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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.
Dec 16, 2023 · Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring the legendary actor, Robert Redford, the movie tells the gripping and emotionally charged story of Henry Brubaker, a newly appointed warden who goes undercover in a corrupt prison system.
Tom Murton was a penologist who exposed the corruption and abuse in the Arkansas prison farms in 1969. His book Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal inspired the film Brubaker, starring Robert Redford.
Jun 14, 2024 · The movie follows Henry Brubaker, a new warden who has been hired to modernize and reform Wakefield Prison. Brubaker pretends to be a prisoner and mixes with the general population until he discovers widespread corruption and reveals himself in disgust.
Henry Brubaker : No, you're smarter than that. Larry Lee Bullen : The whole world's fucked up, Mr. Brubaker. Ain't no use.
Oct 5, 2020 · The 1980 film Brubaker starred Robert Redford and gained national attention. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us archives of the real story that inspired the film.
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Sep 21, 1980 · Thomas Murton, the real-life model for "Brubaker," the crusading warden played by Robert Redford, was forced out of the Arkansas prison system in 1968 after exposing the Cummins burial ground.