Brubaker (1980)


Brubaker
Release Date20 June 1980
US Box Office$37,000,000
TaglineThe most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden!
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsColumbus, Ohio, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPrison Film, Docudrama
MoodFood for Thought
ThemesFighting the System, Whistleblowers, Prison Life
TonesGritty, Matter-of-Fact, Confrontational, Forceful
TagsBrutality, Corruption, Inhumanity, Inmate, Prison, Prison Reform, Prison Warden, Undercover

Brubaker is an American 1980 film about a prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) who attempts to reform the system.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Henry Brubaker

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

Lillian Gray

John Deach

Larry Lee Bullen

Roy Purcell

Huey Rauch

Richard Ward
Abraham Cook

Jon Van Ness
Zaranska

C.P. Woodward

Rory Poke

Linda Haynes
Carol

Eddie Caldwell

Wendel

Ron Frazier
Burl Willets

Duane Spivey

Floyd Birdwell

Pinky

Glenn Elwood

Roy Poole
Dr. Gregory

Leon Edwards

Don Blakely
Jerome Boyd

Warden Renfro

Senator Charles Hite

Alex Brown
Fenway Park

John Chappell
Captain Cleaves

Brent Jennings
Mr. Clarence

Dr. Campbell

William Newman
Dunfield

Dr. Fenster

Jane Cecil
Bea Williams

Ebbe Roe Smith
Pavitch

Young Hwa Han
Leonard Ng

Billy Baylock

Jack O'Leary
Floor Walker

James Dukas
Oafish Rankman

Barber

Jerry Mayer
Barber

Ivy Featherstone
Peterson

Kent Broadhurst
Whitley

Hazen Gifford
Partridge

Elane Rower Richardson
Mrs. Renfro

John R. Glover
Ackroyd

Bill McNulty
Richards

Linda Milligan
Female Reporter

Rob Garrison
Pretty Boy

James E. Fraunfelter Jr.
Barracks Trusty

Ritch Brinkley
Gate Guard Ruben

David E. Williams
Rank Server

E.J. Pearcy
Transfer Guard

J.K. Mahle
Bus Driver

Vivian P. Bass
Waitress

Greg Martin
Trusty

Philip E. Combs
Young Reporter

Richard L. Denny
State Trooper

Michael Holiday
Gate Trusty

Nick Baldasare
Prisoner with Shovel

Allison Caine

Agitated Prisoner

Monty Jordan
Inmate Wrangler

Hank Salas
Inmate in Chow Line

Director

Stuart Rosenberg
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Producer

book

Thomas O. Murton
book

W.D. Richter
screen story

Arthur A. Ross
screen story

Ron Silverman
producer

Gordon A. Webb
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Robert Brown
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Casting Director

Terry Liebling
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Production Designer

Art Director

Set Decorator

John Franco Jr.
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Costume Designer

Tom Bronson
-

Bernie Pollack
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Makeup Department

Zoltan Elek
additional makeup artist

Gary Liddiard
makeup artist

Mike Moschella
additional makeup artist

Marina Pedraza
hair stylist

Production Manager

Gordon A. Webb
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jon C. Andersen
assistant director

D. Scott Easton
second assistant director

Robert E. Rody
additional second assistant director

Art Department

John Rozman
set dresser

Hendrik Wynands
construction coordinator

John Zemansky
property master

Sound Department

John S. Coffey
boom operator

William Hartman
sound effects editor

David M. Ice
sound effects editor

Godfrey Marks
dialogue editor

Theodore Soderberg
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Sperber
sound effects editor

Paul Wells
sound re-recording mixer

Charles M. Wilborn
sound mixer

Douglas O. Williams
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Al Wright Jr.
special effects

Jay King
special effects technician

Stunts

Mickey Gilbert
stunt coordinator

Monty Jordan
assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Oscar Barber
camera operator: "b" camera

William D. Barber
assistant camera: "b" camera

Enrique Bravo
camera operator

Lou Noto
assistant camera

Joe Pender
gaffer

Vincent Saizis
additional photographer

Stephen Wever
still photographer

Doug Willis
key grip

Casting Department

Mary A. Gaffney
extras casting

Gretchen Higgins
extras casting

Garrison True
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Tom Bronson
costumer

Bernie Pollack
costumer

Aida Swinson
costumer

Editorial Department

Michael Jablow
supervising assistant editor

Willie Navarro
assistant editor

Pam Sharp
assistant editor

Music Department

orchestrator

Robert H. Raff
music editor

Transportation Department

Aram Betkijian
transportation coordinator

James Nordberg
driver

Other Crew

stand-in: Morgan Freeman

Chip Fowler
production coordinator

Jack Hirshberg
publicist

Eric Horwitch
production assistant

Kenneth Lee
head wrangler

Patrick Markey
location supervisor: Ohio

Thomas O. Murton
technical advisor

Julie Pitkanen
script supervisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox of Germany

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

Abril Vídeo

Miscellaneous

DeLuxe Laboratories
color by

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Production Systems Inc.
location services






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