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Brubaker - DVD

SKU: 5402049 | Release Date: 5/20/2003

Rating: R for Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language

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Rating: R for Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1980
Length: 130 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: Action & Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Fact-based drama starring Robert Redford as Henry Brubaker, the new inmate at a run-down Southern prison that's become notorious for corruption and violence. After he witnesses several instances of gross misconduct and defuses a tense confrontation with a crazed inmate (Morgan Freeman), Brubaker reveals to the guards and administrators that he's not a criminal at all, but the new warden, assigned by the governor to infiltrate the facility undercover. His identity confirmed, Brubaker takes office and sets about shaping up policies and procedures, despite resistance from, incredibly, even some of the more entitled convicts. With the help of the prison's chief trustee (Yaphet Kotto) and a compassionate ally (Jane Alexander), the warden effects some positive change, but powerful business interests line up against him when his ideas threaten their financial bottom line. A reform-minded, socially conscious, and politically liberal picture of the type usually associated with director Norman Jewison, this fact-based prison drama was the result of a troubled production that saw original director Bob Rafelson replaced with Cool Hand Luke (1967) and The Amityville Horror (1979) helmsman Stuart Rosenberg. Despite the backstage turmoil, Brubaker was an acclaimed release and an Oscar-nominated, career-finale triumph for co-screenwriter Arthur A. Ross, creator of Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) and father of successful writer/director Gary Ross. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng/Fre/Spa

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng/Spa

Additional Features

cc [None specified]

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. Wakefield Prisoners (Main Titles)
2. Schooling the New People
3. At the Lumber Mill
4. I Am the Man
5. I'm Replacing You
6. Purcell, The Warden's Clerk
7. Into the Light
8. Barracks Roof Cave-In
9. Prison Tradition
10. Fired
11. Prison Polo
12. Prisoner Board Meeting
13. Abraham's Information
14. The Prison Reform Board
15. You Get People Killed
16. A Grand Experiment
17. Starting A Stampede
18. The Forensic Experts
19. Back to the Basics
20. Epilogue (End Titles)

Cast

Jane Alexander - Lillian
Val Avery - Wendell
Don Blakely - Jerome Boyd
Ritch Brinkley - Gate Guard
Kent Broadhurst - Whitley
Wilford Brimley - Rogers
John Chappell - Captain Cleaves
Yaphet Kotto - Richard "Dickie" Coombes
Jerry Mayer - Barber
Bill McNulty - Richards
John McMartin - Senator Hite
Tim McIntire - Huey Rauch
Everett McGill - Caldwell
Morgan Freeman - Walter
Ronald C. Frazier - Willets
David Harris - Duane Spivey
David Keith - Larry Lee Bullen
Konrad Sheehan - Glenn Elwood
Alex Brown - Fenway Park
Allison Caine - Additional Voice
Jack O'Leary - Floor Walker
William Newman - Dunfield
J.C. Quinn - Barber
Roy Poole - Dr. Gregory
Vic Polizos - Billy Baylock
Lee Richardson - Warden Renfrew
Albert Salmi - Rory Poke
Robert Redford - Henry Brubaker
Richard Ward - Abraham
Jane Cecil - Bea Williams
James Dukas - Oafish Rankman
Joe Spinell - Birdwell
Ebbe Roe Smith - Pavitch
M. Emmet Walsh - C.P. Woodward
Jon Van Ness - Zaranska
Noble Willingham - Dr. Fenster
Hazen Gifford - Parridge
Nathan George - Leon Edwards
John Glover - Ackroyd
Linda Haynes - Carol
Murray Hamilton - Deach
Brent Jennings - Mr. Clarence
James Keane - Pinky
Matt Clark - Purcell
Rob Garrison - Pretty Boy
Allison Caine

Crew

Executive Producer: Ted Mann
Producer: Ted Mann
Makeup: Gary D. Liddiard
Cinematographer: Bruno Nuytten
Screenwriter: Arthur A. Ross
Composer (Music Score): Lalo Schifrin
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Art Director: J. Michael Riva
Screenwriter: W.D. Richter
Producer: Ron Silverman
Sound/Sound Designer: Charles Wilborn
Associate Producer: Gordon Webb
Editor: Robert Brown
Set Designer: John Franco, Jr.
Stunts: Mickey Gilbert

Brubaker: AMG Review
Mike DiBella , AMG

This 1980 prison drama exposed Arkansas' almost medieval criminal justice system. Stuart Rosenberg's stark direction is fraught with tension and inhumanity, rendering a dark, bleak view of prison life. The film merges the realism of a documentary like Scared Straight with the social commentary of Cool Hand Luke. When Robert Redford commandeers the warden position and attempts to uncover the grossly dehumanized prison protocol, Brubaker becomes an in-depth look at the politics of the penal system. Creeping inside the grimy corridors of a penitentiary, Rosenberg focuses on the dynamics, hierarchy, and uncomfortable balance of power that motivates prisons. With an eclectic supporting cast including Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, and Wilford Brimley, the film is as authentic as it is gritty. ~ Mike DiBella, All Movie Guide

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