Any time I see Strother Martin and Newman together, my mind just immediately zooms back to Cool Hand Luke, and I start hearing those words. "What we've got here is ... failure, to communicate."

@Rekaert

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherlerude4 Yeah, another absolute classic. :)

@johnzemetra6106

2 жыл бұрын

I use that line all the time when talking to idiots.

@mikekole

2 жыл бұрын

I go to the scene in Slapshot, where he talks about a player going to the penalty box, haha.

@mick3765

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh, well calling it your job don't make it right....BOSS! Classic film

@Elitist20

2 жыл бұрын

'Some men you just can't reach.'

Strother Martin was a genius character actor. No wonder Paul had him in so many of his films. My favorite line of his in BUTCH AND SUNDANCE:: “Morons. I’ve got morons on my team. Nobody is gonna hit us going DOWN the mountain. Going DOWN the mountain we got no money. Comin’ back up...THAT’S when you can start to sweat!”

@spikehofmann

3 жыл бұрын

There's minor historical inconsistency here! The word moron was was coined by psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910. Butch and Sundance died in 1908.

@hispeedbullet2661

3 жыл бұрын

I clicked on this video hoping to hear that line 😂

@williamdonnelly224

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo!

@mattguest6326

9 ай бұрын

@@spikehofmanngiven the famous quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes in Buck v. Bell, I’d reckon that the word “imbecile” might have been more likely.

@garyv2196

9 ай бұрын

@@spikehofmann He meant to say Mormons.

Good lord, can't they make just one more movie as good as this one before I die?

@Warriorking.1963

3 жыл бұрын

@Franco Spain And the bad guys would all be straight white males.

@Kermit_T_Frog

3 жыл бұрын

@Franco Spain You DO realize that the good guys in this movie are outlaws and the bad guys are corporate thugs. On getting this payroll job, they bushwhack and kill some Mexican bandits. Butch Cassidy laments at how the first time he ever killed anybody was when he was on the side of the law, after which they returned to robbing banks.

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kermit_T_Frog Well, the guys they shot, in self-defense were Bolivian, not Mexican. But, I get your point, and I concur. I think it should also be noted, that Butch and Sundance were real life characters. And while it's still a film, it seems they went out of their way to make it fairly accurate. Raindrops, Keep Falling on my Head, nothwithstanding.

@Kermit_T_Frog

3 жыл бұрын

@@waynej2608 I get tired of these of old farts longing for days that never were. People in the 70s were pretty much as "woke" then as they are now. My biggest pet peeve are the prudes lamenting all the sex on screen nowadays. If anything, there is less of that now than there was in the 70s. When most of these geezers were rummaging around the house looking for their father's stash of playboys.

@Kermit_T_Frog

3 жыл бұрын

@@waynej2608 Bolivian, right. But if memory serves, it was NOT in self defense. It was to take back the gold shipment.

The people involved in this film had such a great vibe going on, it showed through in every scene.

@joecornelius4334

3 жыл бұрын

Read something by the movie's screenwriter, the late, great, William Goldman, who said something to the effect that they knew making it that "nothing happened" in the movie, no specific goal or caper, and that everything rode on the audience liking the characters. So many great lines.

@user-ne9cd6ws5x

3 ай бұрын

Don't you wanna know why !!!

"Fairly nice looking piece, can you hit anything?" ... "Sometimes" 🤣

That guy was absolutely loved by his fellow actors and the big "stars". He was the bacon in the bean soup in his films. Wonderfully funny 🤣🤣🤣.

You cut the final - and best line! “Seeing as how I am desperate and you are perfect, you’re hired.”

@Kermit_T_Frog

3 жыл бұрын

Not very realistic. Most bosses I've known get mad when you move. They view it as insubordination.

The great Strother Martin was an American classic.

@DavidNayer

3 жыл бұрын

19th century crotchety personified

@pjk9056

3 жыл бұрын

There was no star so big that Strother couldn’t steal the scene from them!

@davidsuarez3003

3 жыл бұрын

True grit as good as acting gets.

@headshotsongs9465

3 жыл бұрын

Never a bad performance. Played it cool in Hard Times.

@rob-robi

3 жыл бұрын

''What...we have here , is a failure...to communicate'' the guy was an icon of movies

Gotta love old Strother Martin! One of my favorite "characters" in film.

@tomb4575

3 жыл бұрын

Played the GM in Slapshot.

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

He was impressive as the chain gang 'captain' in Cool Hand Luke. "You got your mind right, Luke"? And, the famous one, 'what we got here, is failure to communicate '.

@stevecraig6350

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomb4575 Forgot about that, great movie.

I was senior in high school when this movie came out. We all loved it. Well worth the $1 admission.

@MrJuvefrank

9 ай бұрын

They're greedy if they charge that high.

One of my all time favorite scenes --I'm often reminded of and use "can I move?"

@Kermit_T_Frog

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of us are like that. And there are a lot people who can shoot but cannot move.

@moniruddinzahid4385

4 ай бұрын

Move, what the hell you mean move ❤.

every single scene was a master class in acting. gorgeous film.

This movie is one of my all time and forever favorites. This scene is in the top 5 scenes.

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

@Eilliw Nodrog I do better when I move.

Loved Strother Martin. Great American actor sadly missed. In westerns he was out of this world

this would be a perfect educational piece to instruct people going for a job interview

Strother Martin was one of my all time favorite character actors. Ornery was a role he was born to play.

Although Martin appeared in more than sixty films and multiple roles on television shows, my favorite was his sniveling character in "...Liberty Valance. " He and Lee Van Cleef, as Floyd and Reese, were Marvin's toadies. Most recall his role in Cool Hand Luke and the iconic line, " What we've got here is, 'failure to communicate.' " A character actor par excellence.

@paulfrantizek102

3 жыл бұрын

He was great as the GM in Slap Shot. "You're a bunch of... pussies!"

@TheAdvancedMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I'll get it, Liberty!... *Clack*

@richardgrenon3574

10 ай бұрын

There's a Twilight Zone episode called The Grave in which Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin all star in together.

Bingo when his spit doesn't end up on his chin. Love this scene.

I always go back to Strother Martin pretending he's cuffing his carrot in Slap Shot. Kills me. 😂

Awesome movie!

Totally awesome movie. Redford and Newman were the greatest team. Much respect.

Love the "Bingo" he says when he successfully discharges his tobacco-laden spital and the "Damn It" when it ends up dripping off his chin - the whole scene is marvelous!

Great scene in the horse trading in True Grit with Struther Martin

@osvaldoruiz3826

9 ай бұрын

Also in Rooster Cobburn when Wayne get the raft from Martin,

"Be mindful to empower those around you to work in the manner that best suits them." Especially if they are gunslingers!

Another classic love em, regards from the UK. 👍🐴

Rules? There ain't no rules in a knife fight! 😊

All time favourite film.....

Such a great movie and so many classic scenes.

"Who are those guys?"

Stand back kids, I'll show you how to steal a scene. What a masterclass.

One of Strother Martin's earliest credited speaking roles (a very effectively played bit part) was in "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), directed by the great Robert Aldrich and Ralph Meeker's best film - an iconic performance. One of my favorite films and my favorite film noir.

@DavidNayer

3 жыл бұрын

A lovely recommendation! Thank you.

@krisharkleroad8

9 ай бұрын

Just watched "Kiss Me Deadly". Great movie.

LOL... “I am better when move.”

Strother was such a natural in just about every part he played. He OWNED his character.

"Move ? What the hell u mean move". Favorite line 😅

What we had here wasn't a failure to communicate!

@DavidNayer

3 жыл бұрын

Cool Hand Luke!

@dashcroft1892

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidNayer he can eat 50 eggs.

@williamhurt8512

3 жыл бұрын

got, got, got!!! "what we got here is a failure to communicate!" oh, i know i'm being a real "mr. know it all but i just can't help it!

@crush42mash6

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve actually use that in my personal life many times, what a great line

I think Butch didn't have a failure to communicate this time.

There was a failure to communicate he should have told him he could move

"No, no, son. Can you shoot?"

strother martin was a great character, was sad when he was shot

What we have here is a failure to communicate. Love that movie

He just had a "failure to communicate."

1:22 Jesus, I love when Robert did that. He looks so cool. Can't believe I still love this film until this day.

The way he says "Sometimes' always cracks me up. It's like he starts unconfidently, then gets a little louder and higher pitched to sound more confident. But he's still saying "Sometimes" so it's still not confident.

The next line was the best of that scene.

I always liked how the Kid downplayed how great a shot he was. He shows that with his answers to Percy's questions: Percy: "Can you hit anything?" Sundance: "Sometimes." Percy: "Move? What the hell do you mean move?" Sundance: (hits the target with two great shots) "I'm better when I move."

Mr.Martin was great in this movie. " Bingo!" Lol

Robert Redford is a badass as Sundance!

An absolute classic 🙌

Classic when it hit the screen, still is ! 👍thx.

Whenever they cast a Western, they called Strother Martin!

@user-ne9cd6ws5x

2 ай бұрын

Don't you wanna know why ?

First shot was pretty god damn good!

@suzycreamcheesez4371

Жыл бұрын

why would God damn it? why would He damn anything??

I've only seen this film once. I have to buy a copy.

My LIFELONG Favorite Line of ALL Times ...."you wanna know why ?"

Strother Martin, Up there with the very best.

Loved this movie!! Stronger Martin as others have mentioned, was a brilliant character actor. There’s no doubt Paul Newman enjoyed working along with him. This was the first pairing of Newman and Redford. They only did one other-“The Sting” Both Brilliantly Acted Movies by these 2 Great Actors!!

This movie should never ever be re made again ever it’s that good!...

Wow, one of best movies ever! John P.

Best movie ever! John P.

Love it - Redford's best role ever. And the one and only Strother Martin. Classic.

Percy Garris was not crazy. He was colorful.

@kevinmalone3210

3 жыл бұрын

And that's what happens after you live in Bolivia, you get colorful.

The Masterful Strother Martin ! In '69, he had 2 films , this-------------&----------Sam Peckinpah's " The Wild Bunch " ------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o

I love this scene and I love this movie

He was a riot in True Grit!

What we have here is failure to move!

"I'm better when I move." So true, so true.

They sure don’t make movies like they used to. Good thing for the internet .

Brilliant 😅

Most of the girls said that about me, too, bless 'em.

Me when i get the hoover out

"Fairly nice looking piece" 😅

Strother was a terrific actor. But, he just couldn't master the spit. lol

Strother Martin was a great character actor, he once described the people in played in movies as prairie scum.

Me too..! Included business..! 😂 😂 😂

He was pretty awesome in another Newman movie "Slapshot". 😉

"My name is...Jim. But my friends call me... Jim."

Move is good.

Keep on moving!!

Shame this brilliant film was up against Midnight Cowboy for the Best Picture Oscar in 1970.

@kevinmalone3210

3 жыл бұрын

And Midnight Cowboy won? Screwball decision, even if Ratso Rizzo was a unique low life and Jon Voight was confused.

@spanishpeaches2930

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmalone3210 Given the choice I too would have chosen Butch & Sundance. MC was the first X Rated film to win Best Picture and was probably thought of as more modernist and cool. Saw Butch when it was first released . I was about eight and it's stuck with me for 50 years.

Right at the end he has a problem getting it back into his holster. Too funny. Should have edited that out.

It would be nice if you recorded it with volume I can hear.

@82ghall

3 жыл бұрын

then it would have been pulled ... lol

Martin,looked the same age in Liberty Valance

This is my logic in basketball

Strother Martin's best acting was in The Wild Bunch.

Thats what she said.

Who here hasn't had a boss like this? One who insists on you doing it THEIR way because that is how THEY think it would be best done.

Imagine MCQUEEN as the Sundance kid.

Spit. Bingo.

Cant believe it lost the best movie oscar to midnight cowboy

I like old west

@wildmercuryfilms

3 жыл бұрын

After Butch Cassidy came out, the critics and audiences called it a “Modern Western.”

How to steal a scene from Newman/Redford? Cast Strother Marin.

I believe the shooting of the small rock was borrowed from the movie “ Shane “. In that film Alan Ladd’s character Shane blasted a small rock when demonstrating his prowess with a six gun.

They need to do one more film together

@emansnas

3 жыл бұрын

That might be a bit difficult. Well, for consumption here on Earth.

Wow - Mandela Effect... I thought this was a scene from the TV series Alias Smith and Jones.

Very American scene 🇺🇸 lovely 😍

fucking CMON amazing movie

Bingo

They shoulda worn face-masks

There's Strother...stealing another scene....

Choice

Too many greats are gone. Newman, Martin, and a very long list. America in decline.

@DavidNayer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm seeing still seeing some real cowboys. Have you see Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges in "Hell or High Water"?