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Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg · Cinematography by Conrad Hall

Approved127 min61 frames

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The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform.

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Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: wide — A group of shirtless men rest on dry grass under a clear blue sky. They eat from metal plates while…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — An expansive dry prairie stretches toward a distant treeline under a bright sky. One man confronts…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A dark train depot at night featuring a vintage police cruiser with headlights on. Two men sit inside…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: closeup — A dark, nocturnal outdoor setting with blurred foliage visible behind a man. The man is positioned in…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: wide — A man slides along a wire over a narrow creek in a barren landscape. The area features dry, patchy grass…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A rustic wooden barracks features bare light bulbs hanging from exposed ceiling beams. A group of men in…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A woman crouches next to a dark blue vintage car in a dirt driveway. She holds a garden hose and drinks…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: fullbody — A rain-drenched dirt road passes by a line of trees and flat rural land. A group of men in work…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with bare brick walls and hanging light bulbs. Several men sit around a wooden table…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — An older man stands behind a metal chain link fence at night. He is illuminated from above by two bright…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: wide — A dry, grassy field under a vast, clear blue sky during the day. A man lies on the ground while three men…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A man stands alone on a dark city street at night under distant artificial lights. The environment is…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A woman crouches beside a dusty light blue vintage car during the day. She cleans the chrome hubcap with…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — Two men lie in simple metal-framed cots against a chain-link wall in a dim room. A bright, unshielded…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — An outdoor area with tall trees and a US flag on a pole visible. A man stands in the foreground looking…Cool Hand Luke (1967) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with rows of wooden bunk beds in a row. A man lies sleeping under a thin sheet, his arm…
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What is Cool Hand Luke about?

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson, and starring Paul Newman in the title role. The cast also features George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Strother Martin and Jo Van Fleet. Based on Pearce's semi-autobiographical 1965 novel, the film is about a nonconformist convict in an early 1950s Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.

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What does the cinematography of Cool Hand Luke look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Cool Hand Luke leans on medium shots (57% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Conrad Hall keeps 50% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of Cool Hand Luke?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cool Hand Luke (1967) are #322f2d, #52514f, #88786d, #151313, #72706b, #524539 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #151313
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  • #524539

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