Yet another classic featuring convicts. Cool Hand Luke is quite simply, one of the best (and most quoted) movies of all time. It stars Paul Newman as Luke, an ex war hero who is sentenced to two years incarceration in a Southern correctional facility (and the chain gang), for cutting the tops off parking meters while drunk. He refuses to lose his spirit, and becomes a hero and talisman to the other prisoners, once he has been accepted after a fight with their leader, 'Dragline' (George Kennedy). During the fight, Luke shows his determination for the first time and refuses to concede defeat. Luke also keeps escaping and being captured, and is punished throughout. There is a lot of spiritual symbolism and references, and Luke questions the Lord (or lack of one) on more that one occasion. At the finale, he finishes up in a church (where he prays), and is betrayed by Dragline. The film ends with Dragline rhapsodising about him to the new intake of prisoners. Altogether now......"I'm shakin it boss", "What we've got here is a failure to communicate", "I can eat 50 eggs in one hour" and "Don't put me in the hole again boss, I've got my mind right". Superb!
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