THE LONGEST YARD
By Leroy Douresseaux
May 26, 2005 - 20:41
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THE LONGEST YARD
PARAMOUNT PICTURES/COLUMBIA PICTURES
A Happy Madison/MTV Films Production
In association with Callahan Filmworks
DIRECTOR: Peter Segal
WRITER: Sheldon Turner (based upon the film written by Tracy Keenan Wynn from a story by Albert S. Ruddy)
PRODUCER: Jack Giarraputo
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner, Michael Irvin, and Burt Reynolds
Opening date: Friday, May 27, 2005
Running time: 114 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, violence, language, and drug references
From the press kit: Adam Sandler and Chris Rock star in THE LONGEST YARD, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures’ comic story of a former pro quarterback trying to make good in the toughest possible situation. When former NFL player PAUL CREWE (Adam Sandler) is sent to prison, the warden forces him to transform a diverse group of inmates into a football team. Unlikely teammates, the convicts unite when they find out who they are playing: the guards. With the help of fellow inmates NATE SCARBOROUGH (Burt Reynolds) and CARETAKER (Chris Rock), Crewe promises the cons a chance to exact revenge in a bone-crushing showdown where anything goes. The MEAN MACHINE returns to the gridiron in the new take on the 1974 classic.
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