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The Mean Machine (DVD, 2002)

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An ex football player Paul Crewe (Reynolds) spirals out after being caught shaving points to gamble on games. Some bad choices lead to Crewe getting sent to prison where the warden has his eye on him to coach their semi pro team. After refusing, at the lead guards forceful request, crewe finds himself in the dregs of the prison workforce. Finally the warden decides to use him in a different capacity and tasks him with putting together an all inmate football team to play a tune up game with the guards. Through trials and tribulations, Crewe gets his team together and puts the guards through their paces in an all out roughed out guard on inmate football game. - IMDB

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Rough and tumble yarn about a football match between the convicts and the guards in an American prison.

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ProducerAlbert S. Ruddy
EAN5014437814036
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951815

Product Key Features

ActorHarry Caesar, Michael Conrad, Dino Washington, Mike Henry, James Hampton, Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
Film/TV TitleThe Mean Machine
DirectorRobert Aldrich
FormatDVD
Release Year2002
LanguageEnglish
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time116 Mins

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Certificate15
Number of Discs1
ComposerFrank DeVol
Production DesignerJames D. Vance
Additional InformationIn Robert Aldrich's crowd-pleasing classic, Burt Reynolds stars as convict Paul Crewe, a former football player doing time in a prison controlled by two authoritarian sports fanatics, warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) and captain Knauer (Ed Lauter). When Crewe sees that the guards have a top-notch football team, he takes it upon himself to form a squad with his fellow dispirited inmates. As the prisoners come together, galvanized by the chance to challenge the guards, they begin to experience a sense of purpose and solidarity--and Hazen doesn't like it. With the Penitentiary Bowl approaching, Hazen pressures Crewe to throw the big game. Crewe must choose between his own freedom and supporting the newfound dignity of his convict teammates.<BR>Aldrich brings to THE LONGEST YARD the same humor-spiked, antihero-driven feel for rousing adventure shown in THE DIRTY DOZEN and creates a film that matches gridiron favorites NORTH DALLAS FORTY and SEMI-TOUGH while also comparing to classics such as ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, STALAG 17, and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION that reveal the soul-crushing aspects of life under lock and key. Like the latter films, Aldrich's darkly funny, bone-crunching drama succeeds most enduringly by showing the small, barbed, fiercely beautiful refusal of the spirit to surrender.
AuthorAlbert S. Ruddy
FeaturedDino Washington, Sonny Sixkiller, Ray Nitschke
Sound sourceMono
Movie/TV TitleThe Mean Machine
EditorMichael Luciano, Allan Jacobs, George Hively
Director of PhotographyJoseph Biroc

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  • by aarooxfor_0
    17 Mar, 2021

    Good film

    First saw this when I was a nipper. Its actually quite funny in places. Not bad at all.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by nchambers1
    31 Oct, 2022

    A great Burt Reynolds film to have in your collection

    A great film and being a big Burt Reynolds fan a must!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by payal.uk.whiqg4db
    14 May, 2020

    Fun film ..

    Funny film with guards v inmates

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by mltipton
    01 Oct, 2017

    good

    good film but showing its age compared to vinie jones remake

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by scanniman
    14 Dec, 2016

    AWESOME

    If you like burt Reynolds this is a must just like cannonball run and smokey and the bandit get em all

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by hawki170362
    19 Aug, 2022

    Entertaining

    Great film & cast

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • by bar_7129
    23 Apr, 2024

    great film

    great film

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by finnbrianielse-0
    12 Jun, 2021

    super

    super

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