The voice always gets me. Never in a million years would you think he’d have that voice. That’s what makes it iconic and unique.
@unclequack54453 жыл бұрын
No one in the world could have nailed this scene like Strother Martin.
@donmacquarrie91612 жыл бұрын
powerful acting all around
@cedricliggins7528 Жыл бұрын
Such an underrated actor. RIP Mr Martin
@lewistasso8866 Жыл бұрын
There will never be another Strother Martin. RIP and until we meet again.
@generaldistrust Жыл бұрын
NOT even Axle Rose 😅😂
@Troubadour1681 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely no-one. That Voice.
@mrandmrsbrown60655 жыл бұрын
I heard that line " what we have here is a failure to communicate " my whole military career and had no idea it was a line in a movie.
@Capcoor4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service to our country.
@mrandmrsbrown60654 жыл бұрын
@@Capcoor thank you
@mrandmrsbrown60654 жыл бұрын
@Hammerschlägen M I served in the army.
@hashbrown78454 жыл бұрын
MrandMrs Brown thank you for your service, and that’s like me not knowing the greatest American, Jesus Christ was a line from the Campaign.. which also happened
@mrandmrsbrown60654 жыл бұрын
@Hammerschlägen M 11m then I switched to 12t. I want to ft Benning, Sand hill back in 99.
@frostywelder12202 жыл бұрын
Forever ingrained in my mind because of GNR and because I’ve watched this film so many times. One of the best lines out of Hollywood. The whole cast is brilliant.
@miamitten11232 жыл бұрын
What did GnR do?
@georgewashington7444 Жыл бұрын
Listen to “Civil War” GnR
@MyPalScoutАй бұрын
I always thought it was a lady that said it, so I was surprised when I saw the scene and I was wrong.
@dabprod10 ай бұрын
Yep.....saw this movie in 1967 in Atlanta GA when it came out. Great acting by all.
@joelfelice60968 ай бұрын
I saw this movie in 1967 when I was 14 years old at a movie theater in Berkeley, California. Great movie.
@markcourson315118 күн бұрын
@@joelfelice6096 it was shot in Stockton.
@sblsbl76003 жыл бұрын
Strother Martin was an amazing actor. One of the very best.
@rayjr622 жыл бұрын
"Women sense my power and seek the life essence"
@lcs19562 жыл бұрын
@@rayjr62 Sterling Hayden
@rayjr622 жыл бұрын
@@lcs1956 Perhaps, you are forgetting the provisions of Plan R, Sir.
@thegreenbird7952 жыл бұрын
@@rayjr62 You'll have to answer to the Coca Cola company...
@rayjr622 жыл бұрын
@@thegreenbird795 The man's got kings get yer tail out !!!
@bustercherry96434 жыл бұрын
"Cap'n I wish you'd quit being so good to me."
@macgyverbryan13773 жыл бұрын
Imitates the lip movement too.
@Skybaby793 жыл бұрын
Well................ He gets it lol
@peterkerns83433 жыл бұрын
@@macgyverbryan1377 LOL. Never even noticed that
@theguyonthecouch420243 жыл бұрын
I actually said this to my team lead 👀 is all I needed to see🤣
@nothosaur3 жыл бұрын
It's a great passive/aggressive line. I think the Captain was mad at him for making such a funny comeback.
@AJPennyPacker23 ай бұрын
My dad says this is possibly the most recognizable quote in cinema history. And that it’s PN’s best performance. Unbelievable he didn’t win an Oscar for it
@billcook47683 ай бұрын
Instantly recognizable, and yet misquoted more often than not. People really want to make it “a failure to communicate.” There’s no “a”
@actioncom27486 жыл бұрын
And from that day forward, humanity was doomed to endure several generations of Strother Martin imitators.
@Tonyconner745 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@joeomalley28353 жыл бұрын
Haha! So true!
@jonesin19723 жыл бұрын
Mine is pretty good.
@PhilMoskowitz3 жыл бұрын
Just as we were getting over all the Peter Lorre imitations.
@jimscaggs24223 жыл бұрын
Yeah but ya gotta admit what a great scene.
@MadMayro2 жыл бұрын
“I DON’T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAAAAUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRR” lol
@Ser_Arthur_Dayne7 ай бұрын
Use Your Illusion II was the first Parental Advisory CD I'd ever got , my friend's Dad bought it for me (with my money) ... I was like 10 ... and I had no idea what the reference was in this song, probably for 20 years after lol, but I'll never forget it ...
@InvictusAeterna2 жыл бұрын
Luke’s smirk as they bring him out gets me every time
@Vahe345 Жыл бұрын
He is the smirk master
@extraplain3 жыл бұрын
Forever ingrained in the minds of Guns N' Roses fans worldwide.
@volcharger3 жыл бұрын
Along with the rolling acoustic guitar and the whistling
@extraplain3 жыл бұрын
@SpaceAce100 He was a member after the band broke up and only Axl was left. He was part of the "new" GnR.
@melonmalone63073 жыл бұрын
Songs are just like bookmarks in time ✌️🌎🛐❤️
@eatkunt27433 жыл бұрын
i am not their fan, i just came for the masterpiece
@MrIgottap3 жыл бұрын
Did you know that in many public school districts today it’s forbidden to wear a GnR shirt just because it says “guns”? Even without a picture of a gun, no go. “Land of the free”
@bonniehaymaker47003 жыл бұрын
"communicate" = an understanding. My all time favorite line so applicable in real life. Paul so sweet on the eyes.
@CBeard849 Жыл бұрын
I'm 64 years old and I can say with absolute certainty that people my age grew up in a world of incredible music and remarkable films! Those who came before us and especially those who follow......lived in times that will never come close!
@johnmorris7262 Жыл бұрын
You got that right in Spades!! ♠️
@joeshields2005 Жыл бұрын
@@johnmorris7262hmmm your era is the best ever . Now that’s a first lol
@JD-lz2uq9 ай бұрын
I’ll never underhand why everything in life is a competition, or a desire to have it better than others. Music and film is about enjoyment and personal taste. Congrats on enjoying your era
@CCBrady9 ай бұрын
@@JD-lz2uqnope your wrong and he’s right !!!
@CCBrady9 ай бұрын
@@joeshields2005but he’s right
@the_prudent_rodent2 ай бұрын
that line “some men you just can’t reach” used to be my voicemail greeting, until my grandma got upset hearing it
@BrettCagwin49ers4 жыл бұрын
I always loved the scene between Luke and his mother. To me the undertones were sadness "you did this to yourself...you couldn't listen to anyone since you were shorter than my knee. You always thought you were smarter than everyone." But also she loved him more than her other kids precisely for that reason. She admired his independence of spirit. That her boy was supremely confident, but not malicious. And she was sad he was locked up, but also she was locked up. They were both locked up; she was dying and he was in prison.
@joejoecap.1813 жыл бұрын
that was really awesome! Thank you!
@TheGrossMeta3 жыл бұрын
I loved Arletta. The scene when Luke receives the telegram about her passing really hit me hard. You saw it in her eyes when she left him for the last time that she knew they would never meet again. Truly an emotional roller coaster and a timeless masterpiece.
@jondstewart2 жыл бұрын
Arletta and Luke were products of an environment in the Deep South that looked down and scoffed at people that were independent and nonjudgmental. They lived in it and just took it for what it was. Arletta realized Luke wasn’t traditional and wouldn’t marry or give her grandchildren. It made her sad, but she loved him unconditionally. Luke refused to bow down to the man and lived on his own terms. He won the respect of the alpha male leader Dragline just being himself and not holding grudges.
@FedUpSouthernGirl2 жыл бұрын
👏👏
@brightonbard Жыл бұрын
Nice one Brett 👊💥🍺
@doglips19585 жыл бұрын
48 dislikes?????Some people you just can't reach...
@rexsexson53495 жыл бұрын
failure to communicate?
@frankeinstein15 жыл бұрын
Indeed....and in spite off themselves...”
@coachm865 жыл бұрын
I think the only reach they want is a reach-around when somebody's driving in their butt
@gatormark5 жыл бұрын
...they end up getting shot and killed.
@tollboothjason5 жыл бұрын
Which is the way they want it.
@TheSnowballEarth2 жыл бұрын
c. 1:31 Beautiful composition in that shot with Paul Newman sprawled along the bottom at front with the other actors above and behind yet still appearing to tower over him. That's exactly what anamorphic lenses are for. Great film in so many ways.
@stevenmitchell29964 жыл бұрын
Certainly one of the best films I've ever seen
@billp56563 жыл бұрын
Strothers Martin was a great actor. Awesome performance
@vincent-f8z8 ай бұрын
strother
@cobraaction13655 жыл бұрын
If you look down the cast list of this movie its simply incredible the talent in it and Strother Martin was the cherry on top and cemented his place in movie history
@drewstar4125 жыл бұрын
Yup..and he was in so many tv shows and such before...Truly, an Underrated Actor..he is Brilliant!
@stevec77704 жыл бұрын
A lot of talent in one movie
@bwell65553 жыл бұрын
George Kennedy!
@thepayne78624 жыл бұрын
Hands down one of my favorite movie speeches of all time. Strurther Martin such a fantastic actor worked with so many greats and was in so many classic TV shows and movies.
@kristov294 жыл бұрын
Small roles, but always in significant scenes: his willingness to pickup Liberty Valance' steak or wanting to dig his .30 caliber slug out of a corpse in "The Wild Bunch." SM never seemed a though he was acting, which may be why he never got the recognition he deserved.
@thepayne78624 жыл бұрын
@@kristov29 Totally agree with you and to never seem like you are acting to me says that you are a fantastic actor.
@dreamquesttv4 жыл бұрын
@@kristov29 I've said it before, I'll say it again: Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke and John Cazale in The Godfather Part 2 are the two greatest performances in the history of American cinema to NOT be nominated for Oscars.
@billymc26814 жыл бұрын
@@dreamquesttv no doubt...great performances.
@drewstar4125 жыл бұрын
Strother Martin was in so many roles prior to this..a character actor. However, if you luv watching many older TV shows..you will catch him in a series or two. Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel..etc...He was a Brilliant actor, and his performance in this movie, is just Top Notch! RIP Mr Martin and thank you for hours upon hours of entertainment...and thank you for a lesson on communication. lol. "I wish you stop being so good to me, Captain" . LOL
@nakedtantra2 жыл бұрын
''Lost in Space'', episode blast off into space-1rst color episode & 1rst episode for the 2nd season
@wayne330226411 ай бұрын
Small part as a horse trader in Dukes only academy award winning film "True Grit"......
@darrylguilford40615 ай бұрын
How about the fact that Strother Martin played in one of the top 25 AFI Westerns , The Wild Bunch. He was one of the Bounty Hunters pursuing the Wild Bunch. Him and L.Q. Jones , Another under rated character actor.
@reggaestar5 ай бұрын
His best performance is Chong's dad in Up In Smoke.
@MJEvermore8535 ай бұрын
My favorite role of Strother’s was in the movie ‘Slapshot’.
@Blablablabla1ify3 жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to GnR on and off since they released Use your Illusion in 1992. This is the first time I’ve actually seen the film clip, almost 30 years later. I feel schizophrenic, Slash’s guitar is till there in the background 😂
@CirclingtheFringes3 жыл бұрын
Same here, just looked it up for the first time ever. And i bought those cd's back in 91 or 92. Long time ago man.... still very cool albums though.
@jaygee16162 жыл бұрын
@@CirclingtheFringes their actually re-releasing Use your Illusions 30yr super box set
@mateovelasquez44972 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I know what you mean. XD
@marcburns5082 жыл бұрын
I never knew what movie this came from, even though the title of the movie was familiar, Ive never watched it... way before my time... but maybe I will one day.
@threethrushes2 жыл бұрын
I can hear the guitar, the whistling, everything. They elevated this scene into art.
@jpsned2 жыл бұрын
I always thought the line was "What we have here is a failure to communicate." So now I know it's really "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
@dnasty31211 ай бұрын
The former is how Luke says it at the end when mimicking the Captain
@jpsned11 ай бұрын
@@dnasty312 Thanks for that info!
@mencken83 жыл бұрын
I love this scene: “What we have here is failure to communicate.”
@ProperLogicalDebate3 жыл бұрын
Got Oops!
@sirreal12903 жыл бұрын
I suffer from Cool Hand Luke dating disappointments. The women have no romantic intentions and I end up saying, "What we have here is a failure to fornicate."
@samueljamesonfern3245 Жыл бұрын
🎶I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor🎶
@fractalofgod63243 жыл бұрын
The more I watch this movie the more I realise its one big metaphor for my life and mental health. A true classic.
@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus2 жыл бұрын
Don’t project your personal issues and thoughts onto media or outside forces too much that can be a issue for some dealing with mental illness. But regardless I hope things got better/are getting better.
@TryPuttingItInRice2 жыл бұрын
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus room temp IQ
@jaykay5580 Жыл бұрын
not everything is about you man.
@fractalofgod6324 Жыл бұрын
@@jaykay5580 shut it you clown
@davidwagstaff47 Жыл бұрын
Don't let people tell you how to understand this perfect piece of art. Personally, I think the whole film is a big metaphor for abandonment by a father figure. Luke is Jesus, abandoned by God, his real father abandoned him, the state, also a father figure, abandoned its children (the prisoners), but what's interesting is that without authority, without that fear of punishment, Luke managed to free the minds of the prisoners, and give them hope, if not real freedom. Your mental health issues are part of you. You can't physically be free of them. But you can free your mind from it. Maybe not always, maybe not for good, but there will be moments you are free. Like how Luke frees the prisoners, but waivers each time he's caught. But he's still there for them, until the end. Don't give up trying to better yourself. Be your own Luke
@shalexiadavis84933 жыл бұрын
Love the line "what we have here is a failure to communicate". Classic.
@kennyg52424 жыл бұрын
A STRAIGHT CLASSIC!!!!!!! I live n KCMO and my radio station never leaves 98.9 the rock, and they play that failure to communicate quote at least twice a day. Most people don't know where it comes from and I always enjoy educating them lol. Movie was way ahead of its time. As soon as it came out it became an instant classic.
@southtexasbrushcountryboy41765 жыл бұрын
Strother Martin/The Warden - One of the best one liners/phrases EVER in Cinema movie history 👏 A Cult Culture Classic 👏
@waterop44 жыл бұрын
Yes and G-N-R helped in making it even more famous, reaching another generation., 23 years after the movie, and 30 years after the song Civil War, and made the top 100 most quotable movie lines ever.👍👍👍👍👍
@markruddle51364 ай бұрын
Strother Martins reedy, high pitch,slightly stuttery delivery here is masterful
@todd5082 Жыл бұрын
They just don’t make movies like that anymore. Pure raw talent on the screen with no special effects.
@afterburner28696 жыл бұрын
Struther Martin giving the most iconic speech of his movie career and one of the most iconic speeches in movie history.
@SunnnyDay3 жыл бұрын
The writing, casting and of course, acting, in this film are impeccable !
@mattanderson63362 жыл бұрын
A shame Paul Newman got aced out of the Best Actor Academy Award in favor of Spencer Tracy in his last role in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.
@GregorySoon Жыл бұрын
Many of the actors in this film were on Gunsmoke. So many Hollywood greats got their start on Gunsmoke
@raymondmeyers89834 жыл бұрын
“Wish you’d stop being so good to me Cap’n”
@blackholeentry34893 жыл бұрын
The Capt did stop. This is a classic case of "getting what you asked for!"
@rayjr623 жыл бұрын
"You gonn get used to wearin' them chains, Luke. "
@wayne330226411 ай бұрын
If I said something like that to my mother she would have whacked me as well.......lol
@LordofDublin45 жыл бұрын
GREAT movie & GREAT cast ! And Paul Newman had more style, class, and talent then ALL of today's so called Hollywood stars put together. He lived quietly in Westport Ct. with his wife Joanne Woodard since 1960, give or take a year, and the Newman's Own Brand (salad dressing, popcorn, spaghetti sauces, Fig Newman's, ) raised over 300 million plus so far for charity. EVERY DOLLAR in profit went to help the needs of others. And he started " The Hole in the Wall Camp for kids with terminal illness. He was the coolest.
@arymonem4 жыл бұрын
Very few people are this selfless! That’s amazing.
@steadmanuhlich67344 жыл бұрын
Paul Newman is an outstanding example of what a man can do, but few men do.
@search4truth1043 жыл бұрын
Just an incredible human, pretty good actor also.
@JayZoop3 жыл бұрын
Why didn't you mention his race car driving, even at an old age.
@brianribblett86864 ай бұрын
Yep. All I buy is Newman's Own.
@TheGrossMeta3 жыл бұрын
Some of the best damn acting I've ever seen. Cool Hand Luke is GOAT.
@aukai1027062 жыл бұрын
Gives me chills every time. Amazing Scene.
@mohammedismailsyed2322 Жыл бұрын
they can't make film like that any more paul newman is a legend
@ValerieBlackhart5 жыл бұрын
The most quotable movie ever
@XXX-tw6zm5 жыл бұрын
Newman made another movie called Hombre that was unbelievably quotable
@mrHoppedupford5 жыл бұрын
Outlaw Jossie Wells is very quotable.
@heyitsbethxo99575 жыл бұрын
Stay down Luke
@bmoredru3164 жыл бұрын
Tombstone Doc Holiday took over that department.
@minyjackass84214 жыл бұрын
Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.
@freedomring30226 жыл бұрын
i was waiting for the guns n roses song to start
@dollazNzentz6 жыл бұрын
Freedom Ring I was just about to come on here and ask what song that was from. Thank you!!! I couldn’t remember.
@JEscobar19846 жыл бұрын
Civil war
@goacoa6 жыл бұрын
For me it's the other way around! I searched "Cool hand Luke" and spotted "Failure To Communicate Scene" as one of results. Immediately I thought of GnR Civil War and rushed here to check it, because I didn't know origin of the quote used in song, and finally I put them together! I wandered the whole time, since it came out in 1990, and only now have I found the source.
@bumsergeant5 жыл бұрын
Freedom Ring same 😂
@ВикторМышаков5 жыл бұрын
Guns n roses - civil war
@northerniltree6 жыл бұрын
And to think this guy paid his debt to society and then made salad dressing.
@jackgrimaldi86856 жыл бұрын
And lemonade.
@thetravenousgamer5 жыл бұрын
He played in the Federal League before that.
@scorcherfan5 жыл бұрын
@@jackgrimaldi8685 and donated all profits to charity
@rexsexson53495 жыл бұрын
and he is from my state of Ohio
@BlastinRope5 жыл бұрын
Damn fine salad dressing
@jondstewart4 жыл бұрын
1:10, he’s mimicking the Captain with pursing his lips and blowing out. 😂
@dnasty31211 ай бұрын
Luke's final line was a Captain mimic too
@servicewerx67686 ай бұрын
He was spitting tobacco!!😂🎉😂😅😅😅 mocking the boss!!!
@Paramedicpr8353 жыл бұрын
This is one of those movies I can watch 100 times and enjoy it like the first time.
@gib4125 ай бұрын
Timeless masterpiece and superb casting. Nobody else could have played the captain's character like Mr. Martin.
@colinp22385 жыл бұрын
People wax lyrical about Newman in this film but Strother Martin's captain well, you just can't imagine anyone else playing that part and that's the way we like it.
@anthonyfazio5035 жыл бұрын
He was awesome in all those old western TV shows back in the 60s and 70s. And let's not forget him playing Tommy Chong's dad in Up in Smoke. Lol
@helloeverything95895 жыл бұрын
@nickys34 REAL SCHIZO HOURS
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@nickys34 Matthew 7:1
@dwissba684 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyfazio503 Check him out in the old Twilight Zone Episode called"The Grave."
@jondstewart3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyfazio503 go pick some goddamn strawberries, then work your arms up to pick some goddamn bananas!
@gwshelton48756 ай бұрын
I was 14 when this movie came out and I STILL watch every time it's on TV. Ever notice that the road camp is segregated ? Kennedy, Hopper, Ralph Wait also were stellar in this movie in supporting roles. Brubaker is another prison movie that deserves a look from that era
@charlesatty3 жыл бұрын
Has to be in the hall of fame of movie scenes. So many great scenes in this movie.
@bigreesecups Жыл бұрын
#11 out of 100 best lines
@charlesatty Жыл бұрын
@@bigreesecups tell you what Strother has some great scenes in some great movies ..several legends in this great great movir
@cschulzke263 жыл бұрын
My father and I had a running joke about this movie, anytime he would ask if I was done in the bathroom I would say "I'm shaking it boss, I'm shaking it!"
@joeljuarez37892 жыл бұрын
Shouldve jumped out the window
@THEJIG-IS-UP3 жыл бұрын
He didn't fail to communicate on salad dressing. The best
@AwkwardBlackGal613 Жыл бұрын
I have never seen this movie in my 32 years of life but somehow know the line "What we have here is a failure to commuicate" and bring it up time to time. And funny enough this came out the year my dad was born.
@CharlesVeitch4 жыл бұрын
Paul Newman wore a black armband when they shot the man who said: "Peace could last forever"
@sekijou36224 жыл бұрын
And in my first memory they shot Kennedy... and i went numb went i learned to seee
@elishasell86964 жыл бұрын
So I never fell for Vietnam
@machamptrainer48284 жыл бұрын
We got the wall of DC to reminds us all that you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands
@CharlesVeitch4 жыл бұрын
@@machamptrainer4828 when everybody's fighting for their promised land
@stonethecrow804 жыл бұрын
And I don't need your civil war, it feeds the rich while it buries the poor
@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid3 жыл бұрын
Any man who dislikes this movie spends a night in the box.
@DoubleDoubleWithOnions3 жыл бұрын
I used to joke to my kids about spending a night in the box if they were bad. Had to stop when they told the teacher "they had to spend a night in the box."
@macgyverbryan13773 жыл бұрын
"gettin' up here Carr? Hey now"
@baconoffreedom257710 ай бұрын
unless he gets off from it...
@OldNavajoTricks7 ай бұрын
⚾️...
@cagneybillingsley21656 ай бұрын
there is something deeply insidious and subversive about criminal sympathization much less glorification.
@mikestarr6634 Жыл бұрын
This is a great movie and one you could watch today and it's not dated, you can still relate to it.
@uiu5102 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest scenes in cinema history!
@blackholeentry3489 Жыл бұрын
It really is wild how such an innocent comment, said in a pleasant and calm voice, got such an angry responce. Of course, the Captain KNEW right away he blew it..and tried to recover as best he could.
@uiu510 Жыл бұрын
@@blackholeentry3489 That's because he was being sarcastic...
@blackholeentry3489 Жыл бұрын
@@uiu510 That's "Wonderfully Sarcastic" There are few scenes in any movie which a calmly said statement draws such a violent response. (Of course, THAT is the way it was written into the script)
@uiu510 Жыл бұрын
@@blackholeentry3489 😁
@skystann3 күн бұрын
This is the signature film for Paul and incredible iconic character actor Strother. 😲
@brendanperrett82484 жыл бұрын
Watched this movie for the first time and loved it
@photoman20047 ай бұрын
I remember renting Cool Hand Luke from the library in the 90's. What a gem.
@MichaelSmith-xk5dg8 ай бұрын
The best movie of all time
@jessedub Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest line readings in cinematic history
@garrisonnichols8073 жыл бұрын
Such a powerful statement from a great movie. This pretty much sums up the 21st century.
@delrey874 Жыл бұрын
Newman deserves an Oscar for this film.
@gregoneal78935 жыл бұрын
Awesome cast. You will see their faces in all the classic movies and iconic TV shows of 60s n 70s even 80s.
@PunkSlapper123 Жыл бұрын
Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, Ralph Waite, Clifton James, J.D. Cannon, Robert Drivas, Jo Van Fleet, Morgan Woodward, Lou Antonio, and Paul Newman.
@oliveawakened333 Жыл бұрын
I looked this up as soon as you posted. This movie was all my mom talked about.
@jameseldridge41853 жыл бұрын
Never a leading man, but a great actor, Strother Martin.....and he and Newman worked so well together, see them in "Slapshot"!
@MJEvermore8535 ай бұрын
Love that movie!
@jeffsaxton7164 ай бұрын
In 1967 I was a theatre usher. I saw Cool Hand Luke about two dozen times, and this scene stuck with me.
@timewa8513 ай бұрын
What stuck with me? CHL's beginning. Captivating. And it's got a soundtrack. a decent one.
@johnharrison96853 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this scene. I love the movie, but this scene is classic through and through. It sums up the problems we as humans have with each other, whether it be family problems, marital problems, work place problems, teacher/student problems, race relations, political problems, and like Luke, problems with authority. It’s just a great scene, I especially love Strother Martin’s uneasy, ambivalent yet truthful delivery of the line. Failure to communicate, yes that is the root of all problems. Oh, and also the fact that even though someone MAY be trying to communicate with another party, sometimes that other party cannot be reached, no matter how much effort is made. Some people you just can’t reach, ever.
@bonscott6023 жыл бұрын
It's about tyranny v freedom. The tyrant always lies and says he's doing it for our own good.
@ront93953 жыл бұрын
John, It’s not a failure to communicate. It’s a failure to capitulate to injustice. It’s a refusal to degrade his humanity. It’s why so many of us that degrade ourselves a little every day, so we can pay our bills, wish we could be more like Luke. Nobody respects the warden. They only fear him. Fear is not conducive to communication. Thats why his claim that it’s a failure to communicate is ironic.
@Muzikman1273 жыл бұрын
@@ront9395 THANK YOU. Can't believe this terrible comment was upvoted, taking exactly the opposite message from the scene to what was being conveyed
@fenwayify2 жыл бұрын
@@Muzikman127 Precisely. It has little to do with communication. Luke's unwillingness to capitulate is actually noble, even if it ultimately leads to his demise. His resistance is how change begins. The power of the film was in its depiction of simplistic, self-serving systems, particularly justice, which was both harsh and cruel, as well as utterly ineffectual. Those same systems remain with us today, as we proceed with perpetual war and greed and denial...Finding meaning amidst it all is no easy chore...
@Muzikman1272 жыл бұрын
@@fenwayify Exactly!
@Candlelightbrill5 ай бұрын
oh Mr. Newman …, i’d forgotten this movie, my son whom has left the building liked this movie 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 miss and love you justin .
@johnhyde7297 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget George Kennedy.....He won a Academy Award for His performance in this film.....
@skystann3 күн бұрын
Lucille 😋😛
@SnakeEaterGaming8 ай бұрын
Forever engraved in my brain from listening to GNR as a kid/teenager. I would listen to November rain, knocking on heavens door, and civil war to fall asleep.
@Arduex20204 жыл бұрын
I wish this clip would stop being so good to me.
@dwaynesbadchemicals3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest films.
@cleorivas60984 жыл бұрын
My voicemail greeting for YEARS has been this... “What we’ve got here...just can’t reach.”
@dragonsfire66643 жыл бұрын
Strothers passed on August 1st 1980, 41 years ago today, the man had a way with words, Rip Legend
@MisterBourgolini8 ай бұрын
Cut down at 61 years of age from a heart attack.
@billcook47683 ай бұрын
Had a way with words? So you are saying he was good at … communicating?
@africanheru28634 жыл бұрын
Stop being so good to me Captain 😍
@jamestart66824 жыл бұрын
love it
@wayne330226411 ай бұрын
So sad that a man with a two year sentence for damaging parking meters ends up being shot during one of his many escape attempts........
@josie40652 жыл бұрын
Heard it in the opening of Civil War by Guns N' Roses. An excellent song, and an excellent movie; both demonstrate, among other things, the seething malice the state has for anyone it can't control.
@PEDRELVIS Жыл бұрын
Lol I was thought it was Axel's voice.
@VladimirLeninifyАй бұрын
Are you an anarchist?
@aprilfreeman5670 Жыл бұрын
Excellent movie. Me and my dad would watch this movie every year.
@tintoweno6 жыл бұрын
1:30 *arpeggio starts* 1:45 *whistling starts*
@Bartonovich525 жыл бұрын
_Look at your young men fighting_ _Look at your women crying_ _Look at your young men dying_ _The way they've always done before_
@gessie5 жыл бұрын
@@Bartonovich52 *Slash introduces his godly tone*...
@memyselfandeeznutz4 жыл бұрын
What's so civil about war anyway?
@jaygee16162 жыл бұрын
@@memyselfandeeznutz the best and truest line
@owensweetland3422 жыл бұрын
What an incredible line up of stars.
@garysandburg81993 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest movies eveR made. strother martin was at his best. also great in hard tines.
@JAMESwillSHOCKyou Жыл бұрын
My old man used to say this to me all the time! Damn
@danski66944 жыл бұрын
“Look at your young man fighting....” 🎶 🎼 🎵
@diegocandia59533 жыл бұрын
Look at your women cryin'
@jackburton54833 жыл бұрын
The way they always done before
@danski66943 жыл бұрын
@@jackburton5483 And I dont wanna here no more!
@shadeofmercury3 жыл бұрын
@@danski6694 My hands are TIED!!!
@chriseppler72913 жыл бұрын
What’s so civil about war anyway?
@musicfunlax12246 ай бұрын
Great acting and one of the greatest depressing stories .
@stevenmitchell29964 жыл бұрын
Cool Hand Luke is one of the greatest movies ever made. Got to be honest I'm not a Paul Newman fan but he was great in this and it's a well made film. It's strange because it seems to be mostly talking in this film and the odd bit of violence but mainly all talking which I usually hate but the story in Cool Hand Luke is so great it keeps you engaged in the film out of curiosity. That's what makes it great and it's one of the best films ever.
@mobus16033 жыл бұрын
A typical Right-winger who just *_HAS_* to mention that he doesn't like Paul Newman because of his politics 🙄 Now go back to your brainless action films with non stop fights, shootings, and explosions. I don't want all of this dialogue to put you to sleep or hurt your brain. No wonder you people hate higher education. "Oh, no! They're trying to indoctrinate the children!!"
@EricWilke11419873 жыл бұрын
Not a Paul Newman fan? You get to spend a night in the Box.
@stevenmitchell29962 жыл бұрын
@@EricWilke1141987 😂😂
@poindexterflex35283 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie for the first time a month ago. Definitely wasn't what I was expecting, but definitely worth watching.
@WizardOfHumor19894 жыл бұрын
Ironically, Paul Newman voiced Doc Hudson in the 2006 Disney and Pixar film CARS and treated Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) in the same manor as Luke. When McQueen screwed up fixing the road, Doc seemed to express the same “Failure to Communicate” impression on McQueen.
@tazmon1223 жыл бұрын
you completely do NOT get what that means. what it means is that there are a great many who's sentiments of life are that nothing's left up to grey, only black or white, and sometime black and blue. those who define life like that work in offices, have badges, kill other people. they see a right, and a wrong (black/white) they don't see moral ambiguity (grey)...and they fight like hell to keep it that way. every so often, there is someone you just can't beat into either right or wrong. they walk their own path refusing to sacrifice their morals just to fit in. in a world of round holes of all shapes and sizes, they're the square peg forever challenging what it means to truly live. that's Luke. he can't be broken....he's just Luke. not prisoner 23. Luke. Lightning McQueen is NOT Luke. Lightning is nothing more than the young kid that doesn't have the experience to see past tomorrow, and Doc knows what happens to people like that. Doc never tried to break Lightning, never tried to make Lightning anything more than the best of himself. the practical application of learning from mistakes. that's nurture. empathy. there is no empathy for those who define people as "failure to communicate"....failure to communicate what? communicate that there is the right way, the wrong way, black or white, never grey. empathy IS grey.
@darthvestius777111 ай бұрын
Strother Martin... he never failed to communicate
@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Жыл бұрын
Legend has it that the original follow up to _Empire Strikes Back_ was going to be called _One Hand Luke..._
@brianhatcher2799Ай бұрын
Oh that’s hilarious!😂 And after Luke jumped onto that chute, Darth Vader was probably thinking “Some men you just can’t reach.”
@iamdew6 ай бұрын
First time I heard this speech was trough Guns n' Roses' Civil War. I happened to read that the line was coming from Cool Hand Luke. Eventually I watched the movie, and it's one of my favorite movie.
@JimmySaint434 жыл бұрын
"You gonna get used to wearing them chains after awhile Luke, but you never stop listenin to them clinkin"
@patches63093 жыл бұрын
GOAT movie ever made.
@heyitsbethxo99575 жыл бұрын
Keep Shakin' that bush boy, I'm shakin' Boss I'm shakin it
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
yeah. great movie. should be required viewing for everybody.
@mariskacandice8907 ай бұрын
How can anyone dislike this?! It’s a legendary scene and in the Guns N Roses song Civil War!
@jessesands40992 жыл бұрын
Absolute Classic Line By Strother Martin 1920-1980! One Of The Most Famous Quotes In Movie History!🤗🔗⛓
@stephenberry35513 жыл бұрын
One of the best scenes in the entire movie
@davidkriegsman53214 жыл бұрын
Love this scene!!!!! It’s my favorite part of this classic!!!!!!
@Snoil Жыл бұрын
One Word: Iconic.
@berni_iq51644 жыл бұрын
"Failure to communicate". - Lol I am listening it for a 3rd time and I still think that after this Slash starts playing
@tspot8163 жыл бұрын
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))00 Exactly! In fact, I bet Slash tries to find his guitar every time he is chillin' at 4:23 AM somewhere in the world and this movie and scene happens to be on!
@bwell65553 жыл бұрын
Thanks for starting cocktail hour early. I’m cueing it up now.
@bwell65553 жыл бұрын
T Spot and his cigarette.
@tspot8163 жыл бұрын
@@bwell6555 And his cig. Totally forgot that. He probably banned Cool Hand from his house because it made him smoke 3 extra packs a day! LOL!