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May 27, 2005 · The Longest Yard: Directed by Peter Segal. With Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly. Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
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- Comedy, Crime, Sport
- Peter Segal
- 2005-05-27
- Adam Sandler as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
- Chris Rock as James "Caretaker" Farrell
- Burt Reynolds as Coach Nate Scarborough
- Nelly as Earl Megget
- William Fichtner as Captain Brian Knauer
- James Cromwell as Warden Rudolph Hazen
- The Longest Yard Supporting Cast & Characters
Adam Sandler leads the cast of The Longest Yard as disgraced NFL quarterback Paul Crewe. Accused of shaving points and arrested after a drunk driving incident, Paul is introduced as a foul-mouthed and self-obsessed sports star. However, upon making new friends in prison and standing up against an authoritarian warden, Paul finds a new shot at playi...
“Caretaker” is one of Paul's first friends in prison. Even though he doesn’t play on the field, the friendly character is crucial to the football match as he helps Paul in the tryouts. "Caretaker" is played in The Longest Yard by stand-up comedian Chris Rock. He rose to fame alongside Adam Sandler as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and they h...
The cast of the 2005 version of The Longest Yard includes the original's lead, Burt Reynolds. Instead of playing Paul this time, Reynolds is credited as Coach Nate Scarborough. A former college football star, Nate is a seasoned veteran in the game who allows inmates a chance to get back at the abusive guards. Reynolds was a Hollywood icon in the 19...
Earl is a running back on Paul’s team. He's a passionate player and very mature in terms of his personality. Even when the guards abuse him with racial slurs, Earl doesn’t fight back and waits for an opportunity to defeat them in the gridiron. Primarily known as a rapper and singer, Nelly joined theLongest Yard remake cast as Earl and also contribu...
Captain Brian Knauer is the head guard of the prison and the movie's secondary antagonist. Loyally following the orders of his warden, the character doesn’t have a moral compass and mercilessly inflicts damage on the prisoners. Captain Knauer is another sinister addition to William Fichtner’s filmography, which includes supporting roles as many vil...
The sadistic prison warden Rudolph Hazen serves as the main villain of The Longest Yard. Masterminding the game between the inmates and the guards, he controls the prison with an iron fist and often ignores the abusive behavior of his staff. James Cromwell was cast in this role for the remake of The Longest Yard. The actor and animal rights activis...
Bill Goldberg as Joey "Battle" Battaglio - Former NFL defensive tackle and pro wrestler Bill Goldberg appears in the cast of The Longest Yard as the prison team’s linebacker, Joey "Battle" Battaglio. Goldberg also played Romeo in Universal Soldier: The Return and the DC Comics character Big Sir in two episodes ofThe Flash. Tracy Morgan as Miss Tuck...
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The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Mike Conrad and James Hampton.
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1 Video. 99+ Photos. Comedy Crime Drama. A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards. Director. Robert Aldrich. Writers. Tracy Keenan Wynn. Albert S. Ruddy. Stars. Burt Reynolds. Eddie Albert. Ed Lauter. See production info at IMDbPro.
A remake of 1974's The Longest Yard, it stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up former professional American football quarterback who, in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, is forced to assemble a team to play against the guards.
