The Longest Yard (1974 film)

The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Aldrich
Screenplay by	Tracy Keenan Wynn
Story by	Albert S. Ruddy
Produced by	Albert S. Ruddy
Starring	Burt Reynolds; Eddie Albert; Ed Lauter; Mike Conrad
Cinematography	Joseph Biroc
Edited by	Michael Luciano
Music by	Frank De Vol
Production; companies	Albert S. Ruddy Productions; Long Road Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 21, 1974 (New York);
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.9 million
Box office	$43 million

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, Michael Conrad and James Hampton. The film was released as The Mean Machine in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The film follows a former NFL player recruiting a group of prisoners and playing football against their guards. It features many real-life football players, including Green Bay Packers legend Ray Nitschke.^[4]

The film has been remade three times: as the 2001 British film Mean Machine (a shortened version of the title used for the original's UK release), starring Vinnie Jones, the 2005 film remake, The Longest Yard featuring Adam Sandler and Reynolds as coach Nate Scarborough, and as the 2015 Egyptian film Captain Masr. In the two international remakes from 2001 and 2015, the sport was changed from gridiron football to association football.

^ "THE LONGEST YARD (X)". British Board of Film Classification. September 27, 1974. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
^ Alain Silver and James Ursini, Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich?, Limelight, 1995 p 292
^ "The Longest Yard (1974)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ Gerhard Falk (2005), Football And American Identity, Haworth Press, ISBN 978-0-7890-2527-2

[1] "THE LONGEST YARD (X)". British Board of Film Classification. September 27, 1974. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.

[2] Alain Silver and James Ursini, Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich?, Limelight, 1995 p 292

[3] "The Longest Yard (1974)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[4] Gerhard Falk (2005), Football And American Identity, Haworth Press, ISBN 978-0-7890-2527-2

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