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Brubaker (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 15  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Synopsis: When Brubaker (Robert Redford) comes to a small state prison to be its new warden, he's horrified by what he sees. Prisoners are sold as slaves, and even decent food can't be obtained without cold, hard cash. So the enraged warden tries to set matters right...but the more he reforms, the more... When Brubaker (Robert Redford) comes to a small state prison to be its new warden, he's horrified by what he sees. Prisoners are sold as slaves, and even decent food can't be obtained without cold, hard cash. So the enraged warden tries to set matters right...but the more he reforms, the more enemies he makes with the townspeople who have benefitted from the corruption. Soon Brubaker's in big trouble--and it looks as if no one is powerful enough to help. This powerful drama received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Alexander, Yaphet Kotto, Murray Hamilton, Wilford Brimley

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spots (3)
  • 3. THE HOT ROCK
  • 4. BULWORTH
  • 5. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
  • 6. HIGH CRIMES
  • 7. MEN OF HONOR
  • 8. NORMA RAE

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intense and a bit cliched

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Rich Cline
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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05/20/06
Susan Granger
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Redford is the main attraction, obviously, even though his princely good looks -- like the movie's 'idealistic crusader against the Establishment' earnestness -- are almost too much of a good thing.

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04/08/06
Mark Bourne
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02/17/06
Cole Smithey
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11/04/05
Michael Szymanski
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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Emanuel Levy
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02/07/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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10/23/04
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Robert Redford, in a surprise acting tour de force, really stretches his style and mannerisms to become Henry Brubaker.

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03/01/04
Jamie Gillies
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08/09/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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Robert Redford puts in a stellar performance as a zealous prison reformer in this meditation on the ardor of idealism.

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05/21/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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05/14/03
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly
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3/5

A good, not great, movie that reps a solid, mid-career performance by Redford.

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08/09/02
Robin Clifford
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08/08/02
John J. Puccio
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01/01/00
Christopher Null
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