The Longest Yard
“If you can't get out, get even.”
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
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83 people
Adam Sandler
Paul Crewe
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Chris Rock
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Burt Reynolds
Nate Scarborough
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Peter Segal Director · Sheldon Turner Screenplay Albert S. Ruddy Story
Worldwide gross $191M · Budget $90M · United States release May 27, 2005
Box office
Budget
$90,000,000
Worldwide gross
$191,466,556
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Callahan Filmworks
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production
MTV Films
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Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Happy Madison Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 19, 2005
Premiere · Hollywood, California
United States · May 27, 2005
Theatrical
Argentina
November 15, 2005 · Physical · VHS
August 12, 2026 · Digital · HBO Max
Australia
July 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 3, 2005 · Theatrical
November 23, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Chile
August 4, 2005 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Ecuador
August 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
August 10, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
January 4, 2006 · Physical · DVD
France
November 23, 2005 · Theatrical
May 23, 2006 · Physical · DVD / UMD
December 21, 2013 · Digital
July 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
September 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
July 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
April 29, 2006 · Theatrical
Kuwait
July 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 8, 2005 · Theatrical
April 13, 2008 · TV · RTL 5
February 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Norway
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Panama
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
October 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 20, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
September 8, 2005 · Theatrical
South Africa
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
October 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Uruguay
August 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Venezuela
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
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