On Wed. Nights, I am doing a study on Faith and Film led by Vick Griffin of our church. The first movie that we are watching is Cool Hand Luke. Reprinted below is a handout that Vick prepared, which I have hyperlinked relevant sections for further study:
Cool Hand Luke
-Released in 1967, starring Paul Newman
-Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
-Written by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson, based on the novel by Donn Pearce
-Nominated for 4 Oscars [Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Music, Original Music Score, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium]
-Won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor [George Kennedy]
-Supporting cast included Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Ralph Waite, Wayne Rogers, Joe Don Baker and Anthony Zerbe, among others
-Cool Hand Luke was produced by Jalem Productions, which was Jack Lemmon's production company
-Contains arguably one of the most memorable lines in all of film history: "What we've got here is... failure to communicate."
-Luke as "Christ-figure"-
*Central character
*An Outsider
*Associates and/or Betrayer Associate
*Death and Resurrection [?]
Next week, we will finish watching the movie but we left off at this scene:
, which looks like this: 
doesn't it? Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
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