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About the Film

Year

2005

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

114 MIN

Synopsis

Are you ready for a different kind of football? Comic superstar Adam Sandler teams up with the always-outrageous Chris Rock, rap-sensation Nelly and a gang of real pro football players and wrestling superstars in the hardest-hitting action-packed comedy of the year! After former NFL quarterback Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Sandler) gets thrown into a maximum security prison, the warden orders him to put together a team of hard-core inmates to play a fixed warm-up game against the brutal prison guards. But little does he know that the "Mean Machine", led by a tough-as-nails coach (Burt Reynolds), have plans to settle their own score in this rib-busting, unforgettable laugh-out-loud riot directed by Peter Segal (Anger Management).

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Adam Sandler

Paul "Wrecking" Crewe

Chris Rock

Caretaker

James Cromwell

Warden Hazen

Nelly

Megget

William Fichtner

Captain Knauer

Burt Reynolds

Coach Nate Scarborough

Michael Irvin

Deacon Moss

David Patrick Kelly

Unger

Bill Romanowski

Guard Lambert

Bill Goldberg

Battle

About the Crew

Director

Peter Segal

Producer

Jack Giarraputo

Executive Producer

Adam Sandler

Executive Producer

Van Toffler

Executive Producer

David Gale

Executive Producer

Barry Bernardi

Executive Producer

Allen Covert

Executive Producer

Tim Herlihy

Executive Producer

Michael Ewing

Executive Producer

Albert S. Ruddy

Based on Characters by

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Based on Short Story By

Albert S. Ruddy

Writer

Sheldon Turner

Music Scoring

Teddy Castellucci