ACE Presents Cool Hand Luke
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
1967 / 127min / 35mm
The story of Luke Jackson (Paul Newman)—an inmate at a tough-as-nails Southern jail who gains the respect of his fellows on the chain gang thanks to his unflappable demeanor and refusal to bow to the authority of tinhorn dictator warden Strother Martin—struck a chord with the emergent anti-establishment counterculture of the late ’60s, and made Rosenberg’s hard-hitting prison picture a sleeper hit. Punchy yet poignant, with invaluable contributions from a peerless supporting cast that includes George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, and Jo Van Fleet, Cool Hand Luke’s rapturous reception also went some ways towards establishing editor Sam O’Steen—his name graced the credits of The Graduate the same year—as one of the most innovative and brilliantly intuitive figures in his field.
Distributor: Park Circus
Post-screening discussion with film historians Bobbie and Molly O'Steen on Saturday, March 28th
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