Courteney Cox as Lena - Paul's girlfriend, Lena, is played by Courteney Cox in The Longest Yard. She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller in Friends, Lucy Spiller in Dirt, and Jules Cobb in Cougar Town.
2/20/2020 12:01 AM PT. American actress and model Anitra Ford is best known for playing the super-sexy love interest in lace, Melissa -- who calls the cops after getting roughed up ... which leads to Paul doing hard time -- in the 1974 cinematic sports classic, "The Longest Yard."
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 ...
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…
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.
"The Longest Yard" was one of Robert Aldrich's most successful films and many claimed it was him "selling out," but viewed 30 years later this really does stand apart from many of the other sports-comedy films of the decade.
A remake of 1974's The Longest Yard, it stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up former professional quarterback who, in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, is forced to assemble a football team to play against the guards.
Unger is a minor villain in the movie The Longest Yard. He was portrayed by David Patrick Kelly, who also portrayed Luther in the 1979 film The Warriors, Sully in the 1985 action film Commando, and T-Bird in the 1994 film The Crow.
The Longest Yard [2005] [PG-13] - 5.6. 5 | Parents' Guide & Review | Kids-In-Mind.com. SEX/NUDITY 5 - We see a video of a man being approached by another man, one puts lipstick on the other, they kiss, they go behind a screen, and we see their silhouettes as they hug and kiss.
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.
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.
No, it's not a super serious film, but if you like football and the good feeling of revenge you'll love this film. Lots of violent blows from the guards and a little racism, but nothing too "out of the ordinary" . . some great one-liners from Chris Rock's character.
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 historical backdrop of El Camino College's Murdock Stadium serves as the main setting for the climactic football game which is played between prison inmates and guards. In addition to these two primary shooting locations, Long Beach was also utilized to film other exterior scenes throughout the movie.
Living… in Allenville Penitentiary in Texas. Paul used to be a professional football quarterback, known as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, until one day he threw a game. After leaving the NFL, Paul took to drinking and one night got behind the wheel of a car. Now, he's been sentenced to three years in jail.
