Is The Longest Yard a remake?

Is The Longest Yard a remake?

A remake of 1974's The Longest Yard, it stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up former professional quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers who, in exchange for reduced prison sentence, is forced to assemble a football team to play against the guards.

Is The Longest Yard 2005 a remake?

"The Longest Yard" is the 2005 remake of the 1974 original, which starred Burt Reynolds. In the new version, Sandler plays the former Reynolds role of Paul Crewe, a former NFL quarterback blackballed by the league for shaving points (though it wasn't proven) who ends up in prison after taking a joyride in his Bentley.

Who played Turkey in The Longest Yard?

Burt Reynolds 'The Longest Yard' Star Burt Reynolds Dies at 82. Reynolds received an Oscar nomination in 1997.

Why is caretaker in jail Longest Yard?

He is a former NFL football quarterback. He is now a lazy drunk who doesn't care about anything. He is now in jail, because he was pulled over for stealing his girlfriend's car and drunk driving.

What does shaving points mean in The Longest Yard?

Point shaving in sports is deemed as intentionally foregoing points or intentionally giving the other team points. While never proven, Paul gets accused for playing poorly on purpose to negatively affect the score of the game.

Who was the cheerleader in The Longest Yard?

Tracy Morgan played gay cheerleader long before he said he'd kill his gay son - Outsports.

When did the movie The Longest Yard come out?

• The Longest Yard (2005 film) Jump to navigation Jump to search. 2005 film by Peter Segal. The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports prison comedy film and a remake of the 1974 film of the same name.

When did Adam Sandler play in the Longest Yard?

• 2005 film by Peter Segal. The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports prison comedy film and a remake of the 1974 film of the same name. Adam Sandler plays the protagonist Paul Crewe, a disgraced former professional quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards.

Why was The Longest Yard filmed in 1.33 aspect ratio?

• Burt Reynolds was quoted as saying that late director Robert Aldrich deliberately framed and shot the film in 1.33:1 Academy aspect ratio (with the intent that it would be matted theatrically for 1.85:1) because prophetically Aldrich didn't want to see his vision later manipulated for TV screens by panning and scanning. See more »

What makes " the Longest Yard " so special?

• What is so special about "The Longest Yard" is probably that it plays like a mix between "Cool Hand Luke," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Smokey and the Bandit" -- it's got car chases, it's got sports, it's got funny stuff, BUT it also spends a lot of time developing its characters and creating some very dramatic sequences.