Brubaker
1980 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. 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.
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Directed by | Stuart Rosenberg |
Screenplay by | W. D. Richter |
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Based on | Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by |
Produced by | Ron Silverman |
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Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten |
Edited by | Robert Brown |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9 million[1] or $13 million[2] |
Box office | $37,121,708[3] |
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.