The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition) | Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert

The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition) | Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert | One of a Kind-Prison Film with a Unique Blend of Comedy.

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	The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition) Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert Paramount, 2005 average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of the best sports movie of all time!

What a great movie this is. It has football, comedy, a little drama and great acting all thrown in together. You may have heard of great football rivalries such as Oklahoma-Nebraska, USC-Notre Dame, Auburn-Alabama, Raiders-Broncos-Chiefs, HOWEVER NOTHING comes close as between the Convicts-vs-the Guards at Citrus State Prison.

Burt Reynolds plays Paul "Wrecking" Crue, a one time NFL great who sold out his team mates and trashed his girlfriends car and is now serving time at Citrus State Prison. Eddie Albert portrays the Warden you Love to Hate, and other great actors and NFL Football Players are in the movie. Plus the sexy Bernadette Peters plays the warden's secretary.

The plot is great. From the time Reynolds enters the prison to the last down of the Football game, it is "The Longest Yard". I will not get into the details of the movie. However, you will find yourself laughing, cheering and be a bit sad at a certain point. This is a movie to watch over and over again.

Sometimes I wish they would make a sequel to this great movie, however, I am glad they didn't. Sequels 98% aren't as good as the original and a sequel might spoil what a great movie this is.

Highly recommended!

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One of a Kind-Prison Film with a Unique Blend of Comedy.

When a former and Pro Football player named Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds), who actually steals his girlfriend's car and ended up going to Prison. When a sadistic Warden (Eddie Albert), who ends up, double crossing him to teach, train and play-Football against the Prison Guards. With not much of a Chance, Paul rediscover for the love of the game and his chance to redeem himself.

Directed by Robert Aldrich (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen, The Killing of Sister George) made a clever funny sport drama film with a different attitude and feel also. Reynolds also shines is his Lead Performance, which seems to be his Best Role ever. This has a likable supporting cast also. James Hampton (Sling Blade, Teen Wolf) is terrific as Reynolds's Prison Buddy. The film's split image and cinematography has dated a bit. The Spirit of the flick is still intact. It's a expectional flick with a heart and soul. Written by Tracy Keenan Wynn (Who also wrote a Remake of British Version of the Longest Yard) from a Story by Albert S. Ruddy (Bad Girls). Grade:A-.

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"Semi-pro's a joke"

An ex-football star (Reynolds) gets in a fight with a girlfriend, takes off with her car, dumps it in the lake and gets in an altercation with two cops who try to arrest him in a bar. This ends up getting Paul Crew (Reynolds) some hard time in prison. Eddie Albert is the warden and is very proud of his semi-pro football team, who's players consist of prison guards. He suggests that Crew ("the wrecking Crew") gets a team of prison inmates to play the guards. Crew just wants to "do his time and get out of here". But he may be doing more time than he thought if he refuses to come up with a team to play the guards. Crew puts his team together with some difficulty. He's not worried about winning, just surviving, but this is the prisoners chance to feel equal to the guards, to feel like real men again. They're taking this game very seriously and before it's over, so does Crew. You will recognize many of the actors in this show, all play good supporting roles.

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Where is "Saturday Night Special"?

Perhaps Burt Reynolds best movie. However, at least one scene has been cut and some of the original music soundtrack has also been edited or cut. Enough to make me turn to my wife and say...."I think they cut the @&*%ing song!". She looked at me and replied "I think they cut the @&*%ing song!" Aside from the obvious editing faux pas, this is a great football film. Eddie Albert is masterful as the evil warden, and quite frankly steels the show from Reynolds. Try to overlook the fact that the guards are portrayed as "heavies", (because in real life these are the people that put their lives on the line daily), and focus on the football portion of the movie. Great slow motion sequence and action.

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