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Release Date: 1980
Cast: Linda Haynes, David Harris, Morgan Freeman, Noble Willingham, Murray Hamilton, Nicolas Cage, M. Emmet Walsh, Don Blakely, Val Avery, Albert Salmi, Yaphet Kotto, Robert Redford ...MORE
Cast: Linda Haynes, David Harris, Morgan Freeman, Noble Willingham, Murray Hamilton, Nicolas Cage, M. Emmet Walsh, Don Blakely, Val Avery, Albert Salmi, Yaphet Kotto, Robert Redford, Rob Garrison, David Keith, Roy Poole, Jane Alexander, Brent Jennings, Wilford Brimley, Jon Van Ness, Tim McIntire, Harry Groener, Everett McGill, Richard Ward, Joe Spinell ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Docudrama, Prison, Political Drama, Crime Fiction, Drama Film, Prison Film
Brubaker is an American 1980 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg about a prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) who attempts to reform the system.
The film boasts a large supporting cast of stars including Yaphet Kotto, Tim McIntire, Nathan George, David Keith, Everett McGill, Murray Hamilton, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh and Jane Alexander, with an early appearance by Morgan Freeman. Nicolas Cage appears as an extra in his very first film.
Rosenberg replaced Bob Rafelson, who was removed as director early in production.
A mysterious man (Redford) arrives at a prison... MORE
Brubaker is an American 1980 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg about a prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) who attempts to reform the system.
The film boasts a large supporting cast of stars including Yaphet Kotto, Tim McIntire, Nathan George, David Keith, Everett McGill, Murray Hamilton, Matt Clark, M. Emmet Walsh and Jane Alexander, with an early appearance by Morgan Freeman. Nicolas Cage appears as an extra in his very first film.
Rosenberg replaced Bob Rafelson, who was removed as director early in production.
A mysterious man (Redford) arrives at a prison as an inmate and 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, amongst other things. During a dramatic standoff, he reveals himself to be the new prison warden, Henry Brubaker, to the amazement of both prisoners and officials alike.
With ideals and vision, he attempts to reform the prison, with an eye towards prisoner rehabilitation and human rights. He recruits several long-time prisoners, including Larry Lee Bullen (Keith) and Richard "Dickie" Coombes (Kotto), to LESS
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