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The Longest Yard (1974) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 30, 2001
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 1 minute
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• The Longest Yard
• The Mean Machine
• Die Kampfmaschine (1975)
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Genre: Comedy, Sports, Prison, Buddies, Suspense, Murder
Tagline: It's Survival of the Fiercest and Funniest
Plot: In Robert Aldrich's crowd-pleasing classic, Burt Reynolds stars as convict Paul Crewe, a former football player doing time in a prison controlled by two authoritarian sports fanatics, warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) and captain Knauer (Ed Lauter). When Crewe sees that the guards have a top-notch football team, he takes it upon himself to form a squad with his fellow dispirited inmates. As the prisoners come together, galvanized by the chance to challenge the guards, they begin to experience a sense of purpose and solidarity--and Hazen doesn’t like it. With the Penitentiary Bowl approaching, Hazen pressures Crewe to throw the big game. Crewe must choose between his own freedom and supporting the newfound dignity of his convict teammates.Aldrich brings to THE LONGEST YARD the same humor-spiked, antihero-driven feel for rousing adventure shown in THE DIRTY DOZEN and creates a film that matches gridiron favorites NORTH DALLAS FORTY and SEMI-TOUGH while also comparing to classics such as ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, STALAG 17, and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION that reveal the soul-crushing aspects of life under lock and key. Like the latter films, Aldrich's darkly funny, bone-crunching drama succeeds most enduringly by showing the small, barbed, fiercely beautiful refusal of the spirit
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| Directed by |
Robert Aldrich
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Frank De Vol
The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Pillow Talk |
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