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The Longest Yard
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R,2hrs 1min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1974
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Starring:
Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Richard Kiel  ... More
Synopsis: Ex-football star Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) ends up in a prison run by sadistic sports-nut Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert). Strong-armed into forming an inmate football team, Crewe manages to instill an esprit de corps previously lacking in the prisoners' lives. Besides, they now have the chance to beat the guards' football team, headed by the hissable Capt. Knauer (Ed Lauter). Hazen orders Crewe to throw the match; otherwise, Crewe will never get the pardon he's been promised. The football game that ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
In keeping with Hollywood's shifting values in the early '70s, the protagonists of this prison comedy are inmates, and not the guards and wardens who oversee them. As in The Last Detail or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the film's representatives of mainstream society are evil or banal, while its rebellious heroes are irreverent and vital. And, as in those films, a charismatic leader helps the audience ... Read Review
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Burt Reynolds
Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert
Warden Hazen
Richard Kiel
Samson
Ed Lauter
Capt. Knauer
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Adam Sandler and Nelly attend the Los Angeles premiere of "The Longest Yard" at Grauman's Chinese...
Adam Sandler promotes "The Longest Yard" on MTV's "TRL" in New York on May 23, 2005.
Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds and Chris Rock attend the premiere of "The Longest Yard" at Grauman's...
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The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard (Aka the Mean Machine)
The Longest Yard [WS] [Lockdown Edition]
Longest Yard [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]
The Longest Yard [WS] [Special Edition]
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