The Longest Yard - DVD

Riotous remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds classic stars Adam Sandler as Paul InchWreckingInch Crewe, a washed-up NFL quarterback who lands in jail. Once inside, Crewe and fellow con James InchCaretakerInch Farrell (Chris Rock) are tapped to put together a team of inmates to take the field in a no-holds-barred game against the prison's barbaric guards. Reynolds co-stars as coach for Crewe and Farrell's squad. With James Cromwell, Nelly, and an uncredited Courteney Cox. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles English, French; deleted scenes; bloopers; audio commentary; featurette; music videos; more.

Hollywood great Burt Reynolds (White Lightning, Semi-Tough) leads the downfield charge in this raucous, rough-and-tumble comedy-drama coached by legendary director Robert Aldrich (Vera Cruz, The Dirty Dozen). Reynolds plays one-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for leading the state police on a wild chase in a borrowed car. Eddie Albert (Hustle) is the sadistic, scheming warden who recruits Crewe to form a team of convicts to go up against the warden's polished, semi-pro team of prison guards in a championship game. Crewe has agreed that his crew dubbed the Mean Machine will provide only passive resistance to the squad of brutal guards. But the gridiron showdown turns into a gritty game of cunning strategy as the Mean Machine defies the warden's iron-fisted control and attempts to go the distance in The Longest Yard. Featuring Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, Bernadette Peters, Richard Kiel and a rowdy roster of real-life football greats, it's survival of the fiercest. And the funniest!

Longest yard (2005) / longest yard (1974)