Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke was about who was tougher Paul Newman or a chain gang. It became a test of wills as Newman plays a rebellious fellow who got into trouble his whole life because he refused to follow rules. That’s laid out at the start when he enters prison and his war record is gone over. He received several medals and became a sergeant but he left a private just like he came in. In prison he shows his attitude in various ways such as not giving up in a fight even though he’s beat or when he thanks the prison boss for putting him in chains which gets him a club in the back of the neck. This was a once in a lifetime role for Newman. Many had played the rebel before but not this way given the circumstances. It’s one thing to act out when you’re a freeman and another to do it when you’re in prison. Newman truly shines in this film.

While "Nobody's Fool" remains my favorite film in Newman's considerable filmography, Cool Hand Luke, stands the test of time, and is one of the great "non-compliant" hero films of all time. Highly Recommended!!!

I’m starting to believe most 4k’s, especially any new recently released film, are a sham and only a slightly altered Blu Ray.But Warner Brothers did an outstanding job with this film that looks better than any new film put to disc!The clarity, depth and color are brilliant. I’m also amazed that there absolutely no grainy look to it (which usually is something that comes with older films like Magnificent 7).This and Lawrence of Arabia are the 2 best discs out on 4k right now. Well worth the $20-$25.Also, be wary of Kino LORBER (hit or miss) and Paramount “4ks” which are just darkened.I’d it think they take the time to actually restore most films - they just adjust the contrast!!

First time I saw this was in theater, it was great. I thought that Luke was a hero. I tried to eat the hard boiled eggs too later, made me sick. Be a rebel and try to make things better and you'll be rewarded.

I could watch it over and over, great cast!

Obviously this is an incredibly famous and iconic film. In terms of audio and visual quality, this is a very good upgrade. The colors look great and I thought the sound mix was very good. Great buy in my opinion.

Paul Newman at his best!

Bought from Amazon US and I took a gamble on it.I play my Blu Ray movies on a PS3 with a Sony HD 1080 TV.My PS3 played the movie even though my coding is not Region A and it does say US and Canada only (confused)Moving on.Still looking to purchase a region free blu ray player in Asia when I can afford but was so excited this one run for me, thanks Warner.I was 11 years old when this was produced and first seen the movie in the cinema a few years later.My cinema experiance was on a wet Wed afternoon in the North East of England whilst skipping School at the local Odeon my place of escape as a confused teenager.What a fantastic story, just amazing and I then understood why I was a rebel of some sort who wanted more from Life and was willing to work for it.Romance over, grown up now and can still be a rebel at times.Not sure what the budjet was for this movie and how they even managed to edit it.Must have been a lot of dumped takes.For instance look at the boxing, the low camera angles in the early part of the fight on a Sat afternoon.Luke gets up from another knock down and peers at the ankle chains of a bystander, was that a mistake as later on all were seen to be free.The punch shots in your face, cinema at its best and we are talking the 1960 era here.The acting was fantastic, looks like they all had fun making this one.Wish I could see some out takes also.Before I move to the Blu Ray experiance I would say for one this movie has been underestimated as one of the greats since cinema rolled out the first.Place it in the action/story cat and over the las 50 years this one should be in the top ten if not top five.The movie story justs move on with great directing to a point in a cinema you will never leave your seat for a snack or the bathroom.Pee in the bottle you are holding empty (rebel)and starve as in my case I did not because some kind lady sold me something that used up my bus fare home.What a walk home though, give me time to think my rebel ways were not the way to go even though my Parents in my eyes did not understand me.I asked my Mother for boiled eggs and I think She gave me two fried with chips.Always like a boiled egg after this movie.I had to educate them on how smart I was (later)The blu Ray transforamtion is fantastic, my opinion as I have it on vcd, dvd, vhs.Look at the sweat coming off the guys on blu ray, amazing.The whole blu ray experiance is a must for such a great movie that has probably faded in the history of great movies.All I will say is buy it and you will play this again and again to lets say a visitor aud because you can never be bored with great acting and directing.Have some iced cool drinks on hand also as this will make you feel hot.My two teenage kids just watched it also and asking daddy who is Paul Newman.I told them He is the Brad Pitt of that era and it seemed to have gone down well.Cinemas world wide should have a day when they show epics on a grand scale to give the younger generation a chance to see movie making at its best without the usual digital imposed scenes that we see now.Oh well, I think you will all agree I am an old fart but an old person who loves cinema at its best and has seen the benefits of upscaling to blu ray to view old great movies like this without deleting.Enjoy.

Das ist das wohl bekannteste Zitat dieses so oft vergessenen Filmes, sogleich sind es auch die letzten Worte von dem Protagonisten Luke Jackson (Paul Newman, eine seiner besten Leistungen!), genannt Cool Hand Luke.Wegen Beschädigung öffentlichen Eigentums wird er zu 2 Jahren Haft in einem Zwangsarbeitslager verurteilt. Dort werden die Gefangenen nicht nur mit extremer körperlichen Arbeit, sondern auch durch grausame Wärter und den Aufseher(Strother Martin) gequält. Doch Luke gibt nicht auf: Er freundet sich mit dem Anführer der Gefangenen, Dragline (George Kennedy, brillant!) an und zeigt seinen Kameraden, dass er sich gegen die Tyrannei auflehnt: Nach dem Tod seiner geliebten Mutter (Jo van Fleet) reisst er aus. Doch erfolglos:Luke wird wiederaufgespürt und wird von da an in Ketten gelegt. Nachdem ein zweiter Ausbruch misslingt wird er von den Aufsehern nur noch gefoltert und geprügelt. In seiner Verzweiflung beugt er sich der Gewalt....aber nicht für lange!-Cool Hand Luke oder Der Unbeugsame ist mein persönlicher Lieblingsfilm. Er brilliert nicht nur durch die grandiose schauspielerische Leistung aller Darsteller ( Von Paul Newman über Strother Martin bis Jo van Fleet, nicht zu vergessen alle Gefängnisinsassen), sondern auch von der gut umgesetzten Story:Die auf einem Tatsachenbericht beruhende Tragödie berührt den Zuschauer, die Figuren gefallen sehr; grandios ist auch der Soundtrack von Lalo Schifrinsowie einige unvergessliche Szenen, wie die, in der Luke 50 Eier verdrückt oder wo er das Lied "Plastic Jesus" singt.Ein Muss für jeden Filmliebhaber!!!!!

Allez savoir comment un chef d'oeuvre comme ce film n'est toujours pas édité en zone 2 alors qu'on nous abreuve de navets en tous genres à longueur d'années.Réalisé en 1967 par Stuart Rosenberg et mettant en scène un Paul Newman en pleine gloire, ce film raconte l'histoire d'un asocial envoyé dans une sorte de prison / camp de redressement pour délinquants. Il ne fera que reproduire le même schéma d'incivilité au sein de ce groupe de durs à cuire et de gardiens en mal d'autorité.Malgré une carrière riche en grands rôles, ce rôle de luke la main froide est à mon avis le meilleur de Paul Newman. C'est à croire qu'il était né pour incarner cette brute au grand coeur.Les scènes se suivent et sont plus fortes les unes que les autres malgré les 15 dernières minutes qui traînent un peu en longueur.Drame social avec ses passages violents et ses instants comiques, LUKE LA MAIN FROIDE vous laisse une marque indélibile et se retrouve d'ailleurs souvent dans les listes des films préférés de certains réalisateurs américains contemporains.Si vous avez un lecteur dézoné et que vous aimez les films américains de cette période comme EASY RIDER ou PAPILLON , vous pouvez acheter les yeux fermés ce DVD zone 1.

Paul Newman est parfait dans le rôle titre. Son illustration d'une certaine désillusion et d'un désir de provocation post adolescente est remarquable.Luke est le personnage abouti représentatif d'une jeunesse américaine déboussolée à la recherche d'un idéal autre que la réussite liée à l'argent.Comment brûler la vie dans un monde d'où on ne peut s'échapper, illustré d'ailleurs par le monde carcéral qui sert de lieu d'action à l'évolution du personnage central.

Acheté pour noël. Arrivé malheureusement le 26. Merci la poste. Mais a beaucoup plus à mon mari qui l'a regardé aussitôt

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