slaytonf Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have fun with friends and family competing to see who can draw more parallels between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Cool Hand Luke! Great parlor game! Not as good as twister, but better than charades. Play it at your upcoming Thanksgiving get-together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Since Kesey's book was published BEFORE "Luke" came out, do you wonder if "Lukes" screenwriters found their influence there? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFaceSmallRazor Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 No. Donn Pearce & Frank Pierson co-wrote the screenplay to COOL HAND LUKE. It was based on Pearce's autobiographical novel about when he really was in a southern chain gang in the 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Sooooo... "What we've got here is failure... ...to understand 'medication time'!" Yep, I suppose I can see the connection here, slaytonf. (...can we throw Lonely Are The Brave into this game too?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Since the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys both suck, maybe I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What say we add the Arizona Mud Hens..errr..I mean Cardinals(and no offense intended to Toledo baseball fans, btw) AND the San Diego Out-Of-Juice...errr..I mean Chargers to this list too, finance?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Are the Cards and Bolts playing on Turkey Day this year? Edited by: finance on Oct 31, 2012 3:55 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 LOL Now THAT would be fitting, wouldn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The Cardinals are the oldest NFL franchise. That is just about their only distinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Well YEAH! Now that ya mention it, they ARE playin' like their average age is about 50 or so, aren't they?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Many do not know that the Chicago Cardinals were formed before the Decatur Staleys (who became the Chicago Bears) or the Green Bay Packers (who became the Green Bay Packers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Well, Razor, since Kesey's book was published in 1962, and Pearce published HIS in '65, we can only surmise that the similarities in both stories are coincedental. Pearce had the actual experience of being in a chain-gang, and Kesey worked as a mental ward orderly for a time. Since Kesey's book came first, you could claim Pearce got inspiration from it, but I don't think that would be true. I'm thinking each other's experiences were the main muse, and the similarities prove that great minds think alike. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 So no one wants to give it a shot? Well, letssee. . . . 1. A nonconformist, anti-establishment type. . . . 2. confined in dehumanizing circumstances. . . . 3. with more or less overt Christ-figure associations. . . 4. opposed to a sadistic, tyrannical authority figure. . . . 5. becomes the charismatic leader of his fellow confinees. . . . 6. inspires them to grow beyond their self-imposed limitations. . . . 7. watches a voluptuous babe wash a car in a thin cotton dress--the babe, not the car (oh, wait, that was only in one movie). . . . 8. undergoes exquisite torture at the hands of the authority to break his spirit. . . . 9. escapes for a while. . . . 10. but returns. . . . 11. fatally. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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