Brubaker
Sign in to saveBrubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 prison scandal. The film features a large supporting cast, including Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Tim McIntire, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh, Everett McGill a
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7.1The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Released: 1980-06-20125 minDir: Stuart RosenbergCrime, Drama
Cast
- Robert Redford as Brubaker
- Yaphet Kotto as Dickie Coombes
- Jane Alexander as Lillian
- Murray Hamilton as Deach
- David Keith as Larry Lee Bullen
- Morgan Freeman as Walter
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Brubaker
- Film.image
- brubaker_movie_poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical poster
- Film.director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Film.producer
- Ron Silverman
- Film.screenplay
- W. D. Richter
- Film.music
- Lalo Schifrin
- Film.cinematography
- Bruno Nuytten
- Film.editing
- Robert Brown
- Film.distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- Film.runtime
- 131 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
Key dates
- Published
- 22 January 1981
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
- Screenwriter
- Arthur A. Ross
- Cast member
- David Harris
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- Ted Mann
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
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11 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Production
- Screenplay
- Filming
- Novelization
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Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richter is a fictionalized version of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams, detailing Murton's uncovering of the 1967 prison scandal. The film features a large supporting cast, including Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Tim McIntire, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh, Everett McGill and an early appearance by Morgan Freeman. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 1981 Academy Awards.
==Plot== In 1969, Henry Brubaker arrives at Wakefield State Prison in Arkansas disguised as an inmate. He witnesses rampant abuse and corruption, including open and endemic sexual assault, torture, worm-ridden food, fraud, and rampant graft. During a dramatic standoff involving Walter, a deranged prisoner being held in solitary confinement, Brubaker reveals himself as the new prison warden, to the amazement of both prisoners and officials alike.