What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it anymore than you men.
Note: bolded portion ranked #11 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
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Captain You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice you got yourself two sets. You ain't gonna need no third set, 'cause you gonna get your mind right. And I mean RIGHT. [To the other inmates] Take a good look at Luke. Cool Hand Luke?
Captain Lucas Jackson?
Luke Here, captain.
Captain Maliciously destroying municipal property while under the influence. What was that?
Luke Cuttin' the heads off parking meters, captain.
Convict You don't have a name here until Dragline gives you one.
Dragline Maybe we ought to call it No Ears. [To Luke] You don't listen much, do ya, boy?
Luke I ain't heard that much worth listenin' to. There's a lot of guys layin' down a lot of rules and regulations.
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