Le nouveau directeur d'une petite prison de l'Arkansas tente de la nettoyer de la corruption après s'y être d'abord présenté comme détenu.Le nouveau directeur d'une petite prison de l'Arkansas tente de la nettoyer de la corruption après s'y être d'abord présenté comme détenu.Le nouveau directeur d'une petite prison de l'Arkansas tente de la nettoyer de la corruption après s'y être d'abord présenté comme détenu.
- Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 1 victoire et 4 nominations au total
- Burl Willets
- (as Ronald C. Frazier)
- Duane Spivey
- (as David D. Harris)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesBased on the real-life efforts of former prison administrator Thomas O. Murton to reform Tucker and Cummins Prison Farms in Arkansas in 1967-68. The film was based on the 1969 book, "Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal" by Murton and Joe Hyams. Murton also served as a technical adviser for the film.
- GaffesAt the end, when the car is leaving the prison, the grass around is violently shaking revealing the helicopter carrying the camera.
- Citations
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes: What you gon' do about Abraham?
Henry Brubaker: I've got Purcell filling out forms in triplicate, and I'm going to get him released just as soon as I-
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes: Now why do you wanna go and do that?
Henry Brubaker: Do what?
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes: Look, why don't you just leave him be. I mean, all he knows is this place.
Henry Brubaker: You - You knew that he had been in here as long as he'd been in here.
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes: Just leave him alone. He's not- He's not botherin' nobody here.
Henry Brubaker: Hey... You can't hide in prison forever, Coombes.
- Crédits fous"We wish to pay tribute to Richard Ward, who played 'Abraham,' for a lifetime of very special work."
- ConnexionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Robert Redford (1992)
- Bandes originalesAll for the Love of Sunshine
(uncredited)
Written by Mike Curb, Harley Hatcher and Lalo Schifrin
Performed by Hank Williams Jr.
Heard when the steer is dropped off at the diner
Meilleurs choix
- How long is Brubaker?Alimenté par Alexa
Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 7 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 37 121 708 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 2 748 079 $US
- 22 juin 1980
- Montant brut mondial
- 37 121 708 $US