Brubaker (1980)

Released: 1980-06-20 Duration: 2hr 5min

Genres: Crime Drama

Rating 7.1

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One man against a cruel system.

Overview

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget	$9,000,000.00
Revenue	$37,121,708.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	11.966

Directed By

Stuart Rosenberg

Crew

Camera Operator
Enrique Bravo

Screenplay
W.D. Richter

Director
Stuart Rosenberg

Producer
Ron Silverman

Executive Producer
Ted Mann

Original Music Composer
Lalo Schifrin

Story
Arthur A. Ross

Associate Producer
Gordon A. Webb

Director of Photography
Bruno Nuytten

Editor
Robert Brown

Casting
Terry Liebling

Art Direction
J. Michael Riva

Story
W.D. Richter

Assistant Director
Jon C. Andersen

Second Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton

Property Master
John Zemansky

Key Grip
Doug Willis

Still Photographer
Steve Wever

Construction Coordinator
Hendrik Wynands

Additional Photography
Vincent Saizis

Set Decoration
John Franco Jr.

Production Coordinator
Chip Fowler

Makeup Artist
Gary Liddiard

Costumer
Aida Swinson

Unit Production Manager
Gordon A. Webb

Costumer
Tom Bronson

Stunt Coordinator
Mickey Gilbert

Hairstylist
Marina Pedraza

Sound Mixer
Charles M. Wilborn

Costumer
Bernie Pollack

Gaffer
Joe Pender

Transportation Coordinator
Aram Betkijian

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas O. Williams

Additional Second Assistant Director
Robert Rooy

Assistant Editor
Willie Navarro

Sound Effects Editor
William Hartman

Sound Effects Editor
David M. Ice

Extras Casting
Garrison True

Dialogue Editor
Godfrey Marks

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Wells

Orchestrator
Jack Hayes

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Theodore Soderberg

Sound Effects Editor
Richard Sperber

Extras Casting
Mary Gaffney

TOP CAST

William Newman

Dunfield - Prison Board (as William M. Newman)

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