“‘Cool Hand Luke” filming locations

[Wyatt Burp]

While the 1967 Paul Newman film was set in Florida, it was actually filmed forty minutes south of me here in California. Lodi and Stockton specifically. Here’s an excellent video by a local guy visiting these areas with movie trivia thrown in and real good contrasting the past with the present. It’s part 1 of 2.

"Coolhand Luke" Stockton / Lodi Filming Locations Part 1 - YouTube

 

[Rudi]

"What we have here is a failure to communicate!"

 

[mstem]

After any movie with Steve McQueen in it, that's the next best movie in history.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I also saw that video and i was surprised!
If you get locked up in Lodi,
I guess you are Stuck in Lodi Again!

 

[shell627]

I also saw that video and i was surprised!
If you get locked up in Lodi,
I guess you are Stuck in Lodi Again!

I see what you did!! Lol

 

[Telecaster]

That's very cool to see, some of the buildings and bridges are still there.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Is the bush still there?

 

[pharmer]

Is the bush still there?

Naw, it got covered up with dirt from Boss Kean's ditch. Joe

 

[JackM]

"Nobody can eat fifty eggs."

 

[Ruger 13]

I like Paul Newman in The Verdict.

 

[Delta Expatriate]

Saw the movie when it was originally released (I was in high school). I did not realize it was set in Florida. I always thought it was set in Louisiana, or just a generic southern state. The scenes inside the camps reminded me of some of the old camps at Parchman (the Mississippi State Prison), which was close to where I grew up. Those old barracks-style camps on the prison farm are long gone, partly due to a lawsuit in federal court. The have been replaced by more modern buildings with cell blocks.

 

[Eric300]

'I don't care if it rains or freezes 'cause I got my plastic Jesus on the dashboard of my car...'

 

[Rustyt1953]

That movie introduced me to the '41 DeSoto.

 

[Step N. Mud]

'Comes in colors pink and pleasant ,glows in the dark cause it's iridescent, take it with you when you travel far.'
'Get yer self a sweet Madonna, dressed in rhinestones sitting on a pedestal of abalone shells, Going ninety I ain't scary cause I got the virgin Mary telling me I won't go to Hell.'

 

[ladder13]

I learned proper use for a sponge.

 

[Kinman]

One of my favorites...got caught one day while channel surfing, ended up watching the rest of the show, came in right where he's just moving into the quarters. Although filmed in California, they sure put the vibe out there for the South.

 

[LDM]

"I can be a good guy, or I can be a real ***. It's all up to you"

Good words for anybody to live by.

 

[Benchrest1]

Yep, one of the best movies ever.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

So I have spent all these years driving back roads in Florida looking for a babe washing a car, and all that time she was in California?

George Kennedy called her "Lucille". Paul Newman said "she knew exactly what she was doing". I don't think there was any "failure to communicate" in that scene!

 

[wood714]

Is the bush still there?

Skip to 1:35 *edit* skip to :35.


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