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Release Date: 1980 Cast: Nicolas Cage, Yaphet Kotto, Murray Hamilton, Roy Poole, Don Blakely, Jon Van Ness, M. Emmet Walsh, Rob Garrison, Joe Spinell, Harry Groener, David Keith, Robert Redford ...MORE
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Yaphet Kotto, Murray Hamilton, Roy Poole, Don Blakely, Jon Van Ness, M. Emmet Walsh, Rob Garrison, Joe Spinell, Harry Groener, David Keith, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Brent Jennings, Richard Ward, Linda Haynes, Jane Alexander, Noble Willingham, Wilford Brimley, Albert Salmi, Tim McIntire, Val Avery, Everett McGill, David Harris ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Prison, Prison film, Crime Fiction, Political drama, Docudrama 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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