# Luke, we've got to set your quote right! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927 "2007-05-21T14:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/21 "2007-05-22T14:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] We just did _Cool Hand Luke_ as part of our [monthly film discussion group](http://www.geocities.com/knoxfilmforum/). To be honest… there wasn’t much to discuss about it. We got about 1/2 hour of talk about this film - and that’s stretching it. [/QUOTE] No talk about the camera pan after the 50 eggs scene? Read this [Cool Hand Luke (1967)](http://www.filmsite.org/cool.html) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/22 "2007-05-22T15:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] The entire meaning of the quote is changed, for the worse (except when Luke adds the ‘a’ in the next to final scene.) [/QUOTE] Could you elaborate on why you feel this changes the “entire” meaining of the quote, or why it’s OK when Luke does it? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/23 "2007-05-22T15:24:35Z")
Here’s a link to the [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6L3yI8pK9s) where Luke says the line (with the “a”). It’s about 4:45 in. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/24 "2007-05-22T15:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] No talk about the camera pan after the 50 eggs scene? Read this [Cool Hand Luke (1967)](http://www.filmsite.org/cool.html) [/QUOTE] You know, I usually look at filmsite before all of our meetings but it never even _occurred_ to me that CHL would be among his featured films. Didn’t even think to look. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/25 "2007-05-22T15:55:19Z")
Religious symbolism, a crucifix-like languishment in the case of the after-egg siesta, is prevalent throughout this movie. Lots to discuss there. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/26 "2007-05-22T16:17:54Z")
Third me in for not understanding how this changes the meaning of the quote so drastically. Please explain. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/27 "2007-05-22T17:22:33Z")
… not to mention how nothing is the coolest hand you can have. That’s worth at least an hour of discussion. Cid Trivia: a guitar and cello played the _Cool Hand Luke_ theme during the wedding to my current wife. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927/28 "2007-05-26T19:00:37Z")
When Luke said “a failure to communicate” was he speaking about God’s failure to answer or was he speaking about the warden? You’ve “got failure to communicate” with “some men you just can’t reach.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-weve-got-to-set-your-quote-right/404927.md?page=1)