Movie: An innocent man until now, Luke (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a labor camp for a drunken rampage. The abysmal conditions in the prison immediately lead him to craft various escape plans.

Televisions.com thinks:

Four-time Oscar-nominated prison drama
from 1967 - it really gets under the skin.

Movie Details:

Blu-ray: Cool Hand Luke

Length: 126 minutes

Genre: Drama

Studio: Warner

Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Rating: PG (USA), FSK 16 (Germany) - available in the U.K. as a U.S. import.

Released: 2008

Picture Format: 2.35:1 (1080p/24 Hz)

Soundtracks: Mono (English), Mono (German)

PICTURE QUALITY:
The restored Cinemascope transfer offers more attractive colors and less noise. The latter effect, however, results from the use of noise filters, which make the picture look unnaturally soft.

(6 out of 10 points)

SOUND QUALITY:
Mono - what more can we say?

(1 out of 10 points)

BONUS MATERIAL:
An audio commentary and a retrospective documentary made without Paul Newman (28:12).

(3 out of 10 points)