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When Strother Martin hosted Saturday Night Live on April 19, 1980, he played the strict owner of a language camp for children, parodying his Cool Hand Luke role. He paraphrased his line from the movie as, "What we have here is failure to communicate BILINGUALLY!"
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - The Captain's speech " What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants...
Luke : Wish you'd stop being so good to me, Captain. Captain : Now, I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean sum-bitch.
Cool Hand Luke: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio. A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
With Cool Hand Luke (1967) in 1967 came new acclaim and a place among the busiest character actors in Hollywood. He worked steadily and in substantial roles throughout the 1970s and seemed at the peak of his career when he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1980.
Captain: What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men, you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week -- which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don't like it anymore than you men. Full text and video of movie Cool Hand Luke - A Failure to Communicate.
Among Martin's memorable performances is his portrayal of the warden or "captain" of a state prison camp in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he utters the line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
Nov 12, 2023 · Strother Martin As The Captain. Played by Strother Martin, the Captain is one of the antagonists in Cool Hand Luke. As the prison's overseer, he does everything in his power to maintain order and even tries to psychologically and physically torture Luke to make him conform to the prison's rules.
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Prison, Fugitive, Bet, Hard Boiled Egg. Language. English. Item Size. 1348439628. Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured.
Jul 10, 2008 · Fifty prisoners, counted daily, are assigned to a work gang under the fierce eyes of the Captain ( Strother Martin) and the never-seen eyes of Boss Godfrey ( Morgan Woodward ), whose reflecting sunglasses get him described as "the man with no eyes." (That he does not speak adds to his stature as a fearsome icon.)
Strother Martin, who utters the film's most famous line, labored for many years as an often-seen but little-noted character actor in such films as The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and Kiss Me Deadly (1955) until his performance as Captain in Cool Hand Luke made him something of a celebrity.
Mar 31, 2017 · The sexual revolution, the women’s movement, anti-war activism, civil rights and a whole host of other movements sprung from the non-conformists of the 60s. Although “Cool Hand Luke” is set in the 1950s, this film’s sensibilities are all about being iconoclastic outsiders.
When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the...
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Jul 30, 2021 · He has suffered mightily, eating 50 eggs on a bet and being beaten and sent to solitary confinement and forced to perform acts of hard labor by the warden, aka Captain (Strother Martin) and...
Cool Hand Luke - Failure To Communicate Lyrics. You're gonna get used to wearin' them chains after a while, Luke, but you never stop listenin' to them clinkin'. 'Cause they're gonna remind...
In a lineup of the new inmates in front of the main prison guard, the authoritarian Captain (Strother Martin), they are lectured on obedience: "You call the Captain 'Captain'...and you call the rest of us 'Boss', you hear?"
Jul 1, 2024 · Newman stars as the titular Luke Jackson, who winds up on a prison chain gang after committing a minor crime. While everyone else is afraid of the Warden (Strother Martin), Luke maintains a...
2. 68 views 7 months ago #MovieTrailers #paulnewman #classicmovie. Check out the official trailer for "College," a 1967 movie starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Strother Martin. ...more.
Dec 14, 2018 · 10K. 1.2M views 5 years ago. Cool Hand Luke - Failure To Communicate: Luke (Paul Newman) is returned to prison after his first escape attempt. BUY THE MOVIE:...
Sep 28, 2023 · Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 film which tells the story of a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to knuckle under to the system. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and written by Donn Pearce, based on his novel.
Sep 4, 2004 · Strother Martin, as the sadistic chief warden of a Southern chaingang, memorably delivers it when Newman's 'Cool Hand' Luke gets captured after an escape attempt. This is the most famous moment in an all around brilliant movie.
Nov 1, 2017 · The film also boasted great performances from Strother Martin (Captain), Dennis Hopper (Babalugats), Wayne Rogers (Gambler), Harry Dean Stanton (Tramp), and others. Here are some facts about...
Feb 1, 2023 · It’s easy to see why Strother Martin’s performance as The Captain, Luke’s oppressor as warden of the prison, has become such an iconic portrait of evil (and not just for those of us raised on the...
