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The Longest Yard (1974)
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In 1942, a strange football match was played between German soldiers and Ukrainian prisoners of war during World War II. That match was the sense because it was known as the 'death match'. The jailer, a former football star, is organizing a team of inmates to play against his own goalkeeper lineup and get all the limitations broken in that game.
In 1942, a strange football match was played between German soldiers and Ukrainian prisoners of war during World War II. That match was the sense because it was known as the 'death match'. The jailer, a former football star, is organizing a team of inmates to play against his own goalkeeper lineup and get all the limitations broken in that game.
Actors:
Wilbur Gillian,
Bernadette Peters,
Joe Jackson,
Pepper Martin,
Eddie Albert,
Tony Reese,
Joe Kapp,
Sonny Shroyer,
Anitra Ford,
Ray Nitschke,
Ernie Wheelwright,
...»
Wilbur Gillian
Bernadette Peters
28 February 1948, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Joe Jackson
Pepper Martin
20 September 1936
Eddie Albert
22 April 1906, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Tony Reese
10 October 1919, Foggia, Puglia, Italy
Joe Kapp
19 March 1938, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Sonny Shroyer
28 August 1935, Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Anitra Ford
1942, California, USA
Ray Nitschke
29 December 1936, Elmwood Park, Illinois, USA
Ernie Wheelwright
28 November 1939, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Robert Aldrich
9 August 1918, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Country:
United States
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Reno Gazette-Journal
June 02, 2005
The film drags until it reaches the climactic football game, and the contest itself doesn't justify the two-hour run.
August 04, 2008
What saves it, aside from good performances by Burt Reynolds and a thundering herd of supporting grotesques, is, of all things, a tough, tiny nut of valid social criticism.
May 30, 2005
One of Robert Aldrich's biggest hits, The Longest Yard (1974) combines his ferocious worldview with a new kind of rambunctious audience appeal...
October 11, 2007
Pardon me if I wasn't blown away by all its simplistic machinations and lighthearted appeal to one's baser instincts.
July 03, 2005
Aldrich...created Paul Crewe just as much as Reynolds did.
March 21, 2007
Part prison film, part football film, this violent but outstanding comedy-drama by gifted action director Robert Aldrich explores the brutality inherent in both the American penal system and football.
August 04, 2008
An outstanding action drama, combining the brutish excitement of football competition with the brutalities of contemporary prison life.
New York Times
May 09, 2005
Though The Yard is a terrible picture, I'll admit to having unwillingly enjoyed some of the football practice and parts of the final game -- even though it's much too long.
July 05, 2005
The football sequences are excellent, which makes sense given that half of the actors were college or pro ballers themselves.
February 09, 2006
Very exciting, very witty, and elevated above its action-movie status by Aldrich's deliberate references to Nixon in Albert's characterisation of the warden.
FulvueDrive-in.com
February 18, 2006
The original has just the right mix of toughness and humor. Burt Reynolds was born to play incarcerated quarterback Paul Crewe.
July 31, 2008
If it ultimately descends into macho nonsense, then that's all part of the fun.