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Over 200 eggs were purchased to create the unforgettable sequence in COOL HAND LUKE ('67) where Paul Newman's character eats 50 hard-boiled eggs in one hour. Newman relaxed his usual method-acting approach to this scene, and later revealed he never had to swallow a full egg – thanks to editing magic, he was able to spit them out between takes. The film scored four Oscar nominations, including Newman's fourth nomination for Best Actor, and a win for George Kennedy for Best Supporting Actor. See i

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Set in the early 1950s, it is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 novel Cool Hand Luke. Roger Ebert called Cool Hand Luke an anti-establishment film shot during emerging popular opposition to the Vietnam War. Filming took place wi