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Release Date:
1 August 2000 (Spain)
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Tagline:
On the Inside the Rules Are Brutal And the Stakes Are High
Plot:
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Low key but interesting prison drama. Recommended.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Willem Dafoe | ... | Earl Copen | |
| Edward Furlong | ... | Ron Decker | |
| Danny Trejo | ... | Vito | |
| Mark Boone Junior | ... | Paul Adams | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Lt. Seeman | |
| Mickey Rourke | ... | Jan the Actress | |
| Tom Arnold | ... | Buck Rowan | |
| John Heard | ... | James Decker | |
| Chris Bauer | ... | Bad Eye | |
| Rockets Redglare | ... | Big Rand | |
| Jake La Botz | ... | Jesse (as Jake LaBotz) | |
| Mark Engelhardt | ... | T.J. | |
| Edward Bunker | ... | Buzzard | |
| Victor Pagan | ... | Psycho Mike | |
| Ernest Harden Jr. | ... | Richland |
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Rated R for strong language, violence and drug use.
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94 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA (cable rating) |
Chile:14 |
France:U |
Germany:16 (video premiere) |
Netherlands:16 |
Spain:18 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Iceland:16
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Rosa's Lounge is mentioned by Jesse played by Jake La Botz. Rosa's Lounge is a well known real Blues club in Chicago that has been in business since 1984. On occasion, La Botz still performs at Rosa's.
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Continuity: Ron's hair when he first meets Earl.
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Earl Copen:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.
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Times Tables
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As a fan of Steve Buscemi's underrated 'Trees Lounge', his acting, and of many of his co-stars in this movie, I eagerly anticipated watching 'Animal Factory'. I thought it was going to be a confronting and violent prison story, mainly because of the involvement of Edward Bunker ('Runaway Train', 'Reservoir Dogs'), who adapts his own novel (with the help of scriptwriter John Steppling, who also co-wrote the excellent '52 Pick-Up'). However, the movie was a lot more low key, character driven and less confrontational than I had expected. Even so, it's still very good.
Buscemi himself only has a small acting role in the movie (as does Bunker), the real stars being Willem Dafoe ('Light Sleeper', ) as a savvy long term convict, and Edward Furlong ('Pecker') as the young inmate who becomes his protege. Dafoe and Furlong are supported by an impressive cast of character actors, including Buscemi cronies Seymour Cassel ('Rushmore'), Mark Boone, Jr ('Memento') and the late Rockets Redglare ('Down By Law'), all 'Trees Lounge' veterans, ex-con tough guy Danny Trejo ('Heat'), John Heard ('After Hours'), and impressive cameos from Tom Arnold ('True Lies') as a psycho rapist, and Mickey Rourke ('Barfly') as a flamboyant transvestite. Rourke, one of the finest actors of his generation, will hopefully get his career back on track if the solid work he displays here and his notable cameo in 'The Pledge' is anything to go by.
'Animal Factory' is a first rate effort from Buscemi, who joins Sean Penn and Vincent Gallo as the most promising actors turned directors currently making American movies. More power to him, and I hope his next project makes it to the screen sometime soon. In today's current climate of cinematic mediocrity and childish blockbusters we need more film makers like them with passion, intelligence and integrity.