Genre: Comedy , Drama , Sport Actor: Adam Sandler , Chris Rock , Burt Reynolds , Michael Irvin , Nelly , Bill Goldberg , Terry Crews , Bob Sapp , Nicholas Turturro , Dalip Singh Rana Use the HTML below. Video vi821428505. The Longest Yard is one of those films that can easily disappoint a viewer because it has been hyped up too much. I was truly impressed with Nelly and Michael Irvin. It's only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they're up against, with Paul the driving force behind the new team. 3 people found this helpful. The Longest Yard Gomovies: Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards. Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. Always. Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards. The Longest Yard. Mi-temps au mitard ou Le Dernier Essai au Québec (The Longest Yard) est un film américain de Peter Segal, sorti en salles en 2005. Synopsis. Summary: The Longest Yard is the story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Reynolds) who are doing time in the same prison. By the end you are rooting for the prisoners (the nice guys, you know, armed robbers, murderers, rapists, child molesters) against those awful guards. Why did he lock her in the closet steal her car and began drunk driving? Description Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) lands in jail, where manipulative Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) recruits him to advise the institution's team. The Longest Yard. Hollywood these days is stuck in a rut where three types of films account for nearly every film they release. You know what my problem has been all my life? This remake of the 1974 sports comedy-drama The Longest Yard is hardly a classic. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? My problem's been I couldn't lift it. James Hampton, ‘F Troop,’ ‘Longest Yard’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ Actor, Dies at 84. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way. 70 of 116 people found this review helpful. Bert Reynolds is his mugging best, first selling out, then winning one for the Gipper. When the Mean Machine score their first touchdown, they follow it up with a successful conversion (getting the ball into the end zone again) and are awarded 7 points for the play. bfwebster • April 14, 2008 • 4 Comments [This is an article that Ruby Raley and I co-authored and that was printed in the September 2006 issue of the Cutter IT Journal. An ex football player Paul Crewe (Reynolds) spirals out after being caught shaving points to gamble on games. Retrouvez infos & avis sur une large sélection de DVD & Blu-ray neufs ou d'occasion. Some bad choices lead to Crewe getting sent to prison where the warden has his eye on him to coach their semi pro team. Emmys 2018: In Memoriam remembers Anthony Bourdain, Burt Reynolds but who was left out? Mi-temps au mitard de Peter Segal sorti en 2005, dont Adam Sandler est le personnage principal. The Longest Yard Gomovies: Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards. I am a non violent person, I knew everything was designed to work over my prejudices and my primitive feelings of revenge. Cast information Crew information Company information News Box office. The rest of the cast becomes a game of "see if you can spot the NFL player, WWE combatant, or famous sports journalist". But, despite claims that the film is based on an original story, reviewers in 1974 found many similarities between The Longest Yard and a 1962 Hungarian film called Two Halves of Hell. His "Errtime" single kicks off the set. Rotten to the core. Walsh's untimely death. The Longest Yard would of course fit into the first category. Title: Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Yard Sale (West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) When: Second full … Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician. An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring. Report abuse. Then there's the warden, Mr. Douglas from Green Acres, Eddie Albert. This was actually one of the more profitable comedies released this year, so you can expect more like it in the near future. A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. Click here to watch. Yes, Nelly in 2005 is a triple-threat media mogul, playing on all sides of the ball. A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards. Trailer A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards. Sandler is actually not that memorable in this film. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker, and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach, Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. The Longest Yard (2005) Soundtrack 26 May 2005 Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks. Burt Reynolds was at the top of his form and gave a devil-may-care performance as a man who is changed by his experience. But, the real problem lay in casting Adam Sandler as Paul Crewe. A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father. 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