Cool Hand Luke's 'What We've Got Here Is Failure To Communicate' Line Holds A Rare Honor

Throughout his long career in Hollywood, Paul Newman appeared in some of his generation's greatest films . He's best known for "The Color of Money," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," and "Cool Hand Luke." The latter earned Newman an Academy Award nomination for best actor, and he delivers a practically flawless performance . The title comes from Luke (Newman) saying , "Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand," so the dialogue goes a long way.

Another famous quote , "I can eat 50 eggs," has been parodied to death, but the most famous bit of dialogue is spoken by Captain (Strother Martin), who monologues about Luke's defiance while working on a chain gang. The line begins, "What we've got here is failure to communicate," which succinctly sums up the situation at hand. Tha