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Director Ethan Hawke delves into Hollywood's golden marriage between Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in \

Even fifty-five years later, nobody holds a candle to Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

As in seasons past, this go-round is full of nods and Easter eggs to 1970s and ’80s pop culture, particularly onscreen. Here’s a roundup of the ones we caught.

Cannes 2022: The actor-director brought two episodes of "The Last Movie Stars," his documentary series about Newman and Joanne Woodward, to the festival that often featured the couple

Cool Hand Luke, American film drama, released in 1967, featuring Paul Newman in one of his most highly regarded performances, as a convict who refuses to kowtow to his sadistic jailers. Newman’s antihero role was especially popular amid the anti-establishment currents of the 1960s. Sentenced to a chain gang in the South for committing a petty crime, banjo-playing nonconformist Luke Jackson (played by Newman) repeatedly defies the authority of the prison warden (Strother Martin) and befuddles the guards with a series of daring escapes. In the process, he provides inspiration and vicarious th...