UHD Review The Longest Yard – UHD Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

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The Longest Yard come from one of the more underappreciated directors from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Robert Aldrich was one of the era’s auteurs with a remarkable versatility in many genres. First breaking into the industry with RKO Radio Pictures, he worked as an assistant director and in television before making his directing debut with MGM’s Big Leaguer (1953); Aldrich would rise to greater success in the 1950’s and 1960’s with – and this is just an abbreviated list – Apache (1954), Vera Cruz (also 1954), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). In the 1970’s, partnered with Burt Reynolds on two films, the first being The Longest Yard. Originally released on DVD by Paramount, Kino has licensed the movie for...

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[Jeffrey D]

I definitely agree with your high marks on the video- looks great. I’ll go you one more- it’s not only arguably the best football movie- it’s one of the best sports films.