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    WSR Detailed DVD Review
    Longest Yard, The
    Genre: Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 102 (Nov 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner, David Patrick Kelly, Tracy Morgan, Cloris Leachman & Burt Reynolds

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 3.5
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Includes a 21-minute First Down And Twenty-Five To Life featurette, an enlightening six-minute featurette on The Care And Feeding Of Pro Athletes, a five-minute Lights, Camera, Touchdown featurette; five brief visual effects breakdowns under the sub-menu Extra Points, nine-deleted or alternate scenes with optional commentary, Nelly's "Errtime" music video, a three-minute Here Comes The Boom montage of images from the movie, a four-minute Fumbles And Stumbles outtakes reel, and up-front ads.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Paramount Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 34349
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Rating Reason):

    		 Crude And Sexual Humor, Violence, Language & Drug Reference
    (Retail Price): $29.99
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 113
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2005
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 09/20/05
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Peter Segal
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Based on the screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn from a story by Albert S. Ruddy and the movie starring Burt Reynolds, this new remake of The Longest Yard features Adam Sandler as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Sandler); a former football player who finds himself in some serious trouble after a drunken police chase lands him in the Allenville Penetentiary. There, he and a crew of cons go head-to-head against the guards of the prison for the entertainment of the warden (Cromwell). (Suzanne Hodges)

    DVD Picture:
    The anamoprhically enhanced DVD picture exhibits a color scheme that is quite impressive and richly saturated at the beginning of the presentation, ending with the police chase on a pitch black night with vibrant street lights and blaring CHP lightbars. As the story progresses to the penitentiary, the color scheme takes on a desaturated appearance. Unfortunately, the picture does have a soft characteristic, as finer details often suffer and some scenes appear a bit blurry. Minor edge halos and occasional pixel breakup can be detected. Overall the picture is satisfying; at times pleasing. (Suzanne Hodges)

    Soundtrack:
    Although dialogue sounds slightly muddled, the Dolby

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