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The Longest Yard Sce [DVD] [1974]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5014437881236
Label : Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Paramount Home Entertainment
Publisher : Paramount Home Entertainment
Release date : 2005-09-05
Title : The Longest Yard Sce [DVD] [1974]
Actor : Burt Reynolds
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1974-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 117
Studio : Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 1974

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review by: brendoclarke date: 2008-11-14 rating:

Still great
This movie stands up to one of Burt Reynold's best performances involving a crucial football game where all the inmates are heroes and all the guards are the villains. br / br /Paul Crew (Reynolds) is a retired pro football player. He spends his time with wealthy women who shower all the amenities he may want in post-season life. When he refuses to please his current girlfriend, he doesn't live up to her giggolo standards, so she isn't exactly accomodating when he wants to "borrow" her luxury sports car. She sends the police, for which he sends on a chase, while guzzling a drink in the driver's seat. Once apprehended, he must enter prison, for, above all things, assaulting two officers and resisting arrest. There, he meets the warden (Albert) who gives him an offer he can't refuse: To escape beatings and other maltreatment, he must assemble an inmate football team that will give the guard team a run for its money. The motives aren't clear at first, but Albert plays well his patronizing swindler role. br / br /What makes 'The Longest Yard' so effective is the comraderie. We get big lugs who are just big babies and a team that has colour and heart. Like 'Cool Hand Luke,' this prison film has us rooting for some pretty underhanded people, but the villainy of the status quo presented has us cheering for the bad guys. With some excellent plot development as well as fine football scenes, 'The Longest Yard' is still a winner. br /

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