Editing Cool Hand Luke (section)

==Legacy==
In 2003, [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]] rated Luke the 30th-greatest hero in American cinema,{{sfn|AFI|2003}} and three years later, [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies]] rated Cool Hand Luke number 71.{{sfn|AFI|2007}} In 2006, Luke was ranked 53rd in ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters".{{sfn|Empire Magazine staff 2|2005}} The film solidified Newman's status as a box-office star, while the film is considered a touchstone of the era.{{sfn|DiLeo, John|p=73|2010}} The film was an inductee of the 2005 [[National Film Registry]] list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Recording Registry Listing |publisher=[[National Recording Preservation Board]], Library of Congress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520050712/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/ |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |df=mdy-all | access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref>

An episode of the television show ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' titled "Cool Hands Luke and Bo" was shown with [[Morgan Woodward]] playing "Colonel Cassius Claiborne" the boss of a neighboring county and warden of its prison farm. He wears the trademark shades of Boss Godfrey throughout the episode.

The book was adapted into a [[West End theatre|West End]] play by [[Emma Reeves]]. It opened at London's [[Aldwych Theatre]] in 2011 starring [[Marc Warren]], but closed after less than two months, after poor reviews.{{sfn|Trueman, Matt|2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=2011-10-04 |title=Cool Hand Luke – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/oct/04/cool-hand-luke-aldwych-review |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The show was chosen by ''The Times'' both as "Critic's Choice" and "What the Critics Would Pay To See".{{sfn|Purves, Libby|2011}}

[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]-based [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian]] [[alternative rock]] band [[Cool Hand Luke (band)|Cool Hand Luke]] is named after the film.

[[Luke Humphries]], 2024 PDC world darts champion, also uses "Cool Hand Luke" as his nickname.