Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Failure To Communicate Scene (7/8) | Movieclips

[@doglips1958]

48 dislikes?????Some people you just can't reach...

[@rexsexson5349]

failure to communicate?

[@frankeinstein1]

Indeed....and in spite off themselves...”

[@coachm86]

I think the only reach they want is a reach-around when somebody's driving in their butt

[@gatormark]

...they end up getting shot and killed.

[@tollboothjason]

Which is the way they want it.

[@extraplain]

Forever ingrained in the minds of Guns N' Roses fans worldwide.

[@volcharger]

Along with the rolling acoustic guitar and the whistling

[@extraplain]

@SpaceAce100 He was a member after the band broke up and only Axl was left. He was part of the "new" GnR.

[@melonmalone6307]

Songs are just like bookmarks in time ✌️🌎🛐❤️

[@eatkunt2743]

i am not their fan, i just came for the masterpiece

[@MrIgottap]

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”

[@mrandmrsbrown6065]

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.

[@Capcoor]

Thank you for your service to our country.

[@mrandmrsbrown6065]

@@Capcoor thank you

[@mrandmrsbrown6065]

@Hammerschlägen M I served in the army.

[@hashbrown7845]

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

[@mrandmrsbrown6065]

@Hammerschlägen M 11m then I switched to 12t. I want to ft Benning, Sand hill back in 99.

[@northerniltree]

And to think this guy paid his debt to society and then made salad dressing.

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

And lemonade.

[@thetravenousgamer]

He played in the Federal League before that.

[@scorcherfan]

@@jackgrimaldi8685 and donated all profits to charity

[@rexsexson5349]

and he is from my state of Ohio

[@BlastinRope]

Damn fine salad dressing

[@frostywelder1220]

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.

[@miamitten1123]

What did GnR do?

[@georgewashington7444]

Listen to “Civil War” GnR

[@unclequack5445]

No one in the world could have nailed this scene like Strother Martin.

[@donmacquarrie9161]

powerful acting all around

[@cedricliggins7528]

Such an underrated actor. RIP Mr Martin

[@lewistasso8866]

There will never be another Strother Martin. RIP and until we meet again.

[@generaldistrust]

NOT even Axle Rose 😅😂

[@Troubadour1681]

Absolutely no-one. That Voice.

[@bustercherry9643]

"Cap'n I wish you'd quit being so good to me."

[@macgyverbryan1377]

Imitates the lip movement too.

[@Skybaby79]

Well................ He gets it lol

[@peterkerns8343]

@@macgyverbryan1377 LOL. Never even noticed that

[@theguyonthecouch42024]

I actually said this to my team lead 👀 is all I needed to see🤣

[@nothosaur]

It's a great passive/aggressive line. I think the Captain was mad at him for making such a funny comeback.

[@freedomring3022]

i was waiting for the guns n roses song to start

[@dollazNzentz]

Freedom Ring I was just about to come on here and ask what song that was from. Thank you!!! I couldn’t remember.

[@JEscobar1984]

Civil war

[@goacoa]

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.

[@bumsergeant]

Freedom Ring same 😂

[@ВикторМышаков]

Guns n roses - civil war

[@dabprod]

Yep.....saw this movie in 1967 in Atlanta GA when it came out. Great acting by all.

[@joelfelice6096]

I saw this movie in 1967 when I was 14 years old at a movie theater in Berkeley, California. Great movie.

[@actioncom2748]

And from that day forward, humanity was doomed to endure several generations of Strother Martin imitators.

[@Tonyconner74]

😂😂😂

[@joeomalley2835]

Haha! So true!

[@jonesin1972]

Mine is pretty good.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Just as we were getting over all the Peter Lorre imitations.

[@jimscaggs2422]

Yeah but ya gotta admit what a great scene.

[@sblsbl7600]

Strother Martin was an amazing actor. One of the very best.

[@rayjr62]

"Women sense my power and seek the life essence"

[@lcs1956]

@@rayjr62 Sterling Hayden

[@rayjr62]

@@lcs1956 Perhaps, you are forgetting the provisions of Plan R, Sir.

[@thegreenbird795]

@@rayjr62 You'll have to answer to the Coca Cola company...

[@rayjr62]

@@thegreenbird795 The man's got kings get yer tail out !!!

[@Kyle6OH]

“I DON’T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAAAAUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRR” lol

[@Ser_Arthur_Dayne]

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 ...

[@InvictusAeterna]

Luke’s smirk as they bring him out gets me every time

[@Vahe345]

He is the smirk master

[@BrettCagwin49ers]

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.181]

that was really awesome! Thank you!

[@TheGrossMeta]

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.

[@jondstewart]

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.

[@FedUpSouthernGirl]

👏👏

[@brightonbard]

Nice one Brett 👊💥🍺

[@bonniehaymaker4700]

"communicate" = an understanding. My all time favorite line so applicable in real life. Paul so sweet on the eyes.

[@Blablablabla1ify]

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 😂

[@CirclingtheFringes]

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.

[@jaygee1616]

@@CirclingtheFringes their actually re-releasing Use your Illusions 30yr super box set

[@mateovelasquez4497]

Yeah, I know what you mean. XD

[@marcburns508]

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.

[@threethrushes]

I can hear the guitar, the whistling, everything. They elevated this scene into art.

[@TheSnowballEarth]

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.

[@cobraaction1365]

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

[@drewstar412]

Yup..and he was in so many tv shows and such before...Truly, an Underrated Actor..he is Brilliant!

[@stevec7770]

A lot of talent in one movie

[@bwell6555]

George Kennedy!

[@CBeard849]

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]

You got that right in Spades!! ♠️

[@joeshields2005]

@@johnmorris7262hmmm your era is the best ever . Now that’s a first lol

[@JD-lz2uq]

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

[@CCBrady]

@@JD-lz2uqnope your wrong and he’s right !!!

[@CCBrady]

@@joeshields2005but he’s right

[@LordofDublin4]

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.

[@arymonem]

Very few people are this selfless! That’s amazing.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Paul Newman is an outstanding example of what a man can do, but few men do.

[@search4truth104]

Just an incredible human, pretty good actor also.

[@JayZoop]

Why didn't you mention his race car driving, even at an old age.

[@brianribblett8686]

Yep. All I buy is Newman's Own.

[@AJPennyPacker2]

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

[@billcook4768]

Instantly recognizable, and yet misquoted more often than not. People really want to make it “a failure to communicate.” There’s no “a”

[@josie4065]

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]

Lol I was thought it was Axel's voice.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Legend has it that the original follow up to _Empire Strikes Back_ was going to be called _One Hand Luke..._

[@CharlesVeitch]

Paul Newman wore a black armband when they shot the man who said: "Peace could last forever"

[@sekijou3622]

And in my first memory they shot Kennedy... and i went numb went i learned to seee

[@elishasell8696]

So I never fell for Vietnam

[@machamptrainer4828]

We got the wall of DC to reminds us all that you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands

[@CharlesVeitch]

@@machamptrainer4828 when everybody's fighting for their promised land

[@stonethecrow80]

And I don't need your civil war, it feeds the rich while it buries the poor

[@ValerieBlackhart]

The most quotable movie ever

[@XXX-tw6zm]

Newman made another movie called Hombre that was unbelievably quotable

[@mrHoppedupford]

Outlaw Jossie Wells is very quotable.

[@heyitsbethxo9957]

Stay down Luke

[@bmoredru316]

Tombstone Doc Holiday took over that department.

[@minyjackass8421]

Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

[@stevenmitchell2996]

Certainly one of the best films I've ever seen

[@thepayne7862]

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.

[@kristov29]

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.

[@thepayne7862]

@@kristov29 Totally agree with you and to never seem like you are acting to me says that you are a fantastic actor.

[@dreamquesttv]

@@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.

[@billymc2681]

@@dreamquesttv no doubt...great performances.

[@kennyg5242]

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.

[@jpsned]

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."

[@dnasty312]

The former is how Luke says it at the end when mimicking the Captain

[@jpsned]

@@dnasty312 Thanks for that info!

[@fractalofgod6324]

The more I watch this movie the more I realise its one big metaphor for my life and mental health. A true classic.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

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.

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus room temp IQ

[@jaykay5580]

not everything is about you man.

[@fractalofgod6324]

@@jaykay5580 shut it you clown

[@davidwagstaff47]

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

[@jondstewart]

1:10, he’s mimicking the Captain with pursing his lips and blowing out. 😂

[@dnasty312]

Luke's final line was a Captain mimic too

[@servicewerx6768]

He was spitting tobacco!!😂🎉😂😅😅😅 mocking the boss!!!

[@mencken8]

I love this scene: “What we have here is failure to communicate.”

[@ProperLogicalDebate]

Got Oops!

[@sirreal1290]

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]

🎶I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor🎶

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Any man who dislikes this movie spends a night in the box.

[@DoubleDoubleWithOnions]

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."

[@macgyverbryan1377]

"gettin' up here Carr? Hey now"

[@baconoffreedom2577]

unless he gets off from it...

[@OldNavajoTricks]

⚾️...

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

there is something deeply insidious and subversive about criminal sympathization much less glorification.

[@colinp2238]

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.

[@anthonyfazio503]

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

[@helloeverything9589]

@nickys34 REAL SCHIZO HOURS

[@colinp2238]

@nickys34 Matthew 7:1

[@dwissba68]

@@anthonyfazio503 Check him out in the old Twilight Zone Episode called"The Grave."

[@jondstewart]

@@anthonyfazio503 go pick some goddamn strawberries, then work your arms up to pick some goddamn bananas!

[@cschulzke26]

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!"

[@joeljuarez3789]

Shouldve jumped out the window

[@tintoweno]

1:30 *arpeggio starts* 1:45 *whistling starts*

[@Bartonovich52]

_Look at your young men fighting_ _Look at your women crying_ _Look at your young men dying_ _The way they've always done before_

[@gessie]

@@Bartonovich52 *Slash introduces his godly tone*...

[@memyselfandeeznutz]

What's so civil about war anyway?

[@jaygee1616]

@@memyselfandeeznutz the best and truest line

[@southtexasbrushcountryboy4176]

Strother Martin/The Warden - One of the best one liners/phrases EVER in Cinema movie history 👏 A Cult Culture Classic 👏

[@waterop4]

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.👍👍👍👍👍

[@todd5082]

They just don’t make movies like that anymore. Pure raw talent on the screen with no special effects.

[@raymondmeyers8983]

“Wish you’d stop being so good to me Cap’n”

[@blackholeentry3489]

The Capt did stop. This is a classic case of "getting what you asked for!"

[@rayjr62]

"You gonn get used to wearin' them chains, Luke. "

[@wayne3302264]

If I said something like that to my mother she would have whacked me as well.......lol

[@turzoxoth1797]

I am the only one who thought it was on old women who saying that

[@MuffinTopPucca1122]

Me Right here!!

[@DP-yt5vv]

LOL!!

[@dantheman20127667]

Always pictured aunt jamima saying it lol

[@ashthecat3]

An old black woman

[@Luke-rt9bx]

David Noothoven kinda but to me somehow that voice sounds like an evil nemesis who can’t hold it together

[@billp5656]

Strothers Martin was a great actor. Awesome performance

[@vincent-f8z]

strother

[@Candlelightbrill]

oh Mr. Newman …, i’d forgotten this movie, my son whom has left the building liked this movie 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 miss and love you justin .

[@drewstar412]

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

[@nakedtantra]

''Lost in Space'', episode blast off into space-1rst color episode & 1rst episode for the 2nd season

[@wayne3302264]

Small part as a horse trader in Dukes only academy award winning film "True Grit"......

[@darrylguilford4061]

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.

[@reggaestar]

His best performance is Chong's dad in Up In Smoke.

[@MJEvermore853]

My favorite role of Strother’s was in the movie ‘Slapshot’.

[@johnharrison9685]

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.

[@bonscott602]

It's about tyranny v freedom. The tyrant always lies and says he's doing it for our own good.

[@ront9395]

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.

[@Muzikman127]

@@ront9395 THANK YOU. Can't believe this terrible comment was upvoted, taking exactly the opposite message from the scene to what was being conveyed

[@fenwayify]

@@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...

[@Muzikman127]

@@fenwayify Exactly!

[@THEJIG-IS-UP]

He didn't fail to communicate on salad dressing. The best

[@iamdew]

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.

[@aukai102706]

Gives me chills every time. Amazing Scene.

[@gwshelton4875]

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

[@DRZ1984]

…"now, I don't like it any more then you men..."

[@gib412]

Timeless masterpiece and superb casting. Nobody else could have played the captain's character like Mr. Martin.

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

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.

[@tazmon122]

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.

[@mikestarr6634]

This is a great movie and one you could watch today and it's not dated, you can still relate to it.

[@SunnnyDay]

The writing, casting and of course, acting, in this film are impeccable !

[@mattanderson6336]

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]

Many of the actors in this film were on Gunsmoke. So many Hollywood greats got their start on Gunsmoke

[@AwkwardBlackGal613]

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.

[@johnhyde7297]

Don't forget George Kennedy.....He won a Academy Award for His performance in this film.....

[@marcussmith3037]

Classic Paul Newman

[@crimony3054]

Classic Stother Martin. Banjo scene is classic Paul Newman.

[@danski6694]

“Look at your young man fighting....” 🎶 🎼 🎵

[@diegocandia5953]

Look at your women cryin'

[@jackburton5483]

The way they always done before

[@danski6694]

@@jackburton5483 And I dont wanna here no more!

[@shadeofmercury]

@@danski6694 My hands are TIED!!!

[@chriseppler7291]

What’s so civil about war anyway?

[@MichaelSmith-xk5dg]

The best movie of all time

[@Paramedicpr835]

This is one of those movies I can watch 100 times and enjoy it like the first time.

[@SnakeEaterGaming]

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.

[@gregoneal7893]

Awesome cast. You will see their faces in all the classic movies and iconic TV shows of 60s n 70s even 80s.

[@DixiePokerAce]

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]

I looked this up as soon as you posted. This movie was all my mom talked about.

[@shalexiadavis8493]

Love the line "what we have here is a failure to communicate". Classic.

[@TheGrossMeta]

Some of the best damn acting I've ever seen. Cool Hand Luke is GOAT.

[@garrisonnichols807]

Such a powerful statement from a great movie. This pretty much sums up the 21st century.

[@jeffsaxton716]

In 1967 I was a theatre usher. I saw Cool Hand Luke about two dozen times, and this scene stuck with me.

[@timewa851]

What stuck with me? CHL's beginning. Captivating. And it's got a soundtrack. a decent one.

[@brendanperrett8248]

Watched this movie for the first time and loved it

[@dragonsfire6664]

Strothers passed on August 1st 1980, 41 years ago today, the man had a way with words, Rip Legend

[@MisterBourgolini]

Cut down at 61 years of age from a heart attack.

[@billcook4768]

Had a way with words? So you are saying he was good at … communicating?

[@petergriffin383]

I can't listen to this without hearing GnR 🔫🥀intro 😂

[@heyitsbethxo9957]

Keep Shakin' that bush boy, I'm shakin' Boss I'm shakin it

[@gkprivate433]

yeah. great movie. should be required viewing for everybody.

[@mohammedismailsyed2322]

they can't make film like that any more paul newman is a legend

[@afterburner2869]

Struther Martin giving the most iconic speech of his movie career and one of the most iconic speeches in movie history.

[@poindexterflex3528]

I saw this movie for the first time a month ago. Definitely wasn't what I was expecting, but definitely worth watching.

[@cleorivas6098]

My voicemail greeting for YEARS has been this... “What we’ve got here...just can’t reach.”

[@wayne3302264]

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........

[@jameseldridge4185]

Never a leading man, but a great actor, Strother Martin.....and he and Newman worked so well together, see them in "Slapshot"!

[@MJEvermore853]

Love that movie!

[@patches6309]

GOAT movie ever made.

[@koishooter]

"What we have here is a failure to communicate..." Exactly what my dad would say before he spanked me. He would even boast that it came from Cool hand Luke. Well, at least he had a sense of humor about it.

[@dangarrison3503]

Lmao, mine too...

[@shadowhenge7118]

Lucky. My dad just tossed silver salutes at me when I wasnt looking when he was pissed.

[@blackholeentry3489]

My dad never spanked me. Whenever I errored or he thought I had done wrong, he tied me up to the family pet black panther.

[@photoman2004]

I remember renting Cool Hand Luke from the library in the 90's. What a gem.

[@chrismathewsmerriman2144]

For years I always wondered what that clip was from on Guns N’ Roses.

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

me too.. I thought it was Axl voice when I was a kid

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

If it wasn't for that song, an entire generation might think it was an original Major Payne line

[@brentfellers9632]

Me too!

[@claudiojaoliveira]

I also thought this since 2001, when i watched Rock in Rio 3 by television, until today!

[@mlez7197]

me 3

[@johncopeland3826]

I know, i know its only acting , but as my old granny used to say - especially about the prison warden brilliantly portrayed by Strother Martin , " hanging is too good for him , it's a slap in the face what he needs ! "

[@leonrud2144]

I don need your civil waaaar!!!

[@JDP2104]

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers on a human grocery store, ain't that fresh

[@MarCuseus]

What's so civil about war anyway?

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

One of the greatest films.

[@CitySkin09]

"What's so civil about war?"

[@aldofhister6859]

It allowed you to be here today

[@delrey874]

Newman deserves an Oscar for this film.

[@garysandburg8199]

one of the greatest movies eveR made. strother martin was at his best. also great in hard tines.

[@janehallenbeck2251]

An amazing actor, amazing line, amazing movie. Done.

[@Arduex2020]

I wish this clip would stop being so good to me.

[@aprilfreeman5670]

Excellent movie. Me and my dad would watch this movie every year.

[@BlackKaweah]

Some men you just can't reach.

[@JAMESwillSHOCKyou]

My old man used to say this to me all the time! Damn

[@charlesatty]

Has to be in the hall of fame of movie scenes. So many great scenes in this movie.

[@bigreesecups]

#11 out of 100 best lines

[@charlesatty]

@@bigreesecups tell you what Strother has some great scenes in some great movies ..several legends in this great great movir

[@musicfunlax1224]

Great acting and one of the greatest depressing stories .

[@berni_iq5164]

"Failure to communicate". - Lol I am listening it for a 3rd time and I still think that after this Slash starts playing

[@tspot816]

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))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!

[@bwell6555]

Thanks for starting cocktail hour early. I’m cueing it up now.

[@bwell6555]

T Spot and his cigarette.

[@tspot816]

@@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!

[@johnstanley1681]

I can hear the E minor

[@mariskacandice890]

How can anyone dislike this?! It’s a legendary scene and in the Guns N Roses song Civil War!

[@JimmySaint43]

"You gonna get used to wearing them chains after awhile Luke, but you never stop listenin to them clinkin"

[@EsperProX]

My hands are tied

[@starman6092]

"Get that dirt out of my ditch, boy," 12 hours later......"put that dirt back in my ditch!" Sweatiest movie ever made.

[@macgyverbryan1377]

The Tarred road was ACTUALLY Tarred by the cast for a mile!

[@gkprivate433]

yeah. You put the hole in the wrong place

[@joeljuarez3789]

Body heat, sweat city

[@uiu510]

One of the greatest scenes in cinema history!

[@blackholeentry3489]

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]

@@blackholeentry3489 That's because he was being sarcastic...

[@blackholeentry3489]

@@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]

@@blackholeentry3489 😁

[@brandi_with_an_i]

"...look at your young men fighting. Look at your women crying..."

[@alphaghostx012]

MY HANDS ARE TIED

[@wayneedward7391]

@@alphaghostx012 not literally I hope