In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Reynolds plays one time pro quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for leading State Police on a wild chase in a "borrowed" car. He agrees to organise a prisoners' team to play the guards. The warden intercedes to assure that his goon squad will meet only passive resistance from Crewe's Mean Machine. But the license to pound on their hated guards is a big incentive for murderers and thieves to learn strategy.
English, Croatian, Dutch, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian
Audio:
English Dolby Digital 1.0, French Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
Extended:
Commentary by Burt Reynolds and Write.Producer Albert S. Ruddy, Doing Time On The Longest Yard, Unleashing The Mean Machine, Original Theatrical Trailer, Exclusive Look: The Longest Yard (2005)
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Burt Reynolds was box office gold back in the day - tough, macho, and sexy as anything... and in this film he plays a former big shot quarterback who, during his incarceration, is roped in by a prison warden (Eddie Albert playing against type) to prepare a football team of prisoners to take on the guards' team... very funny, great action, very exciting... classic seventies cinema...
Longest yard the original
I originally watched the new Adam Sandler movie version of this movie. I didn’t think that I would like the original but I really did. If you have seen the new movie and liked it then I really recommend that you watch this one also. It is really enjoyable.
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