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  1. Mean Machine is a 2001 British sports comedy film directed by Barry Skolnick and starring former footballer Vinnie Jones. The film is an adaptation of the 1974 American film The Longest Yard, featuring association football rather than American football.

  2. The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad and James Hampton. The film was released as The Mean Machine in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

  3. The Mean Machine is a film directed by Robert Aldrich with Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad .... Year: 1974. Original title: The Longest Yard. Synopsis: In this rough-and tumble movie, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies.

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    • Joseph F. Biroc
    • 1974: Nominated for Oscar: Best Editing
    • United States
  4. Mar 1, 2002 · We've had prisoners winning a gardening competition, pot dealers helping little old ladies, and crooks leaving crime for life as real estate agents. Now here is "Mean Machine," about a corrupt British soccer champion, jailed for rigging an important match, and ordered by the prison governor to coach the inmates' team.

  5. www.metacritic.com › movie › mean-machineMean Machine - Metacritic

    Feb 22, 2002 · English remake of the 1970's Burt Reynolds American football romp. Former England captain, off the rails, gets arrested for drink driving, assault, etc then ends up in prison with several unsavoury characters.

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    • Barry Skolnick
    • R
  6. Feb 22, 2002 · In the new version, directed by Barry Skolnick and happily not called ''The Longest Meter,'' Vinnie Jones radiates sullen hoodlum charisma as Danny Meehan, a soccer star in disgrace. Once the ...

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  8. In a rough-and-tumble British prison, where murderers, thieves and assorted madmen are locked away, inmate Danny Meehan (Vinnie Jones) is about to lead them all in the ultimate battle of their...

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    • Comedy, Drama
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