The Longest Yard (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Director: Peter Segal
Actors: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Nelly, Michael Irvin
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  152 reviews
Sales Rank: 32557
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2515
ISBN: 1415709750
UPC: 097360462845
EAN: 9781415709757
ASIN: B000A0GP18
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 2005
Release Date: September 20, 2005
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Product Description
THE LONGEST YARD tells 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. 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.
Amazon.com
Adam Sandler is no Burt Reynolds, but his remake of The Longest Yard is amusing enough to stand on its own. Inheriting the role played by Reynolds played in the 1974 original, Sandler plays Paul Crewe, a scandalized former football star who violates his parole and winds up back in the slammer, where an ambitious, corrupt warden (James Cromwell) manipulates him into forming a convict football squad to compete with a team of bullying prison guards. But where the original (directed with characteristic ruggedness by Robert Aldrich) was a semi-comic study of inmate resistance against powerful oppressors, Sandler's version is a formulaic comedy about winning against the bad guys. That makes it a softer, less meaningful film, and Sandler (reuniting here with Peter Segal after Anger Management and 50 First Dates) lacks the depth to convey anything more than amiable redemption, resulting in a movie that's easily enjoyed and easily forgotten. A co-starring role for Chris Rock could have been electrifying; instead it's just OK, as is Reynolds as the prison team's old-pro coach. That leaves us with a few good laughs on the football field and from Cloris Leachman as the warden's elderly, oversexed secretary, good work from rapper Nelly in a supporting role, and the lovely sight of Courteney Cox (as Crewe's nagging girlfriend) in a dazzling low-cut dress. In unnecessary remakes like this, fringe benefits count for a lot. --Jeff Shannon
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 GOLPE BAJO EL JUEGO FINAL - LONGEST YARD June 1, 2009
Megabanco
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
LO UNICO MALO DE LA PELICULA ES QUE NO VIENE EN IDIOMA ESPANOL, EL RESTO DEJENME DECIRLES QUE ES UNA PELICULA SUPER ESPECTACULAR
thank you...! February 6, 2009
Nina T. Morrow (Chesilhurst, NJ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have purchased so very many books, DVD's, and CD's through Amazon, and this is, unfortunately, only one of a FEW that actually is what it was purported to be....NOT A COPY.
Thank you.
 Not the Burt Reynolds version October 1, 2008
Jeremy Hanson (California USA)
Let it be known that I would be one of the first to stand up against all the Hollywood remakes. This is actually the first time I've wanted to see a remake, and I caught it the weekend it came out. And I must say, I was entertained the whole time. I think if you look at this movie as a football comedy, and not try to compare it to the Burt Reynolds version, you'll enjoy it. I think a lot of people are turned off by this movie for that reason, and because they see this as being nothing more than "The Waterboy Pt. 2". But it's not, despite the cameo by Rob Schneider (sp?), which honestly, I could've done without. The characters could've been a little more developed...I mean, why should we root for the "Mean Machine", other than the fact that the guards were really corrupt? With no character development, it just seemed like we were rooting for the lesser of two evils. The library racism scene w/Nelly was a nice start, but there could've been a few more scenes like that. Like I said, it's a pretty entertaining movie, once you realize that 1) it's not the Burt Reynolds version, and 2) it's not trying to be. If you're a football fan, you'll like this movie. The game will probably get you energized, especially the last moments of the game. I usually don't like a bunch of gratuitous split-screens and camera shots, but for a movie like this, it works (in this case, it almost seems like a homage to the original).
 The Worstest Movie June 22, 2008
Vahan (Vancouver, BC)
Lord have mercy this was bad. Obviously an ESPN club activity. This would have been MUCH more believable with actual actors. Way too over the top on the musical score, too.
Romo, why?
Salsbury? Please!
Irvin? Aren't your fingerprints on a crack pipe somewhere?
Burmese: You probably don't get the joke.
Bosworth, ugh.
I mean really, you guys should be ashamed.
Well....I Liked It! January 26, 2008
M-20
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The negative reviews of this movie are the people that loved the original "The Longest Yard", and I can understand that,...but that just takes away the fun of the movie. I personally thought the movie was great and funny. The characters are likeable, Adam Sandler isn't the best actor but he is pretty believeable in the movie. Burt Reynolds was the main character in the original movie, but reprises his role as the supporting cast along with an celebrity cast with Chris Rock, Steve Austin, Nelly, WIllaim Fitchner, D12 and more. I don't know why people are saying these characters aren't likeable, they are 100% likable and I bet you the people that said that don't like black people. The football action is top-notch and Nelly would make a great running back in the NFL. The Longest Yard was one of my favorite movies in 2005 and nothings change, IT IS A GREAT COMEDY/ACTION MOVIE.
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