The Longest Yard (2005 film)
The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports comedy film, 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 of the NFL, who is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards.
Paul Crewe Adam Sandler is a former NFL player disgraced for shaving points in a big game. One night, he gets drunk and goes joyriding in his girlfriends Bentley, totals it, gets arrested, and is sentenced to three years in a Texas Federal Prison for violating his parole.In prison, Warden Rudolph Hazen James Cromwell uses threats and confinement in a hot box to coerce Crewe into helping the prison guards football team, led by the hostile Captain Knauer William Fichtner. Crewe informs Hazen that what Hazens team needs is a tuneup game to boost the guards confidence, and therefore sets out to form a decent team to play against the guards out of fellow inmates. With the help of newfound friend, Caretaker Chris Rock, they start off with a poorly organized team, before being noticed by another prisoner, former college football star, Nate Scarborough Burt Reynolds, who decides to help coach the team and help gather several intimidating inmates as a boost to the teams strength. ........
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