Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.3/10   

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Escritores:

Donn Pearce (screenplay) and
Frank Pierson (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 noviembre 1967 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

Plot:

A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Escape | Mother | Prisoner | Authority

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The anti-hero

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Luke
George Kennedy	...	Dragline
J.D. Cannon	...	Society Red
Lou Antonio	...	Koko
Robert Drivas	...	Loudmouth Steve
Strother Martin	...	Captain
Jo Van Fleet	...	Arletta
Clifton James	...	Carr
Morgan Woodward	...	Boss Godfrey
Luke Askew	...	Boss Paul
Marc Cavell	...	Rabbitt
Richard Davalos	...	Blind Dick
Robert Donner	...	Boss Shorty
Warren Finnerty	...	Tattoo
Dennis Hopper	...	Babalugats

También conocida como:

La leyenda del indomable (Spain) [es]

Duración:

126 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Norway:16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Australia:M | Spain:7 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Approved (certificate #21450) | Sweden:15 | France:-12 | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Compañía:

Jalem Productions

Trivialidades:

In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.

Errores:

Continuidad: During scene when Luke is cutting chains from ankles, he throws the axe off to his left. When one of the trackers arrives, the axe head is resting on the stump with the axe handle off to the right.

Citas:

Dragline: That's my darling Luke. He grins like a baby but bites like a gator.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The PTA Disbands (#6.21)" (1995)

Banda de Sonido:

Plastic Jesus

The anti-hero

One of the reasons that the late 60s/early 70s was such a powerful era in filmmaking is the emergence of the anti-hero (defined as an individual with heroic qualities, but not in a position we would usually find a hero). This is symbolized greatly in `Cool Hand Luke'. We can identify with Luke because his crime is venial and his concerns over the great questions of life are ours. It is because of this and his persuasive charm that the other prisoners (played remarkably well by Kennedy and a host of others to include Wayne Rogers, Ralph Waite, Dennis Hopper and one of the actors who played a crewmember on `Alien') live vicariously through him.

Filled with memorable scenes (the boxing match, 50 eggs, the fealty of his fellow prisoners who help him finish his food after his stomach is shrunk in solitary confinement, `shakin' it here boss', the sneezing dogs, and of course the carwash part) and outstanding character development (created by what is said and what is not said, i.e. the visiting brother), one of screen history's most repeated lines and the great acting of Newman, this movie deserves to be called a classic. Released the same year as `Bonnie and Clyde', it makes one long for the days when you needed a real script to make a movie.