Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

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1967 - Paul Newman - Stuart Rosenberg

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Paul Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. His inability to conform drives the plot of the movie, in the same vein as characters such as Winston from 1984 or McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Florida - Prison - Winston - 1984 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Luke is sent to the prison camp for cutting the heads off of parking meters, one drunken night, when asked why he would do such a thing the only explanation he gives is "Small town, not much to do in the evenin'." The character of Luke is often interpreted allegorically as a Christ figure, and the film plays on many aspects of the story of Jesus.

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Parking meter - Christ - Jesus

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The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce.

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Donn Pearce - Frank Pierson

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Other members of the cast include George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Morgan Woodward, Wayne Rogers, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, and Joe Don Baker.

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George Kennedy - J.D. Cannon - Lou Antonio - Robert Drivas - Strother Martin - Jo Van Fleet - Morgan Woodward - Wayne Rogers - Harry Dean Stanton - Dennis Hopper - Joe Don Baker

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It won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Kennedy), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Newman), Best Music, Original Music Score and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

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Academy Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Best Music, Original Music Score - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

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An edited version of the "Tar Sequence" cue from the musical score, by Lalo Schifrin, has been used for many years as the news music package on several television stations' news programs (mostly those owned and operated by ABC) and was first used in 1968 on WABC-TV in New York for their Eyewitness News newscast. National Nine News in Australia still uses a modified version of the music as of June 2005. To this day many people do not know the origin of the music, which has become more associated with television news than the film itself.

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Lalo Schifrin - ABC - 1968 - WABC-TV - New York - Eyewitness News - National Nine News

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