Comments on: Paul Newman – A Real Cool Hand

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:12:10 +0000

Hahaha! David you got me on that one! Yes, it WAS Steve McQueen in “The Great Escape.” To my defense, I always did get the two actors confused…but…you got me!

By: ded

ded — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Now that the two images of the men in prison are mixed in my mind, I can’t remember either. I think the ball scene is McQueen in Escape.

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:55:28 +0000

You’re so right! Does the ball bouncing scene come from Cool Hand Luke, then? Or was that S. Mc. in the Great Escape? I can’t remember now.

By: ded

ded — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:59:39 +0000

uhhhhh….The Great Escape starred Steve McQueen. Paul Newman wasn’t in the cast.

My, my! Young people these days.

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:38:45 +0000

The Great Escape was AWESOME. I almost posted a video for that too. That scene with him bouncing the ball is iconic.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:27:32 +0000

“Cool Hand Luke” is also one of my all-time favorite movies. I especially like the famous egg eating scene and of course how Luke has to deal with the sadistic prison warden (whose character was resurrected in “Brother Where Art Thou?” – another one of my all-time faves).

I also liked Newman in “The Great Escape” – how he would sit in solitary confinement and throw that baseball against the wall. He was an American icon who will certainly be missed on the silver screen.