Movie 195/1001 ~ Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke was filmed in 1967 and is set in a Louisiana rural prison. Paul Newman is the titular role as Cool Hand Luke himself. Prison life isn't easy for the misguided war veteran and there is a lot of difficult labour to deal with on the chain gang. Luke just can't conform to prison life and attempts escape. I found the movie enjoyable, if somewhat predictable. Personally, the movie mostly underscored how unfortunate it would have been to be in prison in the past. The quote "What we have here is a failure to communicate" was voted the 11th most influential movie quote in a recent poll.

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