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Plot: Director Robert Aldrich had a knack for depicting outsiders with originality and authenticity. Much like The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard is a popular fable about integrity and group un...( read more read more... )

Burt Reynolds, in peak form, plays a former pro quarterback ostracized for shaving points. After beating up his girlfriend and resisting arrest, Reynolds winds up in prison, where he's taunted by warden Eddie Albert to help his semiprofessional team of guardsmen win a championship. Naturally, the inmates despise Reynolds, and naturally he redeems himself in one of the great movie football matches of all time. --Bill Desowitz

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  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 6, 2008
    Many times better than the remake, I like Sandler but Burt Reynolds is the man and this flick kicked ass in ways the remake never could
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    MCT:
    May 15, 2008
    Han Solo is the prisoner of the gangster Jabba the Hutt, and his friends must rescue him. But Chewie is imprisoned, and Leia, R2-D2, and C-3PO become the Hutt's slaves. When Luke returns in an attempt to rescue his companions they are all sentenced t...
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 14, 2008
    Okay, I like THIS one. I accidentally rated the remake, which I've never seen, high -- which would be unlikely as Adam Sandler is in it.
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    MCT:
    May 11, 2008
    i want 2 see if the newer fusion is better or the region! the older one seems that i might be a little bit boring! but who knows?
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 1, 2008
    Overrated, IMHO. An above average prison/sports film with spotty acting and horrible football scenes. No doubt Burt Reynolds does a better and more believable Paul Crew, but the same can't be said for the rest of the cast.

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  • RVizcaino
    This is not the one with Adam Sandler!!!!
    JEEZ
    posted 224 days ago
  • rayman0071
    Forget the remake that Adam Sandler did. This my friends is the original from 1974. And this was the movie that basically cemented Burt Reynolds' macho status as one of the top boxoffice male superstars in Hollywood during the 1970's. For one this was a great film in all aspects,and it is worth seeing. The greatest and also the funniest sports movie ever made! Watching Reynolds is simply fantastic and not to mention hilarious to boot. This was a movie that boosted some of the best ever assembled......
    A riveting performance by Eddie Albert(yeah,that Eddie Albert from Green Acres fame)as a sadistic warden of a brutal prison is worth seeing. It also stars several pro-football greats here too including Roman Gabriel,Mike Henry(yes,that Mike Henry of Tarzan fame),Richard Kiel(aka Jaws from the James Bond 007 movies opposite Roger Moore),not to mention Ed Lauter as one of the ruthless security hencemen. Also starring Broadway sensation Burnedette Peters as a seductive secretary.....Great!
    posted 660 days ago

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Classics, Comedy
  • Released: August 30, 1974
  • DVD Released: January 30, 2001

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