Brubaker
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Stuart Rosenberg
Produced by	Ron Silverman
Written by	Screenplay W.D. Richter Arthur A. Ross Story Joe Hyams Tom Murton
Starring	Robert Redford Yaphet Kotto Jane Alexander
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Bruno Nuytten
Editing by	Robert Brown
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	June 20, 1980
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Brubaker is an American 1980 film about a prison in distress. Robert Redford plays the eponymous lead role of Warden Henry Brubaker. Image File history File links Brubaker_movie_poster. ... Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director whose notable works included the movies Cool Hand Luke (1967), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). ... Thomas Murton, generally known as Tom Murton, was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. ... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937, in New York City) is an American actor. ... Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939), is an award-winning American actress, a former director of the National Endowment for the Arts, and an author. ... Lalo Schifrin Lalo Schifrin (born on June 21, 1932) is an Argentine Jewish pianist and composer, most famous for composing the burning-fuse theme tune from the Mission:Impossible television series. ... Bruno Nuytten (born August 28, 1945 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France) is a French cinematographer-turned-director who directed Camille Claudel. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ...

The film stars Yaphet Kotto, Tim McIntire, David Keith, Everett McGill, and Jane Alexander, with a fairly early appearance of Morgan Freeman. Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937, in New York City) is an American actor. ... Tim McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably most famous for his portrayal of disc jockey Alan Freed in the film American Hot Wax (1978). ... David Keith (born May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American actor and director. ... Everett McGill (b. ... Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939), is an award-winning American actress, a former director of the National Endowment for the Arts, and an author. ... For the Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ...

Plot

In the film, the Brubaker character finds rampant abuse and corruption during the short period he impersonates an inmate. Examples include a prison doctor that charges inmates for care, torture of inmates, procurement fraud (such as purchase of substandard food contaminated with weevils and worms), fradulent insurance, and many more examples.

When the disguise comes off, he does what he must to make things right, and inflames the corrupt officials who have profited from their graft for decades. Graft may refer to: Grafting, where the tissues of one plant are affixed to the tissues of another. ...

Background

The film is a fact-based biopic about a prison warden who starts his job by disguising himself as one of his own prison inmates to find out what the prison is really like. It is based on a 1969 book by Tom Murton, a warden at the Cummins Prison in Arkansas, and co-author Joe Hyams, Accomplices To The Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal. A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... ... Thomas Murton, generally known as Tom Murton, was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. ... The Cummins Unit (formerly known as Cummins state farm) is a state prison in Arkansas, USA. This prison farm is a 16,000 acre (65 km²) correctional facility located 28 miles south of Pine Bluff, off Highway 65 near the town of Grady in Lincoln County, Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...

Murton also served as technical advisor during filming.

Filmed in New Lexington, Ohio & The Junction City Prison Farm in Junction City, Ohio. New Lexington is a city located in Perry County, Ohio. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Junction City is a village located in Perry County, Ohio. ...

Cast

• Robert Redford as Henry Brubaker
• Yaphet Kotto as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
• Jane Alexander as Lillian Gray

Robert Redford as Brubaker

• Murray Hamilton as John Deach
• David Keith as Larry Lee Bullen
• Morgan Freeman as Walter
• Matt Clark as Roy Purcell
• Tim McIntire as Huey Rauch
• Richard Ward as Abraham Cook
• Jon Van Ness as Zaranska
• M. Emmet Walsh as C.P. Woodward
• Albert Salmi as Rory Poke
• Linda Haynes as Carol
• Everett McGill as Eddie Caldwell
• Val Avery as Wendel

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Awards

Wins

• Motion Picture Sound Editors: Golden Reel Award. Best Sound Editing.

Nominations Founded in 1953, Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.) is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors. ...

• Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen; W.D. Richter (screenplay/story) and Arthur A. Ross (story).

Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

See also

• Arkansas Prison scandal

Thomas Murton, generally known as Tom Murton, was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. ...

External links

• Pictures of the prison