Brubaker | 80's Movie Guide

Taglines: The most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden. Brubaker movie storyline. 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. Brubaker is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as 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. Brubaker (1980) Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg Starring: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, Matt Clark, David Keith, Jon Van Ness Screenplay by: W.D. Richter Cinematography by: Bruno Nuytten Film Editing by: Robert Brown Set Decoration by: John Franco Jr. Art Direction by: J. Michael Riva Music by: Lalo Schifrin Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Release Date: June 20, 1980