Title: Cool Hand Luke
Year: 1967
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writers: Donn Pearce & Frank Pierson, based on Pearce's novel
Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Distinctions: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Kennedy); Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (Newman) and Best Score; currently #123 on IMDb's Top 250
Length: 126 minutes
Synopsis: a "hard case" on a chain gang
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good)
Objective Rating: 9/10 (1 point off for story) c. 3.4/4 (Very good)
There are some great, very memorable sequences. But it seemed unnecessarily episodic. In retrospect, I can see how everything contributed to character development, but it felt unfocused while watching it. And the ending is too inevitable to be satisfying.
RIP, Paul Newman. I give this movie a 8/10. I liked it a lot, Paul gave a great performance.
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