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| 'The Longest Yard' to film in N.M. prison |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/24/2004 |
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Part of the remake of 1974's "The Longest Yard" will be shot in New Mexico, with a vacant state prison building being turned into a set. Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds, the film should begin shooting in July, producers said at a news conference. It has a budget of about $70 million and is scheduled for release in summer 2005. Director Peter Segal said last Wednesday that the filmmakers liked the penitentiary's high-desert setting, which provides a sense of freedom and expansiveness just outside the prison gates. "The reason we chose this location is that it becomes a character in the story," said Segal, who also directed Sandler in the recent "50 First Dates" and "Anger Management." About 35 percent of the film will be shot at the penitentiary and the remainder in Los Angeles, where the football game that is the movie's climax will be staged. Reynolds also starred in the first film, in which a quarterback-turned-convict organizes prisoners into a football team to challenge the prison officers. Sandler takes over his role in the remake. The old main building of the Santa Fe prison, vacant since 1998, has been used as a location for several other movies, including "Lockdown" and "All the Pretty Horses." It was the site of a 1980 riot that left 33 inmates dead. |
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