How is it that I’d never watched Cool Hand Luke in its entirety?
My goodness, Paul Newman might have been the best looking man ever created. No lie. That face. That smile. Those eyes. Be still, my heart.
And Strother Martin’s voice makes one want to strangle him in mid-sentence. He was perfect as Captain, the warden of the prison in which Luke (Newman), a decorated war hero, is sentenced to serve two years for cutting the tops off of parking meters during a drunken spree.
George Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1967 film.
I’m not a fan of prison movies, but this one’s a gem. And the cast is amazing. Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Wayne Rogers, and Ralph Waite, among others, are familiar faces in the prison barracks.
As I write this I’m watching the film. I won’t give away the ending for anyone who, like me, had never seen Cool Hand Luke, but you should definitely watch it, if for no other reason than to see God’s most perfect creation–Paul Newman.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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You know I’d never realized where that line came from until I watched the movie the other night, I’ve even USED the line without getting the original context.
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Ah Paul………..
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Sigh!
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they just don’t make hunks any more. My younger girl and I were trying to come up with some last night on facebook chat… we came up blank.
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naturally I told her about Paul… x
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You’re a wonderful mom!
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I felt it was my duty…..
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agree….and on top of the looks he had a long solid marriage, and still has a generous food charity….he was the total page……..shakin it boss shakin it !
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“Shakin the tree boss” (haha) “shakin the tree”
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Great film. It took me years to see it also.
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I’d seen pieces and parts over the years, but I never fully paid attention to it. I had no idea it had such humor and depth. Kind of an amazing film.
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One of my all time favorites!
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Mine, too now!
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He is totally perfect. Plus a great human being. I buy his sauce all the time. 🙂
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I buy his sauce, too. Makes me feel just a wee bit closer to his perfection.
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