Details
Director: | Stuart Rosenberg |
Writer: | Joe HyamsWD Richter |
Theatrical: | 1980 |
Genre: | Drama |
Duration: | 125 min |
Awards: | 1 Oscar-nominering 1980 » |
Subtitles: | Engelska, Franska, Grekiska, Holländska, Italienska, Spanska, Svenska, Tyska |
Sound: | Stereo |
Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
Discs: | 1 |
Region: | 2 |
Release: | dec. 2009 |
Summary
The most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden!
Posing as a new prisoner, Brubaker (Redford) discovers vast corruption in a state penitentiary before revealing himself to be theinew warden. His personal crusade to bring reform puts him in grave danger, especially when he insists on exposing a series of secret murders that took place years earlier.
Powerful and disturbing, 'Brubaker' won acclaim for its gritty realism and Oscar-nominated screenplay based on the real life story of Tom Murton, the prison superintendent who rocked Arkansas politics when he exposed scandalous abuses and murders in a state prison.