outstanding!!!!

I grew up watching this movie... its a movie I seem to never get bored with. Paul newman is an awesome actor, and if you are a fan of his, this is a must have in your movie collection!!!!

Cool Hand Luke one of my Favorite Movies

This is a great movie. Man they don't make like this anymore.

They Don't Get Much Cooler Than This

Movies and movie characters just don't come cooler than they do in "Cool Hand Luke." The movie's legendary. Almost everyone has seen it, almost everyone has loved it, and almost everyone thinks it's Paul Newman's best performance. Having only seen Newman in 2 movies, I don't know if that's true or not...But it's possible. Newman plays Luke, who is sentenced to 2 years on the chain gang for destroying munincipal property (he was cutting the heads off parking meters). The chain gang is a pretty unpleasant place; The Captain (Strother Martin) is a sadistic man with a very strange voice, the work environment is harsh...But unlike most prison-oriented movies, all the characters are pretty cool. One of the characters that Luke quickly befriends is Dragline (George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for his portrayal and definitely deserved it), who finds Luke intriguing. Indeed he is, he's one of the most intriguing and coolest characters I've ever seen on screen. Throughout the whole movie, he makes the best of his situation (even though he frequently attempts to escape). No matter what is done to him, it never breaks his spirit. Not even in the final scene. This movie's a year away from hitting 40 years old and it hasn't aged a bit. It's still as entertaining and as relevant as it was 39 years ago. All the performances are wonderful (two familar faces have small roles in the movie; Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton (who was billed as "Dean Stanton") and incredibly likeable. There's many classic scenes in the film ("What we've got here is failure to communicate" and the "egg-eating scene" and the final scene). I know people who don't like old movies. If it came out after 1980, they won't watch it. I think not liking this movie is difficult; It's the epitome of good entertainment.
It's got something for everybody to enjoy. Anyway, in case I haven't established this with everything I've said. Great movie, don't miss it...

GRADE: A