Written by James M. Tate / 9/11/2022 / No comments / action , bernadette peters , burt reynolds , comedy , drama , ed lauter , football , harry caesar , james hampton , michael conrad , prison , richard kiel , robert aldrich , seventies , sport
BURT REYNOLDS GETS CAPTURED FOR 'THE LONGEST YARD'
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD Director: Robert Aldrich Year: 1974 Rating: **** |
Nothing doing in THE LONGEST YARD since Burt, playing a has-been football star, is sent to a backwards Florida work-camp where he's called upon by a power hungry warden (Eddie Albert backed by chief guard Ed Lauter) to start a team of convicts: who end up challenging the prison guard semi-pro outfit with a start-up game (fitfully helmed by DIRTY DOZEN prisoners-with-a-purpose director Robert Aldrich) ...
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| Burt Reynolds and Harry Caesar in THE LONGEST YARD with James Hampton |
But things never get too intense or realistic as the entire film... despite some seriousness and creepiness (especially thanks to prison rat Charles Tyner)... remains with a knowing, breezy grin: a combination of his prior DELIVERANCE-type intensity and future SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT-style humor.
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD before the arrest |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD with Eddie Albert |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD with Michael Conrad |
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| Richard Kiel in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Ed Lauter in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD with Bernadette Peters |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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| Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD |
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