Cool Hand Luke, likewise, dreams of the day when he plays to a big crowd, preferably "a gumbo crowd" that shares his diverse tastes, and his desire for rap with some substance.

Cool Hand Luke was based on the book of the same name, written in 1965 by Donn Pearce. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Donn Pearce wrote the book based on his own firsthand experience as a part of a ...

Cool Hand Luke followed America’s escalated involvement in the Vietnam War, found itself at the climax of the American Civil Rights Movement, and wasn’t but a few years removed from the ...

Marc Warren (West End's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice ) will star in Cool Hand Luke , a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce’s 1965 novel of the same name, beginning Sept. 23 at the West End ...

Known as ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Paliocha has been skiing at Sunday River since he was six and while he does not know everyone, they all seem to know him. He jokes that the ski patrol has a wanted ...

Godlight’s latest, “Cool Hand Luke,” is based on Donn Pearce’s 1965 novel rather than the ’67 movie starring Paul Newman as the title’s heroic inmate — meaning we don’t get the ...

In one scene from Cool Hand Luke, George Kennedy's Dragline character has beaten Luke to a pulp in the chain gang's fighting circle, bloodying his face and repeatedly knocking him to the dusty ...

For his Treat, Helgeland plainly states that 1967’s Cool Hand Luke ranks among the best of Western civilization's artistic achievements. He argues Paul Newman’s portrayal of Lucas “Luke” Jackson, a ...