The Longest Yard

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film sports comedy-drama film

The Longest Yard is a 1974 sports comedy-drama film starring Burt Reynolds about a disgraced football quarterback who leads a team of prison inmates against their guards.

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The Longest Yard (1974 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
sports comedy-drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Burt Reynolds) ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph F. Biroc ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Michael Luciano ⓘ
featuresCharacter Captain Knauer ⓘ
Caretaker ⓘ
Warden Hazen ⓘ
filmingLocation Georgia State Prison ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
hasRemake Mean Machine (2001 film) ⓘ
The Longest Yard (2005 film) ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
teamwork ⓘ
mainCharacter Paul Crewe ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation professional football quarterback ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Frank De Vol ⓘ
narrativeLocation prison ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of a football game between prison inmates and guards ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A disgraced former professional football quarterback in prison leads a team of inmates in a football game against the prison guards. ⓘ
producer Albert S. Ruddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate August 21, 1974 ⓘ
releaseYear 1974 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Tracy Keenan Wynn ⓘ
setIn Florida ⓘ
sportDepicted American football ⓘ
starring Bernadette Peters ⓘ
Burt Reynolds ⓘ
Ed Lauter ⓘ
Eddie Albert ⓘ
Harry Caesar ⓘ
James Hampton ⓘ
Michael Conrad ⓘ
storyBy Albert S. Ruddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s ⓘ

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Robert Aldrich → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Robert Aldrich → directed → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Eddie Albert → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Eddie Albert → portrayedIn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
James Crabe → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
James Crabe → workedOn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
The Longest Yard (2005 film) → basedOn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Longest Yard (1974 film)
Richard Kiel → appearedIn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Longest Yard (1974 film)
Charles Tyner → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Ironhead → appearsIn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Edward Albert Heimberger → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Burt Reynolds → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Joseph F. Biroc → workedOn → The Longest Yard ⓘ
Aaron Stell → notableWork → The Longest Yard ⓘ