The Longest Yard (1974 film)
| The Longest Yard | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | Robert Aldrich |
| Produced by | Albert S. Ruddy |
| Screenplay by | Tracy Keenan Wynn |
| Story by | Albert S. Ruddy |
| Starring |
Burt Reynolds Eddie Albert Ed Lauter Michael Conrad |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Edited by | Michael Luciano |
|
Production
company |
Albert S. Ruddy Productions
Long Road Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.9 million |
| Box office | $43,008,075 |
The Longest Yard is a 1974 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn and based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy. The film follows a workaholic resident (Burt Reynolds) recruiting the group of prisoners and playing football against their guards.
The film was remade three times, including for the 2001 British film Mean Machine (a shortened version of the title used for the original's UK release), starring Vinnie Jones, the 2005 film remake, The Longest Yard featured Reynolds as coach Nate Scarborough and as the 2015 Egyptian film . In the two non-American remakes, the sport was changed from American football to association football.
Though the film was billed as being based on 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 Death Match.
The Longest Yard featured many real-life football players, including Green Bay Packers legend Ray Nitschke. The film was shot on location at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia. It had the cooperation of then-Governor Jimmy Carter. Filming had to be delayed from time to time due to prison uprisings.
Paul "Wrecking" Crewe is a former star pro football quarterback, who walks out on his wealthy girlfriend Melissa in Palm Beach, Florida. He takes her Maserati-engined Citroën SM without permission and leads police on a car chase, choreographed by Hal Needham. Crewe is arrested and sentenced to eighteen months in Citrus State Prison.
...
Wikipedia