In Stuart Rosenberg's 1967 prison film "Cool Hand Luke," Lucas Jackson (Paul Newman) is thrown into a Florida penitentiary in the early 1950s for drunkenly cutting the heads off of parking meters. He is sentenced to two years hard labor working on a chain gang, and soon learns that the Floridian penal system is bleak and aggressive. The warden (Morgan Woodward) attempts to use modern, sensitive language to deal with the prisoners ("What we have here is failure to communicate"), but it's a gross juxtaposition given how cruel he is; the warden will give miscreants "a night in the box," a small wooden shack, as punishment for the smallest slights.
Partway through the movie, Luke and his fellow prisoners are taken out to a field next to a remote country home. The prisoners haven't seen a woman for a long time -- some of them in years -- so when...
Partway through the movie, Luke and his fellow prisoners are taken out to a field next to a remote country home. The prisoners haven't seen a woman for a long time -- some of them in years -- so when...
- 5/7/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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Is someone feeling a kick?
Vera Farmiga and husband Renn Hawkey share a laugh while walking the red carpet at Monday’s Metropolitan Opera Season Opening, held at The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The couple expect a sibling for their son Fynn, 20 months, in October. What’s their little boy like?
“He’s really gentle and whimsy … a real peacemaker. He’s been around adults quite a bit from traveling with us on the job,” Farmiga, 37, told us recently.
Related: Vera Farmiga Desires a Delivery Surprise...
Is someone feeling a kick?
Vera Farmiga and husband Renn Hawkey share a laugh while walking the red carpet at Monday’s Metropolitan Opera Season Opening, held at The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The couple expect a sibling for their son Fynn, 20 months, in October. What’s their little boy like?
“He’s really gentle and whimsy … a real peacemaker. He’s been around adults quite a bit from traveling with us on the job,” Farmiga, 37, told us recently.
Related: Vera Farmiga Desires a Delivery Surprise...
- 9/30/2010
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
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