953 nut 51,736 #1 Posted November 1, 2016 11-1-1967 Newman stars in Cool Hand Luke On this day in 1967, Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman as a tough, anti-authoritarian, poker-playing prisoner, debuts in theaters. Newman received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the jail-breaking Luke Jackson, whom the American Film Institute in 2003 named one of the top 50 greatest movie heroes in history. For his role as the chain-gang boss, Dragline, co-star George Jackson collected a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg (Voyage of the Damned, The Amityville Horror, The Pope of Greenwich Village), Cool Hand Luke contained the now-famous lines: “What we have here is a failure to communicate” and “I don’t care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus, right here on the dashboard of my car…” At the time of Cool Hand Luke’s debut, Paul Newman was already on the path to becoming one of Hollywood’s greatest leading men. The actor, who was born January 26, 1925, in Cleveland and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later graduated from Kenyon College. He acted on Broadway in the early 1950s and made his big-screen debut in 1954’s The Silver Chalice. Newman received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as Brick Pollitt in 1958’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, based on the Tennessee Williams play and co-starring Elizabeth Taylor. Newman’s next two Best Actor Oscar nominations came for The Hustler (1961) and Hud (1963) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clueless 2,898 #2 Posted November 2, 2016 Nobody has ever washed a car better than Joy Harmon, 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,736 #3 Posted November 2, 2016 4 hours ago, clueless said: Nobody has ever washed a car better than Joy Harmon, I considered using that photo;..... but this is a family friendly internet site. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedRanger 1,468 #4 Posted November 2, 2016 5 hours ago, clueless said: Nobody has ever washed a car better than Joy Harmon, What are you talking about? Who washes a car in the dirt? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,736 #5 Posted November 2, 2016 Kind of makes me want to come back as a 1941 DeSoto! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
