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Animal Factory
- Director: Steve Buscemi
- Writer: Edward Bunker
- Producer: Edward Bunker; Steve Buscemi
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Mickey Rourke's trans convict is mesmerising.
Well-observed, worth watching...but, sadly, ethereal. No doubt, this could have been so much stronger.
And, Antony Hegarty makes a stunning appearance.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Ron, who's young, slight, and privileged, is sentenced to prison on marijuana charges. For whatever reason, he brings out paternal feelings in an 18-year prison veteran, Earl Copan, who takes Ron under his wing. The film explores the nature of that relationship, Ron's part in Earl's gang, and the way Ron deals with aggressive cons intent on assault and rape. There's casual racism, too, in the prisoners and the guards, a strike called by Black prisoners, and the nearly omnipresence of hard drugs. Ron's lawyer is working on getting Ron out quickly, Earl has a shot at parole, and death seems to be waiting in the next cell. Will prison turn Ron into an animal?
Cast & Characters
Willem Dafoe as Earl Copen;
Edward Furlong as Ron Decker;
Danny Trejo as Vito;
Mark Boone Junior as Paul Adams;
Seymour Cassel as Lt. Seeman;
Mickey Rourke as Jan the Actress;
Tom Arnold as Buck Rowan;
John Heard as James Decker;
Chris Bauer as Bad Eye;
Rockets Redglare as Big Rand;
Jake La Botz as Jesse;
Mark Engelhardt as T.J.;
Edward Bunker as Buzzard;
Victor Pagan as Psycho Mike;
Ernest Harden Jr. as Richland