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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Comedies Videos, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Buddies | | Starring | Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, James Hampton, Michael Conrad, John Steadman, Harry Caesar | | Director | Robert Aldrich | | Composer | Frank DeVol | | Director | Tracy Keenan Wynn | | Director of Photography | Joseph Biroc | | Editor | Michael Luciano, George Hively, Allan Jacobs | | Featured | Ray Nitschke, Sonny Sixkiller, Dino Washington | | Producer | Albert S. Ruddy | | Production Designer | James D. Vance | | Story | Albert S. Ruddy |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English 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 to surrender. Shot on location at the Georgia Strate Prison. Longest Yard Quotes/Excerpts: "My, you have lovely hair--ever find any spiders in it?"--Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) to Jessica (Bernadette Peters), who has a fabulous beehive hairdo
"I think I broke his freakin' neck!"--Samson (Richard Kiel) Longest Yard | List Price | $9.99 (You save $2.30) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1974 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8751  | | CD Universe Part number | 6840290 | | Catalog number | 26384 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 10, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Mean Machine | | Running Time | 121 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Special Edition/ Widescreen Collection |
Longest Yard Movie Review Longest Yard DVD Region 1
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Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Burt Reynolds - Star, Al Ruddy - Producer
Featurette: THE LONGEST YARD (2005) Sneak Peek
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