What state is The Longest Yard set in?

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.
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What part of Texas was The Longest Yard filmed?

The movie was filmed primarily at the New Mexico State Penitentiary on Route 14, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The football game at the end of the movie was filmed at Murdock Stadium at the El Camino College in Torrance, California.
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Why did Paul Crewe go to jail in The Longest Yard?

Plot. Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) is a former NFL player who, one night, gets drunk and goes joyriding in the Bentley of his girlfriend (Courteney Cox in an uncredited role), crashing it. It is revealed that he was accused of shaving points in a big game, although it was never proven.
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What is the British version of The Longest Yard?

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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What is The Longest Yard based on a true story?

Technically, 1974's The Longest Yard, featuring Reynolds in the lead role, was a wholly original story (although it seemingly took inspiration from a real-life soccer game played against Nazis during World War II).
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Burt Reynolds Filming "the Longest Yard" at Reidsville State Prison in 1973

Is there anything inappropriate in The Longest Yard?

Parents need to know that this film pushes the edges of the PG-13 rating. It features repeated crude language (including one "f--k" and several uses of the "N" word), frequent violence on and off the football field, including one character burning to death in an explosion, beatings and hard tackles…
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Where was the original longest yard filmed?

Filming locations
  • Brunswick, Georgia, USA. (Car chase on Sidney Lanier bridge at beginning of movie) Helpful•11. ...
  • Georgia State Prison - 300 First Avenue S., Reidsville, Georgia, USA. Helpful•11. ...
  • Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA. Helpful•9. ...
  • Savannah, Georgia, USA. Helpful•8. ...
  • Beverly Hills, California, USA. Helpful•5.
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Who are the real football players in The Longest Yard?

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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Who were the NFL players in The Longest Yard 1974?

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. Pervis Atkins played for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, and Oakland Raiders.
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Is there a part two to The Longest Yard?

A second remake of the famed football comedy “The Longest Yard” is in the works at Paramount Pictures and Gunpowder & Sky.
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Did he shave the points in The Longest Yard?

As we find out later in the movie, Paul got in financial debt (likely with loan sharks) and probably made a deal to fix the score of a game to avoid a debt. In the game vs. the guards, Paul does appear to intentionally throw an interception to shave more points to avoid life imprisonment due to the warden's threat.
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How much money did the original longest yard make?

Box office
  • Budget. $2,900,000 (estimated)
  • Gross US & Canada. $43,008,075.
  • Gross worldwide. $43,008,075.
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How many NFL players were in The Longest Yard?

The original 1974 pic starred Reynolds and featured an array of NFL players, including Pervis Atkins, Joe Kapp, Ray Nitschke, Sonny Sixkiller and Ernie Wheelwright.
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Is The Longest Yard realistic?

Though the film was billed as being based on an original story, some reviewers found parallels between this film and the 1962 Hungarian film Two Half Times in Hell, which was based on a real-life association football game in 1942 between German soldiers and Ukrainian prisoners of war during World War II, known as the ...
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Who is the girlfriend in The Longest Yard?

The Longest Yard (2005) - Courteney Cox as Lena - IMDb.
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Who is the big man in The Longest Yard?

Dalip Singh(I)

He is an actor, known for Get Smart (2008), The Longest Yard (2005) and MacGruber (2010). He has been married to Harminder Kaur since 27 February 2002.
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Who starred in the first longest yard?

Cast (48)
  • Burt Reynolds. Paul Crewe. Eddie Albert. ...
  • Ed Lauter. Captain Knauer. Michael Conrad. ...
  • James Hampton. Caretaker (as Jim Hampton) Harry Caesar. ...
  • John Steadman. Pop. Charles Tyner. ...
  • Mike Henry. Rassmeusen. Jim Nicholson. ...
  • Bernadette Peters. Warden's Secretary. Pervis Atkins. ...
  • Tony Cacciotti. Rotka. Anitra Ford. ...
  • Michael Fox. Announcer.
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What was the football version of The Longest Yard?

Mean Machine is an English reworking of Robert Aldrich's 1974 beefcake Burt Reynolds starrer, The Longest Yard. Substituting Gridiron for Soccer, director Barry Skolnick, along with his roll call of British "faces", is only aiming for one market.
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Did Nelly do his own stunts in Longest Yard?

Adam Sandler plays the quarterback and Burt Reynolds — who starred in the 1974 original — plays the prison team's coach. Nelly spoke to The Associated Press about doing his own stunts, doing prison time and why rappers make good actors: AP: You've filmed dozens of videos, but this is your major motion picture debut.
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What wrestler played in The Longest Yard?

With the film being released in 2005, the cast would see names including Bill Goldberg, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kevin Nash, and The Great Khali all featured as part of the football teams, with Khali and Goldberg being a part of the cons team, and Austin and Nash being cast as guards.
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What is Adam Sandler's favorite NFL team?

You'll also see Josh Duhamel cheering for the Minnesota Vikings, Brad Pitt for the New Orleans Saints, Johnny Depp for the Miami Dolphins, and Adam Sandler for the New York Jets.
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Did Adam Sandler remake The Longest Yard?

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.
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What rapper plays in Longest Yard?

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.
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Why is The Longest Yard a good movie?

The Longest Yard works so well is not because the acting is Academy Award stuff, it's because Producer Albert Ruddy and Director Robert Aldrich seemed to have found the perfect cast for the roles they inhabit. Having played football in college, Reynolds fits the role of quarterback Crewe perfectly.
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