Animal Factory Page #4

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Steve Buscemi
Production: Silver Nitrate
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2000
94 min
370 Views


completely truthful,

I probably wouldn't help you

at all if you were ugly.

But that's my problem,

not yours.

The little I've seen tells me

you're neither stupid nor weak.

Man, I'm just not in my

element in here. I know.

Best way to explain this.

It's a need...

to feel something.

Something I don't get from Paul,

Vito or T.J. I love those guys,

but... it's different.

This is different.

It's not about f***in' you. I could've

done that already if that's all I wanted.

Last thing I want is for you

to get a jacket as a punk.

You do and you carry that wherever

you go, any prison you go to,

even 20 years from now.

All a convict has is his name

among his peers. Remember that.

You assume I'm gonna come

back to places like this?

You might.

Most of us do.

Why did you?

Let me ask you something.

Are you gonna go back

to selling weed?

To selling coke?

I don't know. That's not something

I've really thought through.

Does that make you mad?

What?

The fact that I'm not

a diehard thief?

No, it doesn't make me mad.

It really doesn't.

Looks like Iron Man's

got himself a new old lady.

Lookin' pretty good too.

Sh*t.

If he was white,

he'd be my punk.

Ask him. Maybe he'll

sell him to you. Sh*t.

There won't be nothin' left

but his f***in' shoelaces.

Ron, you better hope

Earl don't get horny.

Better hope I don't get horny.

Wow, nice pad!

This sh*t looks better than

where I lived in the hood.

- What makes you so special, huh?

- Close it up.

Oh, man.

Don't read that b*tch.

Police state apologist.

Here.

New translation.

Very hip.

So, I found out some info on Mr. Harrell

and that gig at the education center.

Uh-huh?

He's not a fruiter.

Or if he is, which is what I

think, he's not aware of it.

Anyway, he's solid, and he'll work

as a mule for letters and sh*t...

for whoever is his clerk.

You think I should take the job?

Absolutely.

It'll help earn points

with the judge.

Oh, sh*t, I almost forgot.

Check this out.

What's this? Legislature

passed a new bill.

The judge has 120 days to call back

and modify any sentence under 1168.

If the judge

doesn't modify it...

Then you don't come before

the boards for five years.

You better fly a kite to that

mouthpiece and see what he says.

All right.

Does anybody have any thoughts

or questions on the program?

Anybody?

Okay, look.

We are gonna break the program

down in three sections.

In the beginning,

Mrs. Hamilton...

wanted to try

an experiment with the class...

to illustrate the ways

in which prejudice begins.

She divided the class

into two sections.

All right, we'll

continue this tomorrow.

Don't forget

your reading assignments.

Ron, I wanted

to ask you something.

Yeah.

We have a group here.

Meets one Sunday every month.

We talk to juvenile offenders, try to

let them see the reality of prison.

Yeah, I've heard of it. I was hoping

you'd like to join us this Sunday.

That'll be fine.

Great.

You would add a lot

to the meeting.

Plus it would look good on your

report when you see the judge.

Okay, yeah.

So Sunday.

10:
00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

I'll be there.

All right.

See you around.

Oh, man, that's beautiful!

Paul said he'd be here.

He raises today.

He'll be madder than a motherf***er

if we don't give him his issue.

That's for you

and T.J.

I'll take care of Paul and Ron.

No, man, I'm okay.

Sh*t, youngster, this is the

only thing suppresses the pain.

Ahh... you take mine,

old man.

Gift from the younger generation.

You wanna give me a gift?

Put it right there.

Hey, you can't f*** me, and you

can't give me no head, Earl.

Uh-oh, do not say that.

I'll do whatever I want with you.

Who wants to go first?

No, no.

You'll bust him in half.

I'll f*** that kid. Damn.

That b*tch still fighting it?

I thought you'd have him

lovin' it by now.

Hey!

Not f***ing funny, man.

Where's the dope?

What do I see over here?

Here.

Welcome home.

How's Bad Eye?

Oh, Bad Eye, he's...

He's a f***in' rage

all the more f***in' time.

They ain't gonna let him out...

for three months at least.

And then I hear rumors he's

getting transferred upstate.

How's that new job, Ron?

It's good.

It's all right.

That's good, man, 'cause if you f***ed my

hair up one more time, I was gonna kill ya.

Someone said Sheik Thompson

got killed.

There must've been like...

10, 12 attempts on his life.

That was stupid.

If you want a murderer,

dial 976-Mexican.

They said a bunch of guys

waited with baseball bats.

Busted up his knees,

then stabbed him over 30 times.

When they marched the guys

who did it across the yard,

everybody started cheering.

Even the bulls were smilin'.

Nobody liked that motherf***er.

He was tough. Toughest

motherf***er I ever met.

Whoa. What's that?

Oh, sh*t.

Party's over.

I'll see you guys on the yard.

I got something for you.

I worked on it last night.

What's this?

That is

the psychiatrist's report.

No way. Just read

the last sentence.

"This young man represents a

minimal threat to the community.

I recommend a short jail confinement

as part of the probation program."

When we get word from your

lawyer, we'll mail this out...

via Mr. Harrell,

bypass the prison censors.

If the judge can keep you under 1168,

then I predict a quick release date.

Well, if I get out,

I'm gonna be so f***in'

in debt to you, Earl.

You'll forget me.

That's standard sh*t.

There's a curtain between in here

and out there. Don't say that.

When I get out, you can

have whatever you want.

Shoot dope every day.

Drive a f***in' Cadillac around the

yard if they'll let you have it.

I know you won't forget me.

But don't get busted.

If you come back here, I'm f***in' you.

Remember that.

Oh, you sure look fine.

- Are you f***in' crazy? - Watch it, b*tch.

I'll whoop you good.

If someone told you I'm a

punk, you got told wrong.

F*** all that.

I've been watching you.

I seen you talkin' to that ugly

dude with the shaved head.

Is that your jocker?

I'm going back to court for modification.

I can't use any trouble.

There ain't gonna be no trouble...

long as you give me a play.

Don't f*** with me!

Easy, baby.

Easy, baby. Easy.

Listen, I'm gonna loosen you up a

little before I give you the jackpot.

Ron, are you okay?

Ron?

Looks like you got jockers right and

left watchin' out for you, boy.

Hey, Earl.

Hey, Buzz.

Your little partner just got

a piece out of the clavo.

He's in his cell.

- What's to it? - I'll handle it.

I said I'll handle it.

You'll be out on the street in a hot minute.

What the f*** you doing pulling a shiv?

You don't wanna know.

You wanna stick somebody, fine.

But don't do it like this.

You're too hot.

Something'll go wrong.

Just tell me what happened.

This is routine sh*t.

A good stompin'

will do the trick.

There he is right there.

Mmm.

Did four years in 'Bama,

six in Huntsville...

and three more in Florida.

What for? Rape and robbery.

F***in' raped a 71-year-old lady.

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Edward Bunker

Edward Heward Bunker (December 31, 1933 – July 19, 2005) was an American author of crime fiction, a screenwriter, convicted felon and an actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He was a screenwriter on Straight Time (1978), Runaway Train (1985) and Animal Factory (2000). He started on a criminal career at a very early age, and continued on this path throughout the years, returning to prison again and again. He was convicted of bank robbery, drug dealing, extortion, armed robbery, and forgery. A repeating pattern of convictions, paroles, releases and escapes, further crimes and new convictions continued until he was released yet again from prison in 1975, at which point he finally left his criminal days permanently behind. Bunker stayed out of jail thereafter, and instead focused on his career as a writer and actor. more…

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