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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: May 27, 2005
Running Time: 113 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, James Cromwell, William Fichtner, Michael Irvin, Bill Romanowski, Bill Goldberg, Brian Bosworth
director: Peter Segal
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synopsis
When former NFL player Paul Crewe is sent to prison, the warden forces him to transform a diverse group of inmates into a football team. Unlikely teammates, the convicts unite when they find out who they are playing: the guards. With the help of fellow inmates Nate Scarborough and Caretaker, Crewe promises the cons a chance to exact revenge in a bone-crushing showdown where anything goes.
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With the antics of Adam Sandler and Chris Rock all wrapped up in a neat little underdogs-crunch-bones-and-take-all package, it's pretty much a win-win situation for The Longest Yard--even at its silliest moments. Story Former NFL star quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) doesn't really like himself much these days. Unproven accusations of points shaving have sent Crewe into a downward spiral of drunkenness and self-destructive behavior. It all comes to a very bad end one night when he takes a wild
PETER TRAVERS -
May 25, 2005
Long on fun and ballsy action it's sweet to see Burt Reynolds lord over this remake of his 1974 hit about an NFL screw-up who gets railroaded into jail and forced into a killer game of inmates vs. guards. Reynolds, a former Florida State tailback, was born to play MVP Paul Crewe. Not so Adam Sandler. As Paul, the former water boy lacks the pro look. But this isn't docudrama. It's a mean, lean laugh machine. Reynolds eases into the role of Nate, an aging convict doing time and making time to help
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Paul Crewe
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Coach Nate Scarborough
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Warden Hazen
Capt. Knauer
Deacon Moss
Guard Lambert
Battle
Guard Garner
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