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The Longest Yard - original or remake?


DaneyDuke

Which verison of The Longest Yard do you like?  

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  1. 1. Which verison of The Longest Yard do you like?

    • 1974 original
    • 2005 remake
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You forgot another remake of The Longest Yard...

Mean Machine 2001

This is a British remake of the movie except instead of football it is soccer...I have this on DVD and I like it better than the Adam Sandler one, but not as good as the original...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKZ0/qid=1133474430/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4812918-2019307?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Plot Synopsis: Disgraced ex-England captain (Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan) is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. Whilst in jail, he doesn't recieve any favours because of his celebrity status in the outside world. He is out numbered and many prisoners constantly barrage him with insults for letting down his country in a crucial World Cup game. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. These prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards. The prisoners are lead by Danny and the whole of the prison, guards aside, are behind them. Game on......

Amazon.com

British soccer star Vinnie Jones stars as--no big stretch--a former soccer star named Danny "Mean Machine" Meehan who gets arrested for drunken assault and sent to prison for three years. Behind bars he finds himself embroiled in web of prison politics, caught between a governor with a gambling problem, a crime boss who lost a lot of money on a game that Meehan lost, and a motley crew of surly prisoners and guards with grudges. It all culminates in a soccer match between a team of guards, led by a hard-nosed warden, and a team of convicts, led by Meehan. Mean Machine is a remake of the Burt Reynolds movie The Longest Yard and the plot is pretty sure-fire; it's hard not to get caught up in the tensions of the big game. Plus, the comical game commentators give the movie a good jolt of humor. --Bret Fetzer

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