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| Brubaker | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Screenplay by | W. D. Richter |
| Story by |
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| Based on | Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal by |
| Produced by | Ron Silverman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten |
| Edited by | Robert Brown |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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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] |
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.
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.
- ^ Box Office Information for Brubaker. Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ Theater Owners Blame Box Office Blues This Summer on Lower Quality of Movies Wall Street Journal 8 July 1980: 15.
- ^ Box Office Information for Brubaker. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
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