Directed by:
Steve BuscemiCinematography:
Phil ParmetComposer:
John LurieCast:
Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold, John Heard, Chris Bauer, Jake La Botz, Edward Bunker (more)VOD (1)
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Troubled youth Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) is sentenced to a ten-year stint in the notorious San Quentin State Prison for a drug-dealing conviction. Inexperienced in the ways of prison life, he's taken under the wing of Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), an experienced con with the entire prison in the palm of his hand inmates and guards alike. But as Ron grows increasingly cocky in his privileged role as Earl's confidant, is he in danger of biting off more than he can chew with some of the jail's more volatile inhabitants? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Eddie Bunker, Animal Factory was Steve Buscemi's second stint in the director's chair and sees him marshaling a formidable ensemble cast, including Bunker, Danny Trejo and Mickey Rourke, for a powerful and sincere account of the men caught up in the penal system and the deals they cut with each other, and themselves, in order to survive. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Willem Dafoe
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Edward Furlong
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Mark Boone Junior
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Tom Arnold
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John Heard
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Chris Bauer
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Edward Bunker
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Vincent Laresca
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Brian Anthony Wilson
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Jose E. Cruz Jr.
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