steveno
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Cool Hand Luke is now on the Esquire channel.
darn few cars have ever been washed like that
darn few cars have ever been washed like that
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Cool Hand Luke has always been one of my favorite films ever since I was a kid, don't really know why. There is a lot of talent in that film, Strother Martin, who worked with John Wayne a lot and Paul Newman a couple of times, George Kennedy, Ralph Waite in one of his first roles, Dennis Hopper, and a few others. It's just one of those movies that clicks.
If "Lucille" cut hair like she washes cars she would be a millionaire.
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Strother Martin is IMO the greatest character actor of all time. Here's is an interview of Luke Askew (you'll know him when you see him) where he talks a lot about Cool Hand Luke and Strother Martin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzqwppFMBXo
Best movie. Ever.
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Best car wash scene ever. I forget the rest of the movie...
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Love that movie! Shaking the bush boss..........
It's: "Im shakin it boss..........still shakin it boss."
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What we have here is a failure to communicate.
I got my mind right boss.
I got my mind right boss.
mc5aw
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The film is probably the one cinematic effort that is most dense with quality character actors and blossoming stars.
Askew passed away two years ago in Portland.
Askew passed away two years ago in Portland.
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Reminds me of the time...........
I was sitting in the empty section of a restaurant and a waitress just decided to wipe the next table in front me. That table must have been really dirty because she bent over and wiped and wiped and wiped for the longest time. I remember that for some reason I felt really good the rest of the day.
I was sitting in the empty section of a restaurant and a waitress just decided to wipe the next table in front me. That table must have been really dirty because she bent over and wiped and wiped and wiped for the longest time. I remember that for some reason I felt really good the rest of the day.
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Actor Wayne Rogers is really the picture of rehabilitation. He's on a southern chain gang in his youth, eventually becomes a doctor working a MASH unit in Korea, and ends up an expert on the stock market on FOX NEWS. Amazing!
THE PILGRIM
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My buddy Milt used to spend the night with the real 4977 MASH.
I don't know why get never got Wayne Rogers autograph!
Comrad
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Well, everybody says it didn't happen if there are no pictures.
I had to be careful picking one to post here, there are quite a few that would earn a man a night in the box.
I had to be careful picking one to post here, there are quite a few that would earn a man a night in the box.
vytoland
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Delete the "a'" out of the quote and your 100% correct.
Fixed it for ya.
what weve GOT here is....failure to communicate.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=452XjnaHr1A
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One great movie....
CHL was one great movie. I'm sure there are other fine actors that could do the 'captain' role, but Strother Martin did it perfectly. 'What we have here..." is one of the great lines in movies. That and the egg eating stunt were the parts people remember most about it, along with the car wash.
CHL was one great movie. I'm sure there are other fine actors that could do the 'captain' role, but Strother Martin did it perfectly. 'What we have here..." is one of the great lines in movies. That and the egg eating stunt were the parts people remember most about it, along with the car wash.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QwTTn3FIkIt's: "Im shakin it boss..........still shakin it boss."
RonJ
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I don't like prison movies. I haven't seen the Green Mile or the Shawshank Redemption and avoid every prison movie. Gives me the heebee jeegees!! I've always tried to be honest because real prison would kill me.
Roadtrash
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If they brought those old prison farms back you wouldn't see near as much crime.
Donn Pearce, who wrote the book "Cool Hand Luke" actually served time on a Florida road gang.
Donn Pearce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I can tell you, from first hand experience, that story of CHL is accurate and true to life. I get actually get a charge each time I watch it. Brings back a lot of memories.
Days gone by.
Donn Pearce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I can tell you, from first hand experience, that story of CHL is accurate and true to life. I get actually get a charge each time I watch it. Brings back a lot of memories.
Days gone by.
chud333
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A very cool movie and one of my favorites of all time also.
Newman was just cool period. Kennedy was his usual stellar
"big bad guy but with a heart" and Strother Martin although
not a big part in the movie, made his mark.
They need to round up all the so called "protestors" in
Ferguson MO. and send them to spend a week or two on
a southern Chain Gang.
Chuck
Newman was just cool period. Kennedy was his usual stellar
"big bad guy but with a heart" and Strother Martin although
not a big part in the movie, made his mark.
They need to round up all the so called "protestors" in
Ferguson MO. and send them to spend a week or two on
a southern Chain Gang.
Chuck
jubela#4
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Great movie and a lot of classic lines came out of it as well.
What about: "What's your dirt doing in the bossman's yard?"
What about: "What's your dirt doing in the bossman's yard?"
perfectcircle1
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Cool band Luke is the name of a gun shop in the one of the towns near mine...
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