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Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

post #1 of 55
10/22/04 at 3:17pm
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This was one of Warners early DVD's if I'm not mistaken and it seems to be as bare bones as they come...

What are the chances we'll see a Special Edition of this title in the next little while?

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post #2 of 55
10/22/04 at 5:56pm
I love this movie and hope that a special edition loaded with features comes out soon.
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post #3 of 55
6/13/05 at 5:59pm
Saw this on sale at Circuit City for $7.49. Any input on the quality of the transfer, or if a Special Edition is in the offing any time soon?
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post #4 of 55
6/13/05 at 7:39pm
Well, as the person who asked this same question at the last Warner chat, I can tell you that there are no plans for a SE. But I think it'll likely happen in '07 for the 30th anniversary. Just a guess.
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post #5 of 55
6/13/05 at 11:43pm
Yeah, I thought I remembered the question being asked about at the last chat. I was shocked that there were no plans. This is certainly a classic, and WB has yet to do a Paul Newman doc on a DVD if I remember correctly. Not an AFI Top 100 film, but it had to have come close, and Luke made #30 on AFI's 50 Heroes list. It's also definitely got some of the classics lines and moments in film history. Easily worthy of a 2-disc. I'd buy it in an instant.
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post #6 of 55
3/24/06 at 5:54pm
I just emailed an online retailer as I went to purchase Cool Hand Luke, but it seemed to have disappeared from their stock listings. They got back to me The title has been discountinued.

Meh - useless piece of information, but if the disc has been discontinued, it may mean a re-release isn't too far away.
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post #7 of 55
3/24/06 at 6:06pm
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I just emailed an online retailer as I went to purchase Cool Hand Luke, but it seemed to have disappeared from their stock listings. They got back to me The title has been discountinued.

Meh - useless piece of information

Sounds like you and the online retailer have had a "failure to communicate".

I've seen the snapper of Cool Hand Luke show up in a lot of bargain bins lately. That is sometimes a sure sign that a re-release is comin' quickly down the road.
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post #8 of 55
3/24/06 at 8:51pm
Paul Mazz

Re The NTSC transfer

Great colors, widescreen and clear audio

When you've a great movie like this you become oblivious to the occasional artifact.
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post #9 of 55
3/24/06 at 8:58pm
I just emailed an online retailer as I went to purchase Cool Hand Luke, but it seemed to have disappeared from their stock listings. They got back to me The title has been discountinued.

Meh - useless piece of information, but if the disc has been discontinued, it may mean a re-release isn't too far away.

Warner will be releasing a Paul Newman boxset later this year and I would be shocked if this title isn't a 2-disc SE in that upcoming boxset. Even though he has played several great film characters, this role was Newman's signature one.






Crawdaddy
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post #10 of 55
3/26/06 at 3:12pm
I am looking forward to this turning up as a special edition later this year

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post #11 of 55
3/26/06 at 3:36pm
i found mine last year for 10$.great transfer great sound bare bones in terms of extras.if you can pick it up.
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post #12 of 55
3/27/06 at 2:10pm
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Well, as the person who asked this same question at the last Warner chat, I can tell you that there are no plans for a SE. But I think it'll likely happen in '07 for the 30th anniversary.

Er...make that the 40th anniversary.
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post #13 of 55
3/27/06 at 11:54pm
Amazingly, Warner UK are just getting around to releasing the film on DVD - almost nine years after the region 1 edition! It is bare bones. Indeed, a 2-disc SE is long overdue.
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post #14 of 55
3/28/06 at 3:05am
I understood Warners was considering a Paul Newman box set, which would presumably include "Cool Hand Luke" --- and here's hoping it will also have "The Young Philadelphians"

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post #15 of 55
8/19/07 at 4:55pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Just thought I wouldn't start a new thread, but I was reading online over the weekend that Donn Pearce will be participating in one of the featurettes on the new DVD.

He isn't very errr......enamoured of Stuart Rosenberg.
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post #16 of 55
8/20/07 at 8:18am

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Good to hear that this one is on the way. Where did you read about this, Beth?
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post #17 of 55
8/20/07 at 3:04pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

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Originally Posted by Gordon McMurphy
Good to hear that this one is on the way. Where did you read about this, Beth?

I just found some random site that involved the producer of the DVD interviewing Donn Pearce. I stumbled across it looking for a DVD site a mate recommended to me. I will see if I can find it again.
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post #18 of 55
8/20/07 at 4:04pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

No pressure, Beth! I'll have a look for it myself. Anyway, I'm just glad that a SE is on the way, as I see this movie as one of the first examples of great 'modern color cinematography' along with The Graduate (1967, Robert Surtees) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968, David Watkin). The dusk scenes are incredibly beautiful. Conrad Hall almost single-handedly advanced the art of cinematography in Hollywood. It's a shame that he is no longer with us, as his participation in this DVD would have been essential.
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post #19 of 55
8/20/07 at 4:07pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Here's that Donn Pearce interview.

Seems like a spirited old bastard!
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post #20 of 55
8/20/07 at 4:46pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

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Originally Posted by Gordon McMurphy
The dusk scenes are incredibly beautiful. Conrad Hall almost single-handedly advanced the art of cinematography in Hollywood. It's a shame that he is no longer with us, as his participation in this DVD would have been essential.

I remember Connie Hall saying on the Butch Cassidy commentary (and I am sure that Crawdaddy would remember being right next to him ), that he was shooting the part when Luke and the other prisoners were coming out of the van newly arrived at the prison. Warners made him shoot the scene five times because they said "they paid for Paul Newman's baby blue eyes, so they wanted Newman's baby blue eyes".
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post #21 of 55
8/21/07 at 3:09pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

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Originally Posted by Gordon McMurphy
Here's that Donn Pearce interview.

Seems like a spirited old bastard!

cheers for that link.

cannot wait
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post #22 of 55
8/21/07 at 4:06pm

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Props should go to Beth, I feel.

I emailed the interviewer, Erika Bolin about this release and she said that it will probably be out in the Fall. She also said that she has been working on a SE of L.A. Confidential.
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post #23 of 55
8/21/07 at 4:15pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

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Originally Posted by Gordon McMurphy
Props should go to Beth, I feel.

I emailed the interviewer, Erika Bolin about this release and she said that it will probably be out in the Fall. She also said that she has been working on a SE of L.A. Confidential.

Thanks to Beth for uncovering the news in the first place

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post #24 of 55
8/21/07 at 5:49pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Thanks Beth. I wonder who's working on the Bonnie & Clyde SE?
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post #25 of 55
8/21/07 at 6:55pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Thanks boys. Good thinking on emailing the interviewer Gordon - I didn't think of that one!

I gather Autumn for you blokes starts in September?

I must confess to have never seen Cool Hand Luke. It is dad's favourite film, so I do internet searches for him to try and find out when this baby is being released.
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post #26 of 55
8/22/07 at 1:23am

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

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Originally Posted by Gordon McMurphy
I emailed the interviewer, Erika Bolin about this release and she said that it will probably be out in the Fall. She also said that she has been working on a SE of L.A. Confidential.

busy lady me thinks.

Any idea what else she's done, Gordon ?

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post #27 of 55
8/22/07 at 7:09am

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Originally Posted by oscar_merkx
Any idea what else she's done, Gordon ?

No, that's all she wrote.
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post #28 of 55
9/16/07 at 6:02pm

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

i'm pretty confident that this and bonnie and clyde will be announced tomorrow.
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post #29 of 55
9/16/07 at 7:24pm

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Originally Posted by Corey
i'm pretty confident that this and bonnie and clyde will be announced tomorrow.

Hope your right Corey. I am itching for more classic announcements.

I have never seen Cool Hand Luke before. It is my old man's favourite flick, would love to know what others think though.
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post #30 of 55
3/2/08 at 4:34am

Re: Cool Hand Luke... Special Edition ?

Just found this article written in the New York Times. It is Kevin Costner talking about CHL as it is his favourite film. Must say I am not Mr Costner's biggest fan, but his analysis on the character of Luke and the way Newman played him is very interesting. Dates back from 2001, but was a nice read for me.

Would have been fascinating to hear Mr Costner speak during a commentary....

One could hope.

Inspired by a Cool HandInspired By a Cool Hand - New York Times
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