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      • The film is based on the real-life experiences of warden Thomas Murton, co-author with Joe Hyams of the 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal.
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  3. www.theatlantic.com › entertainment › archiveWakefield Is a Bizarre Showcase for Bryan Cranston - The Atlantic

    May 19, 2017 · Based on the short story by E.L. Doctorow, and written and directed by Robin Swicord (a longtime Hollywood screenwriter whose only other directorial credit was The Jane Austen Book Club in...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wakefield_(film)Wakefield (film) - Wikipedia

    Wakefield is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord and starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. It is based on the 2008 short story of the same name by E. L. Doctorow published in The New Yorker, which was in turn inspired by the 1835 story of the same title by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

  5. www.moviestvnetwork.com › stories › the-truth-behindMovies! TV Network | The Truth Behind Brubaker

    1980’s Brubaker, starring Robert Redford, was unfortunately based on a very true story that happened in Arkansas. Arkansas had two prisons – Tucker State and Cummins State – both of which used inmates for labor.

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  7. www.kuaf.com › the-real-story-behind-brubakerThe Real Story Behind "Brubaker" - KUAF 91.3

    Oct 5, 2020 · The 1980 film Brubaker starred Robert Redford and gained national attention. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us archives of the real story that inspired the film.

  8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › wakefieldWakefield | Rotten Tomatoes

    May 19, 2017 · Minus another star for the fact that I don't think the story was intended to portray an abusive relationship, when it is clearly one. Apparently, the viewer was supposed to find...

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  9. encyclopediaofarkansas.net › entries › brubakerBrubaker - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

    Jan 3, 2024 · The movie follows Henry Brubaker, a new warden who has been hired to modernize and reform Wakefield Prison. Brubaker pretends to be a prisoner and mixes with the general population until he discovers widespread corruption and reveals himself in disgust.

  10. moviepooper.com › movie › brubakerBrubaker - MoviePooper

    Based on a true story, Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) has been hired as the new warden of the Wakefield State Penitentiary in Arkansas. In order to see the alleged rampant corruption at the prison first-hand, he arrives disguised as a prisoner.

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