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Actors: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Richard Kiel, Charles Tyner, Bernadette Peters
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THE LONGEST YARD, directed by Robert Aldrich, has been theatrically released in 1974. Burt Reynolds is a former football player sent to prison for robbing his (ex-) girl-friend's sports car and resisting arrest. The Warden is a football fan who wants Reynolds to organize a team of inmates able to play against the guardians. Funny and cynical.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Training/Promotion story?
Yes
Sports story?
- football
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Sports story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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