Brubaker

– The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 11 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
Brubaker (1980)

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Brubaker (1980) - Trailer

Release Date:

20 Jun 1980

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Writer:

W.D. Richter (screenplay), W.D. Richter (story), Arthur A. Ross (story), Thomas O. Murton (suggested by), Joe Hyams (suggested by)

Main Actors:

Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton

Plot:

When the new warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees firsthand all the corruption and scams the guards and prison officials are running. When he reveals himself and starts to implement reforms to stop the corruption, the local business community, who had been benefiting from the scams, fights back, and the corrupt prison system starts making political trouble for the new warden.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Production:

20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
Metacritic:
54%