Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce. The film features George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon, and Morgan Woodward.

The Famous Line:

"What we�ve got here is . . .
failure to communicate.

The line is frequently taken as, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

Both are correct. This line is heard twice in the film, first in its entirety, with no "a", by the Captain (Strother Martin), and later on with an "a", said by Luke.

The quote was listed at number 11 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 most memorable movie lines.

[I looked this up for you so you don't have to. The most memorable line in the past 100 years of movies, according to the AFI was, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."]

Mullfoto of the Day


This is the sign on the door of the library branch I frequent in the People's Republic of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.

You can argue that maybe they should shut down one Wednesday a month and open one Sunday, but this is a good example of the difference between what is nice for a city to provide to its citizens and what it must provide to its citizens.

Catchy Caption of the Day

Actual Caption:

A pink iguana is seen at the Galapagos Islands National Park, Ecuador, Dec. 7, 2008. A team of Ecuadorian and Italian researchers have discovered a unique species of pink land iguanas living on the Galapagos Islands, scientists said.

Whew! I thought the pink iquana was a result of the pink Mojitos I had been drinking.

(AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)