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The Longest Yard (1974)
Posted on 8/10/18 at 8:32 am
Posted on 8/10/18 at 8:32 am
Watched it last night on AXS tv for the first time in quite a while. Great film with many memorable lines. It has some cheesy dialogue with very odd split-screen action scenes, but Burt in his prime was golden. They don't make movies like that anymore...
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 8:53 am to ds4ua1020
Way better than the remake/reboot.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:02 am to ds4ua1020
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It has some cheesy dialogue
The film has some serious undertones about abuse of power, but it was trying to stay light and straddle the comedy line.
Plus, you had a bunch of jocks pressed into duty as actors.
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very odd split-screen action scenes
That was kind of in-style at that time - it made sense, we spent all this money on stunts and action scenes, let's show more of them.
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Burt in his prime was golden. They don't make movies like that anymore...
Agreed.
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 9:02 am
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:21 am to ds4ua1020
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They don't make movies like that anymore
What the hell are you talking about?! They literally made a movie with the SAME TITLE with Adam Sandler several years ago!!
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:48 am to WPBTiger
quote:Yep, in all way shapes and forms.
Way better than the remake/reboot.
A southern swampy Georgia/Florida prison much better than a dry desert "Texas" prison.
Even the unis were better:
My uncle/my dad's youngest brother (only 5 years older than I) somehow got a jersey like that as a promotional item back in 1974. God, I'd love to have that now...
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:55 am to ds4ua1020
One of my favorites. The first few minutes of the film, which detail how he landed in prison, wouldn't be permitted by PC culture today. The Sandler remake didn't have all of that.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:02 am to TheHarahanian
‘ Oh I ain't saying you did or you didn't. All I'm saying is that you could have robbed banks, sold dope or stole your grandmother's pension checks and none of us would have minded. But shaving points off of a football game, man that's un-American.’
Best FB movie of all time
Best FB movie of all time
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 10:03 am
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:20 am to lsufan112001
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‘ Oh I ain't saying you did or you didn't. All I'm saying is that you could have robbed banks, sold dope or stole your grandmother's pension checks and none of us would have minded. But shaving points off of a football game, man that's un-American.’
James Hampton (Caretaker) really delivered an outstanding performance in this film. Kudos to other cats like Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, and Michael Conrad. As easy as it would have been to just look good acting next to the jocks, none of these guys phoned it in.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:22 am to ds4ua1020
Love this movie.
Remake was terrible.
Remake was terrible.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:34 am to Speedy G
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Remake was terrible.
Remakes. There have been a few.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:55 pm to Speedy G
You didn’t like Nelly doing a running back montage to his own music?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 7:44 pm to TheHarahanian
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The first few minutes of the film, which detail how he landed in prison, wouldn't be permitted by PC culture today.
Burt's suit in the opening scene wouldn't make the movie today, much less a movie poster.
They don't make suits like that anymore!
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