Brubaker (1980)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 4
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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
Jun 20, 1980 Wide
May 20, 2003
Cast
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Robert Redford
Henry Brubaker -
Yaphet Kotto
Richard "Dickie" Coombe... -
Jane Alexander
Lillian -
Murray Hamilton
Deach -
David Keith
Larry Lee Bullen -
Morgan Freeman
Walter -
Matt Clark
Purcell -
Tim McIntire
Huey Rauch -
Jon Van Ness
Zaranska -
M. Emmet Walsh
C.P. Woodward -
Albert Salmi
Rory Poke -
Linda Haynes
Carol -
Everett McGill
Caldwell -
Val Avery
Wendell -
Don Blakely
Jerome Boyd -
Wilford Brimley
Rogers -
Ritch Brinkley
Gate Guard -
Kent Broadhurst
Whitley -
Jane Cecil
Bea Williams -
John Chappell
Captain Cleaves -
James Dukas
Oafish Rankman -
Nathan George
Leon Edwards -
Hazen Gifford
Parridge -
John Glover
Ackroyd -
Brent Jennings
Mr. Clarence -
James Keane
Pinky -
Jerry Mayer
Barber -
John McMartin
Senator Hite -
Bill McNulty
Richards -
William Newman
Dunfield -
Jack O'Leary
Floor Walker -
Vic Polizos
Billy Baylock -
Roy Poole
Dr. Gregory -
J.C. Quinn
Barber -
Lee Richardson
Warden Renfrew -
Ebbe Roe Smith
Pavitch -
Joe Spinell
Birdwell -
Noble Willingham
Dr. Fenster -
Ronald C. Frazier
Willets -
David Harris
Duane Spivey -
Richard Ward
Abraham -
Rob Garrison
Pretty Boy -
Konrad Sheehan
Glenn Elwood -
Alex Brown
Fenway Park -
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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (4) | DVD (14)
I never felt that I was wasting my time watching 'Brubaker,' only that it could have been a more dramatic and taut prison movie-which is odd, because it's directed by Stuart Rosenberg ('Cool Hand Luke').
Inspired by fact, this politically conscious prison drama is well written (script was Oscar nominated), but only decently acted by Redford, who might not have been the right choice.
It was hard to sit through two hours of such brutality and misery and say you enjoyed it.
Redford is the main attraction, obviously, even though his princely good looks -- like the movie's 'idealistic crusader against the Establishment' earnestness -- are almost too much of a good thing.
intense and a bit cliched
The picture and mono sound are of adequate quality.
Robert Redford, in a surprise acting tour de force, really stretches his style and mannerisms to become Henry Brubaker.
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