Another Hollywood legend gone. I remember the countless great times I’ve had enjoying his fine acting in movie classics such as “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”, “The Hustler”, “Sweet Bird of Youth”, “Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid”, “The Sting” and so many others. But if I had to choose one, it would be “Cool Hand Luke“, which tells the story of a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who simply refuses to submit to the system. His spirit makes the other prisoners idolize him, even more so after he attempts to escape from the camp several times.
There are quite a few memorable moments in the movie, like the one when Luke’s old and poorly mother Arletta, played by Jo Van Fleet, visits him at prison and asks him about what went wrong in his life. Or the one when Luke is told his mother has just died. He goes back to his bunk bed, picks up his banjo and sings “Plastic Jesus”, a pop-gospel tune.
It is a very special film, and I believe Luke Jackson is one of those characters that go down in cinematic history as unforgettable. In the final scene, one of the characters called Dragline, tells the other prisoners about Luke’s unique smile. That is how I will always remember Paul Newman, smiling at the end of “Cool Hand Luke”.
I have chosen a couple of scenes of this classic for you. In the second video, you can find out why he gets his nickname, “cool hand”, after he’s played a good hand at poker. If you haven’t seen this movie, I suggest you go to the nearest video rental store and get it soon. You won’t regret it. By the way, the Spanish title is “La Leyenda Del Indomable”.
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Sabia que encontraría al hombre de los ojos de lluvia aquí, lo sabia, por eso te he linkeado la entrada.
Un abrazo muy grande
Pues sí, momo, se nos ha ido uno de los grandes, de los más grandes del cine de todos los tiempos. Yo disfruté de sus películas desde bien pequeño, en una época en la que sólo había dos canales de televisión pero en los que al menos una vez a la semana aprendías a amar el cine con clásicos como “El Buscavidas”, “La Leyenda del Indomable”, “El Golpe”, “Dulce Pájaro de Juventud”, y tantas buenas películas que protagonizó el hombre de los ojos de lluvia, y que lamentablemente muchos chavales de ahora ni han oido hablar de ellas por que ya no las programan en los tropecientos canales que existen.
Que descanse en paz. Seguiremos disfrutando de su talento para siempre…
Javier.
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