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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.
- June 20, 1980
- Ron Silverman
Jun 20, 1980 · Brubaker is a crime drama film based on a true story of a former prison administrator who exposed corruption in Arkansas prisons. Robert Redford stars as Henry Brubaker, who poses as an inmate and becomes the warden of Wakefield Prison Farm.
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 64
- 2 min
A realistic and depressing film about prison outrages and reform warden Brubaker, starring Robert Redford as a reformer who cleans up a hellhole of sadism. The film focuses on the characters' ideological positions and their predictable behavior, rather than on their human dimensions and their relationships.
Brubaker is a movie about a reformist warden who exposes the corruption and abuse in a Southern prison. It has a 75% Tomatometer and a 74% Audience Score based on 24 reviews and 5,000+ ratings.
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- Stuart Rosenberg
- R
- Robert Redford
A movie about a new warden who exposes and fights the corruption and abuse in a prison farm in Arkansas. He poses as an inmate, reveals his identity, and faces opposition from the local business community and the prison board.
R. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 293. Robert Redford stars in this potent drama based on the real life story of Tom Murton, the prison superintendent who exposed scandalous...
Dec 14, 2016 · A project to film an exposé of the Arkansas prison reformer Tom Murton was tossed around Hollywood for a decade before finally being filmed as Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford. The screenplay by W.D. Richter adds new twists to the old story of corruption.
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