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Animal Factory

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Animal Factory (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 25  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis:
For his second film as a director, actor Steve Buscemi (TREES LOUNGE) brings ex-convict Edward Bunker's poignant jail drama to the screen. Trapped with a long-term prison sentence in a Pennsylvania state penitentiary, 21-year-old Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) feels like a terrified... [More]
For his second film as a director, actor Steve Buscemi (TREES LOUNGE) brings ex-convict Edward Bunker's poignant jail drama to the screen. Trapped with a long-term prison sentence in a Pennsylvania state penitentiary, 21-year-old Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) feels like a terrified fish-out-of-water. His cellmate, Jan the Actress (an impressively unrecognizable Mickey Rourke), is a cross-dresser who won't stop talking. Enter Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), an aging convict who has been in prison so long that he runs the show. Earl takes Ron under his wing, and a strange and intense relationship develops between them. However, the relationship offers Ron the protection he needs and gives Earl the feeling that he is a father figure. After Ron's appeal is denied, ensuring his place in the penitentiary for five more years, Earl thinks up a dangerous plan of escape that will either set them free or cost them their lives in the process. Buscemi's drama successfully balances the brutality of prison life with the touching, intimate relationship between Ron and Earl, providing ANIMAL FACTORY with a sensitivity that most prison films rarely contain. The movie features an atmospheric score by actor-musician John Lurie. [Less]

Genre: Television

Starring: Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Steve Buscemi

Director: Steve Buscemi
Screenwriter: Eddie Bunker
Producer: Julie Yorn, Elie Samaha, Steve Buscemi, Andrew Stevens
Composer: John Lurie

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 1, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

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06/22/04 10:10 PM
Enrique Buchichio
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What it does lack is a performance by Furlong that's the equal of Dafoe's.

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08/14/03 07:12 AM
Harry Guerin
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We may have seen this type of Animal before, but Furlong and Dafoe's work -- and Buscemi’s honest, caring touch with these fringe-dwellers -- make it seem fresh.

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there are two reasons to fast-forward this offering when it's released on video: (1) Mickey Rourke's over-the-top bejeweled drag queen and (2) Tom Arnold's truly rotten performance as a baddy who has the hots for boy-buns. Roseanne's finally gotten her re

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11/17/02 03:34 PM
Brandon Judell
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Prison flick from ex-con screenwriter is raw and realistic, with powerful acting.

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A scary and unflinching look at prison life.

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07/09/02 04:11 AM
Jon Popick
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Similar to "Shawshank", "Animal Factory" is a far-less-established outing, but never the less interesting. Without the weighty support cast it mightn't have been as intriguing though, because there's a lack of depth missing from the screenplay

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06/20/02 10:45 PM
Clint Morris
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The most disturbing thing in Animal Factory is watching sleepy Edward Furlong try to act.

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04/25/02 03:46 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
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It confirms that Buscemi is a director that's here to stay.

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02/04/02 08:02 AM
Jason Clark
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