His crime: nonconformity. His sentence: the chain gang. In Cool Hand Luke Paul Newman plays one of his best-loved roles as the loner who won't or can't conform to the arbitrary rules of his captivity. A cast of fine character actors including George Kennedy in his Academy Award-winning role of Dragline gives Newman solid support as fellow prisoners. And Strother Martin is the Captain who taunts Luke with the famous line 'What we've got here is...failure to communicate. No failure here. With rich humour and vibrant storytelling power Cool Hand Luke succeeds resoundingly.
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. In Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman plays one of his best-loved roles as the loner who won't, or can't, conform to the arbitrary rules of his captivity. A cast of fine character actors, including George Kennedy in his Academy Award-winning role of Dragline, gives Newman solid support as fellow prisoners. And Strother Martin is the Captain who taunts Luke with the famous line, '"What we've got here is...failure to communicate." No failure here. With rich humour and vibrant storytelling power, Cool Hand Luke succeeds resoundingly. "The Making of Cool Hand Luke," Commentary by noted writer and Paul Newman biographer Eric Lax. Theatrical Trailer New Digital Transfer from Restored Picture and Audio Elements Actors Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Clifton James, Dennis Hopper, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Luke Askew, Jo Van Fleet, Harry Dean Stanton, Anthony Zerbe, Joe Don Baker, Rance Howard & Robert Donner & Warren Finnerty Director Stuart Rosenberg Certificate 15 years and over Year 1967 Screen Widescreen 2.40:1 Languages English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono Additional Languages Portuguese ; Spanish ; French ; German ; Italian Subtitles English ; Portuguese ; Spanish ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Swedish Duration 2 hours and 6 minutes (approx).
Luke (an Oscar-nominated Paul Newman) is sent to a Deep South chain gang after smashing up some parking meters. Convict boss Dragline (an Oscar-winning George Kennedy) tries to crack the new inmate's spirit but Luke refuses to be broken. Reformed safecracker Donn Pearce based his novel and screenplay on his own experiences of imprisonment.
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