The Longest Yard (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Peter Segal |
| Produced by | Jack Giarraputo |
| Screenplay by | Sheldon Turner |
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The Longest Yard by Albert S. Ruddy |
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Adam Sandler Chris Rock James Cromwell Nelly William Fichtner David Patrick Kelly Tracy Morgan Cloris Leachman Burt Reynolds |
| Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
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Paramount Pictures (United States) Columbia Pictures (International) |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $82 million |
| Box office | $190.3 million |
The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports comedy film, a remake of the 1974 film of the same name. Adam Sandler plays the protagonist, Paul Crewe, a disgraced former professional quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, who is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards.
Burt Reynolds, who played Sandler's role in the original, co-stars as Nate Scarborough, the inmates' coach. Chris Rock plays Crewe's friend, known as Caretaker. The cast includes James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner and several former and current professional athletes such as Terry Crews, Michael Irvin, Brian Bosworth, Bill Romanowski, Bill Goldberg, Bob Sapp, Kevin Nash, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Dalip "The Great Khali" Singh Rana.
The film was produced by MTV Films and Happy Madison Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) is a former NFL player who, one night, gets drunk and goes joyriding in his girlfriend's Bentley, crashing it. It is revealed that he was arrested for shaving points in a big game, although it was never proven.
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