The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition)
by Robert Aldrich
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Actor: Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter, Eddie Albert, James Hampton, Michael ConradDirector: Robert Aldrich
Brand: Team Marketing
Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc
Editor: Michael Luciano
Producer: Alan P. Horowitz
Producer: Albert S. Ruddy
Writer: Albert S. Ruddy
Writer: Tracy Keenan Wynn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
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Movie Review: The GREATEST football film ever made!
Summary: 5 Stars
MEAN MACHINE! MEAN MACHINE! MEAN MACHINE!
Why do we LOVE Burt Reynolds?
Because he's the actor who stars in the #1 football film of all-time!
I'm PROUD to say that I know NOTHING about the sequel, nor do I ever intend on wasting my time watching it. What would be the point? I'm NOT a fan of remakes and ALWAYS steer clear of them. The ONLY reason Hollywood keeps making them is because they are OFFICIALLY out of ideas for NEW movies.
Here are a few of the CLASSIC things in this movie: Bob Tessier as Shokner and Green Bay Packer LEGEND Ray Nitschke as Bogdanski. And I suppose it is CLASSIC that JAWS himself (Richard Kiel) plays Samson. All these people put together make this film one of a kind!
This is the film Burt Reynolds will be remembered for (NOT Smokey and the Bandit) and deservedly so. The last 45 minutes of the film are dedicated to the game between the prisoners and the guards. It's a MUST to listen to the audio commentary by Burt Reynolds and writer/producer Albert S. Ruddy.
"See you on the field Superstar!"
Summary of The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition)
In this rough-and tumble movie, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to the national championship. Burt Reynolds plays one-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for leading State Police on a wild chase in a "borrowed car" and more. He agrees to organize a prisoners' team to play the guards. The warden intercedes to assure that his goon squad will meet only passive resistance from Crewe's "Mean Machine." But the license to pound on their hated guards is a big incentive for murderers and thieves to learn strategyDirector Robert Aldrich had a knack for depicting outsiders with originality and authenticity. Much like The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard is a popular fable about integrity and group unity. It possesses a requisite toughness along with the loneliness that accompanies the outsider status. Compromise is never easy in an Aldrich film. There's always a bitter price to pay.
Burt Reynolds, in peak form, plays a former pro quarterback ostracized for shaving points. After beating up his girlfriend and resisting arrest, Reynolds winds up in prison, where he's taunted by warden Eddie Albert to help his semiprofessional team of guardsmen win a championship. Naturally, the inmates despise Reynolds, and naturally he redeems himself in one of the great movie football matches of all time. --Bill Desowitz
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