Sports comedy in the context of "The Longest Yard (2005 film)"

The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by Sheldon Turner. A remake of 1974's film of the same name, it stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up former professional American football quarterback who goes to prison and is forced to assemble a team to play against the guards. The film co-stars Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner, David Patrick Kelly, Tracy Morgan, Cloris Leachman, and Burt Reynolds, who played Sandler's role in the original.

It was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada, and Sony Pictures Releasing–under the Columbia Pictures label–in other territories on May 27, 2005, to mixed reviews from critics, but the film was a box office success by grossing $191.2 million on an $82 million budget.