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    Cool Hand Luke

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    One of the greatest of Paul Newman's many great film roles for which he was Oscar Nominated way back in 1966. (He finally would win an Oscar some twenty years later for The Colour of Money.) This prison film all taking place in the American South shows the total barbarism not only of the Prison Institution but of the vile chain gangs. The premise is that Luke is imprisoned for detroying parking meters while in a drunken stupor. The first thing that came to mind is that the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Luke is a man who won't play second fiddle to any man and stands up for his rights no matter the cost to him. Strother Martin as the Warden or some Head of the prison system/chain gang comes across as a sadistic, bible-thumping hypocrite out to break any man who does not conform to his way of law. Luke might come across as a role model to most of the men, but he has to pay a pretty big price for his defiance of what he perceives as injustice. By the way, Big George Kennedy won a Supporting Oscar for playing another prisoner and eventual friend of Luke. A prison film that would easily rank in the top 5 of all prison movies! One hell of a great movie that has to be on your MUST SEE LIST!

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    pietroantoni@  22.8.2015 age: 36-49 14,551 reviews

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