Cool Hand Luke (1967 Jason’s Pick)
The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 features Jason’s personal pick, Stuart Rosenberg’s Cool Hand Luke. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg from a script by Donn Pearce and Frank R. Pierson (based on Pearce’s novel) and starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Morgan Woodward and Clifton James, Cool Hand Luke was nominated for four Oscars and won one.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cool-hand-luke-1967), Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/02/archives/screen-forceful-portrait-of-a-man-born-to-losepaul-newman-superb-as.html), and John Mahoney in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/cool-hand-luke-review-1967-movie-1206020/).
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1967 installment, featuring the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour.
