 10:58:48 PM

A strong candidate for the "Sweatiest Movie Ever" by JohnnyFriendly	Jul 6th, 2008 03:02:28 PM
... as nominated by the gang at "Cheers"
joy harmon by ironic_name	Aug 12th, 2008 02:30:40 AM
is sex

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