Brubaker
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| Directed by | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Produced by | Ron Silverman Ted Mann (executive) |
| Screenplay by | W. D. Richter |
| Story by | W. D. Richter Arthur Ross |
| Based on |
Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal
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| Starring |
Robert Redford Yaphet Kotto Jane Alexander Murray Hamilton David Keith Tim McIntire |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten |
| Edited by | Robert Brown |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $37,121,708 |
Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as 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.
In 1969, a mysterious man (Robert Redford) arrives at Wakefield State Prison in Arkansas. As an inmate, he immediately witnesses rampant abuse and corruption, including open and endemic sexual assault, torture, worm-ridden diseased food, insurance fraud and a doctor charging inmates for care. Brubaker eventually reveals himself—during a dramatic standoff involving Walter (Morgan Freeman), a deranged prisoner who was being held in solitary confinement—to be the new prison warden, to the amazement of both prisoners and officials alike.
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