The Longest Yard opened in New York on August 21, 1974. This was followed by a release in Los Angeles on September 25, 1974 followed by a general release in October 1974. The film earned $22 million in North American theatrical rentals.
Mean Machine is a 2001 British sports comedy film directed by Barry Skolnick and starring former footballer Vinnie Jones. The film is an adaptation of the 1974 American film The Longest Yard, featuring association football rather than American football.
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Was The Longest Yard a good movie?
It's just an all around fun film. Everyone does a great job with their roles (especially Sandler and Rock) and for an almost two hour movie, THE LONGEST YARD is fast-paced. Still, THE LONGEST YARD has its fair share of problems.
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The movie also prominently features ex-football players like Terry Crews and Bill Goldberg. Even musicians like Nelly and pro wrestlers like Dalip Singh Rana and Steve Austin feature in the ensemble.
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It is a slightly updated, but fairly faithful remake of the 1974 film of the same name. This time, we have Adam Sandler who plays the incarcerated quarterback that Burt Reynolds played in the original. Reynolds is on hand to play a minor role which the original film also contained. The plot is still the same.
It was remade in 2005 by director Peter Segal and written Sheldon Turner. It starred Sandler as the washed-up quarterback, who puts together a team in prison in exchange for a reduced sentence. Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly and William Fichtner also starred, as did Reynolds.
Parents need to know that The Longest Yard is a 1974 sporting drama set in a prison with very strong language -- including racist and homophobic slurs -- violence, and smoking.
The Longest Yard may refer to: The Longest Yard (1974 film), starring Burt Reynolds. The Longest Yard (2005 film), remake of the 1974 film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. The Longest Yard (soundtrack), soundtrack for the 2005 remake.
The 2005 American sports-comedy film The Longest Yard was filmed in a variety of different locations. The majority of the scenes in this movie were shot primarily at the New Mexico State Penitentiary on Route 14, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Murdock Stadium at El Camino College in Torrance, California.
What pro football players were in the original longest yard?
Burt Reynolds played for Florida State University, and was drafted by the Baltimore Colts. Mike Henry played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams. Joe Kapp played quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Ray Nitschke was a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.
ED GORDON, host: Nelly is the latest rapper to try his hand at acting. He plays a convict in the film "The Longest Yard." The movie is a remake of the 1974 prison football comedy of the same name. This "Longest Yard" also reunites "Saturday Night Live" alums Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.
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In the movie's production notes, Segal amends that to "He was quarterback of his Pop Warner team." Burt Reynolds, who has a small part in the remake, told Stuff Magazine that Sandler "never played high school football and he hadn't really thrown a football before 'The Longest Yard.
