Cool Hand Luke
Submitted by on January 1, 1999
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In Cool Hand Luke, the movie begins with the word, VIOLATION, across the screen. The
word is from a parking meter and sets the tone for the entire movie. Luke Jackson, the
title character, is arrested for cutting off the heads of the town's parking meters while
drunk, or in legal terms, for destroying municipal property while under the influence of
alcohol. When asked why he cut the heads off the parking meters, Luke answers, "You
could say I was settling an old score." While it leaves the viewers believing that he
probably received a parking ticket at some time in the past, no clues are given to what
the old score may have been. He is sentenced to two years in a road prison, in a chain
gang. His punishment did not fit the crime, and today, such an act would probably
result in time spent in community...