Brubaker (1980)

Brubaker: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton. The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

“W.D. Richter did the screenplay for the 1978 remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He also did the screen story for this Robert Redford film about prison reform. In fact his screenplay/story was nominated for an Oscar.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI know prison reform is an anachronism today. Incarceration is simply removal from society with no concern for rehabilitation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is based on real life. Thomas Murton of Arkansas tried to fix the system. I grew up in Arkansas and was exposed to stories about the u0026quot;Tucker Telephoneu0026quot; from the Tucker prison farm, and stories of bodies of murdered prisoners being dug up on prison grounds.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo Redford sports a John Edwards haircut in the film, he still does a great job. He is assisted in this film by Yaphet Kotto, who I always enjoy, and Morgan Freeman.”