Overview:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.| Status: | Released (1980-06-20) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $37,121,708 |
| Screen: | W.D. Richter, Arthur A. Ross, Thomas O. Murton |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4135: Robert Redford - Henry Brubaker
- 5050: Yaphet Kotto - Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
- 13724: Jane Alexander - Lillian Gray
- 8608: Murray Hamilton - John Deach
- 18181: David Keith - Larry Lee Bullen
- 192: Morgan Freeman - Walter
- 2454: Matt Clark - Roy Purcell
Crews
- 71734: Enrique Bravo - Camera Operator - Camera
- 18179: W.D. Richter - Screenplay - Writing
- 13859: Stuart Rosenberg - Director - Directing
- 12808: Ron Silverman - Producer - Production
- 12807: Ted Mann - Executive Producer - Production
- 67687: Arthur A. Ross - Story - Writing
- 18179: W.D. Richter - Story - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Corruption and Murder told with cathartic style. It's odd that whenever talk of Prison base films crops up you rarely see Brubaker mentioned as a viable piece of work, which to me personally is a damn shame because it's origin source provides a worthy story to be involved in. ....
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One of the top 3 prison based movie ever made but highly underrated, sometimes I feel really so sad when see that there are many many top class movies from 80"s & 90"s are very underrated while they need or deserve a really very high attention and fame too,and this one "Brubaker" is ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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**_A maverick prison warden uncovers corruption and tries to make positive changes_** In 1967-1968, a state penal farm in Arkansas gets a new warden (Robert Redford) who discovers condoned sexual abuse, severe beatings, electrical torture and extortion by inmates with guns who wo ....
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