Football Triple Feature (The Longest Yard / North Dallas Forty / Necessary Roughness) [DVD]

Longest Yard – On this rough-and tumble film, really filmed on-location on the Georgia State Jail, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who’ll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards’ semi-pro soccer group to the nationwide championship. Burt Reynolds performs one-time professional quarterback Paul Crewe, now behind bars for main State Police on a wild chase in a “borrowed automotive” and extra. He agrees to arrange a prisoners’ group to play the guards. The warden intercedes to guarantee that his goon squad will meet solely passive resistance from Crewe’s “Imply Machine.” However the license to pound on their hated guards is an enormous incentive for murderers and thieves to study technique. North Dallas Forty – In a society wherein main league sporting occasions have changed Sunday worship as the faith of alternative, North Dallas Forty seems like a desecration on the altar. On this movie, directed by Ted Kotcheff (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), the Nationwide Soccer League is revealed to be extra concerning the cash than the sport. Nick Nolte is North Dallas Bulls pass-catcher Phillip Elliott, whose cynicism and unbiased spirit is appeared upon as troublesome by group coaches Johnson (Charles Durning) and Strothers (G.D. Spradlin) and group proprietor Conrad Hunter (Steve Forrest). Elliot, on the finish of his profession and smart to the way in which gamers are purchased and bought like cattle, goes by way of the video games pumped up on painkillers conveniently offered by the administration. His teammates embrace savvy quarterback Maxwell (Mac Davis) and lunk-headed defensive lineman Jo Bob Priddy (Bo Svenson), who cope with the impersonality and back-biting of the sport by way of off-field diversions. When the Bulls administration benches Elliot after manipulating him to assist prepare a fellow teammate, Elliot has to resolve whether or not there’s extra to life than the sport that he loves. Vital Roughness – The Texas State Armadillos are fourth down and nowhere-to-go after a corruption scandal almost ends the soccer program. Now upstanding coach Ed Gennero (Hector Elizondo) should put collectively a brand-new group. For the place of quarterback, Gennero recruits Paul Blake (Scott Bakula, Quantum Leap), a 34-year-old former highschool star whose subject of desires turned out to be the household farm. Blake nonetheless has the arm, however can he rating with a group that features a samurai lineman, a butterfingered receiver, and a Samoan strongman with eyes for the placekicker (Kathy Eire)?
Is Discontinued By Producer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA score ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 2.88 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Akldrich, Ted Kotcheff, Stan Dragoti
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Field set, DVD, Shade, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 47 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte, Scott Bakula
Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000R7I3ZK
Variety of discs ‏ : ‎ 3