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After rewatching Butch Cassidy late last year, for 2021 I’ve been interested to delve further into the career of Paul Newman. My mum spoke glowingly of ‘Cool Hand Luke’, so I gave it a shot and went in blind.

If I just wrote down the events of the movie it would not sound very compelling, yet all the way through you are made to care profoundly about Luke and his life before and during the film.

Even amongst great performances from the long list of supporting actors (Dragline + Godfrey the man with no eyes in particular), the film really does require the talismanic effort Newman gives as Luke. Not only for the inmates alongside him but for the viewer.

It is a spiritual movie. There is plen