Vitals

Burt Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, washed-up ex-pro football quarterback

Palm Beach, Florida, Fall 1973

Film: The Longest Yard
Release Date: August 21, 1974
Director: Robert Aldrich
Wardrobe Credit: Charles E. James

Background

You take your football down here real serious, don’t you?

What do you do when you’re a style writer facing a Super Bowl aligns with Burt Reynolds’ birthday? Why, you focus on the super-seventies duds that Reynolds wears at the beginning of his sports comedy classic, The Longest Yard, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year! Continue reading →