what came first mean machine or the longest yard
The Longest Yard
title: The Longest Yard (1974 film) text: The Longest Yard (1974 film) The Longest Yard is a 1974 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn and based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy. The film follows a former NFL player (Burt Reynolds) recruiting the group of prisoners and playing football against their guards. The film was remade three times, including for the 2001 British film "Mean Machine" (a shortened version of the title used for the original's UK release), starring Vinnie Jones, the 2005 film remake, "The Longest Yard" featured Reynolds as coach Nate Scarborough, and as the 2015 title: History of measurement text: came later, but its origin is not definitely known. Some believe the origin was the double cubit, others believe that it originated from cubic measure. Whatever its origin, the early yard was divided by the binary method into 2, 4, 8, and 16 parts called the half-yard, span, finger, and nail. The association of the yard with the "gird" or circumference of a person's waist or with the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the thumb of King Henry I (reigned 1100–1135) are probably standardizing actions, since several yards were in use in Britain. There title: Mean Machine (film) text: F.C.. In addition, Nevin Saroya (prisoners' team) was once a Brentford F.C. youth team player. Ryan Giggs, then an active player with Manchester United F.C. and the Wales national football team, appears briefly (at minute 77:00) as a warden. Producer Matthew Vaughan , while looking for a film vehicle to highlight ex-soccer star Vinnie Jones, came across director Robert Aldrich's 1974 American football comedy "The Longest Yard". Jones, who was known for rough play and off-field rowdiness, seemed a natural for the lead role. "Mean Machine" was filmed from April to June 2001. Most of the prison scenes were filmed title: Yard text: Yard The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it is by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters. The name derives from the Old English ', ', &c., which was used for branches, staves, and measuring rods. It is first attested in the late-7th century laws of Ine of Wessex, where the "yard of land" mentioned is the yardland, an old English unit of tax assessment equal to hide. Around the same time, the Lindisfarne Gospels account title: Ed Lauter text: in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, "Family Plot". Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film; the director's failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that "The Short Night" never went into production. Lauter appeared in many films, including half a dozen in 1972 alone. Among his most prominent film roles were "The Longest Yard" (a.k.a. "The Mean Machine") (1974), "King Kong" (1976), "Magic" (1978), "Death Hunt" (1981), "Timerider" (1982) "Death Wish 3" (1985), "My Blue Heaven" (1990), "The Rocketeer" (1991), "Seraphim Falls" (2006),