The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard is a 1974 American comedy sports-drama film about inmates at a prison who play American football against their guards. Burt Reynolds portrayed Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake. The 1974 original was also the basis for the 2001 movie Mean Machine (a shortened version of the title used for the original's UK release), starring Vinnie Jones as Danny Meehan, based on the characte... More
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Initial release date:

  • Aug 21, 1974

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 1 min

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Also known as:

  • The Longest Yard

Film

Directed by

Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty...

Tagline:

  • It's Survival of the Fiercest and Funniest
  • First Down...And Ten Years To Go

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Aug 30, 1974

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  • 2 h 1 min

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 9,000,000

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1975

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Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1975
  • 1975
  • 1975
  • 2006
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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,883
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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