Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Stuart Rosenberg’s Cool Hand Luke.
Lucas Jackson is a petty criminal assigned a two year sentence to a chain gang in Florida. All he needs to do is to keep his head down and his nose clean, and he’ll be back out in society in no time. However, Luke is unable and unwilling to do that. Luke bristles against the camp’s authority, and finds himself locked in a battle of wills against those in charge.
At time of recording, it was ranked 234th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 1st August 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Cool Hand Luke at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Valeria Strauss at The Washington Post considers the iconic line about “failure to communicate”, September 2013.
- AFI Movie Club considers Cool Hand Luke, June 2022.
- Scott Myers at Going Into the Story looks at the opening scene of Cool Hand Luke, January 2022.
- Brian Hannon considers Cool Hand Luke as part of The Magnificent Sixties, June 2022.
- David Kehr at The New York Times reflects on the passing of director Stuart Rosenberg, March 2007.
- Ronald Bergan at The Guardian considers the passing of Stuart Rosenberg, March 2007.
- Time reviews Question 7, March 1961.
- Owen Gleiberman at Variety reflects on Bonnie and Clyde as a movie that changed Hollywood, August 2017.
- Pete Hammond at Deadline marks the passing of Cool Hand Luke and Mad Men writer Frank Pierson, July 2012.
- Stephen Pizello at American Cinematographer considers the life and career of Conrad Hall, 1995.
- Vox considers the history of lens flare in mainstream cinema, April 2016.
- Kathy Caprino at Forbes considers the sustainable charity model proposed by Paul Newman, October 2020.
- Alexandra Schwartz offers a very brief history of and context for “the method” in The New Yorker, February 2022.
- Daniel Mallory Ortberg at The Toast discusses the legendary threesome between James Dean, Paul Newman and Eartha Kitt, October 2015.
- Mark Harris at Entertainment Weekly looks back over Paul Newman’s life and career, October 2008.
- Kevin Costner talks to The New York Times about Cool Hand Luke as a formative text, January 2001.
- Pamela G. Hollie at The New York Times considers the brief history of First Artists, December 1979.
- Sam Mendes writes about working with Paul Newman at The Guardian, October 2008.
- Sam Mendes shares his best Paul Newman stories with Vulture, October 2008.
- Justin Weinberg at Daily Nous discusses the allegations of sexual harassment against John Searle, July 2021.
- Dan Callahan considers the life and career of Jo Van Fleet for Film Comment, May 2017.
- The Associated Press marks the passing of Jo Van Fleet, June 1996.
- Deren Elif Akın at Obscur Magazine considers the misogyny in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, October 2019.
- Natalie O’Neill at The New York Post considers the “Florida Man” meme, November 2020.
- Time reflects on whether God is dead, April 1966.
- Lily Rothman at Time looks back on the magazine’s iconic story questioning whether God is dead, April 2016.
- Michael Billington at The Guardian reviews the theatrical West End production of Cool Hand Luke, October 2011.
- Mark Harris looks back on Cool Hand Luke as an artifact of sixties counter-culture, November 2017.
- Adam Nayman attempts to place Cool Hand Luke in its cultural context for The Ringer, April 2020.
- Emily Kubincanek at Film School Rejects considers Cool Hand Luke as a snapshot of sixties anxieties, November 2017.
- Roger Ebert interviews Paul Newman on his politics for The Chicago-Sun Times, May 1968.
- Abbey Bender at Inside Hook reports on Lyndon B. Johnson’s perchant for “the toilet meeting”, May 2019.
- Brian VanHooker at Mel Magazine offers a historical account of Lyndon B. Johnson’s penis, May 2022.
- Julian Zelizer at CNN considers the impact of the Vietnam War on the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, January 2015.
- Robert Mitchell at The Washington Post reflects on Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to seek re-election in 1968, March 2018.
- George Kennedy talks to Roger Ebert at The Chicago Sun-Times about his work on Cool Hand Luke, April 1968.
- Misha Berson at Forward considers Paul Newman as a Jewish celebrity, October 2008.
- Bosley Crowther reviews Exodus for The New York Times, December 1960.
- Roger Ebert reflects on the life and career of Paul Newman, September 2008.
- Paul Newman talks to The New York Times about his life and career, and his relationship with celebrity, September 1986.
- Maureen Dowd at The New York Times looks back on her relationship with Paul Newman, October 2008.
- Roger Ebert reviews Cool Hand Luke for The Chicago-Sun Times, December 1967.
- Roger Ebert reconsiders Cool Hand Luke for RogerEbert.com, July 2008.
- Noel Murray considers the prison movie as an existential metaphor for The Dissolve, March 2014.
- Joy Harmon talks to Entertainment Weekly about filming the car wash scene in Cool Hand Luke, November 2017.
- Joy Harmon appears on You Bet Your Life, October 1960.
- James Emmett Ryan considers the comparisons between prison life and slavery in Cool Hand Luke for Film & History, Summer 2021.
- Kyle Smith considers the depiction of the South in Cool Hand Luke for HIST 3206 US South, March 2013.
- George Kennedy talks to Entertainment Weekly about working with Paul Newman on Cool Hand Luke, September 2008.
- Matt Zoller Seitz reflects on Cool Hand Luke for RogerEbert.com, Janaury 2016.
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