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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Peter Segal |
| Stars: |
Chris Rock |
| Actors: |
Joey Diaz |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Prison · Sports |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
097363434931 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 53min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen/ Checkpoint, 1hr 53min Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (September 20, 2005) UPC: 097363434924 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 53min Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (September 20, 2005) UPC: 097363434931 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Sheldon Turner |
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Professional Reviews
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(05/27/2005, p.8E, Mike Clark): "[M]ore smoothly crafted than the 1974 slapstick version....The new version has the zip of a 96-yard punt return..." |
| More Information |
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Director Peter Segal (50 FIRST DATES, ANGER MANAGEMENT) and comedian Adam Sandler are at it again in a fun remake of the 1974 classic, THE LONGEST YARD. In the role of Paul "Wrecking" Crewe, first immortalized by Burt Reynolds (who appears here as Nate Scarborough), Sandler plays an ex-football star whose career ended amidst allegations of point shaving. Fed up, he drunkenly steals his unfriendly wife's (an uncredited Courtney Cox) luxury car and drives it into a multi-car pileup. This lands Crewe in a cruel Texas state penitentiary. His only respite comes from Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) who wants Crewe to help lead his well-equipped prison-guard football team to the league championship. Crewe timorously agrees, suggesting the creation of an opposing team of convicts to the give the guards an easy tune-up before the season. To the ragtag inmates, this is the chance they've been waiting for, and they hustle to get their team together so they can exact some revenge on the harassing guards. <br> <br> In... |
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