The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports comedy film remake of the 1974 film of the same name. Adam Sandler plays the protagonist, Paul Crewe, a disgraced former professional football 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. Burt Reynolds, who played Adam Sandler's role in the original, plays a major role as Nate Scarborough, the head coach and a former Heisman Trophy winner for Oklahoma in 1955, and Chris Rock as Crewe's cell neighbor and friend known as Caretaker. The ensemble supporting... cast includes James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner and several former and current professional athletes such as Terry Crews , Michael Irvin , Brian Bosworth , Bill Romanowski , Bill Goldberg , Bob Sapp , Kevin Nash , Stone Cold Steve Austin , and Dalip "The Great Khali" Singh Rana .
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| Release date: | May 19, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Peter Segal |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jack Giarraputo |
| Editor: | Jeff Gourson |
| Music by: | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography: | Dean Semler |
| Screenplay by: | Sheldon Turner, Tracy Keenan Wynn |
| Estimated budget: | $82,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Longest Yard |
| Genre: | Comedy |