Brubaker Page #5

- How many out there?

- I don't know. Three, four.

I don't want you

to get a reputation for-

Pull that up.

I already have one, the wrong kind.

And at the proper time,

to marry a man who respects you.

- I want you to have a good name. I want-

- You want! You want!

Is that all you can say?

Uh....

You want-?

You want a beer or something?

Don't you ever let me

hear you say anything like that again.

Popeil's improved

Veg-O-Matic stretches food dollars.

Millions bought at 7. 77.

Now it's yours for only 5. 77.

You save two dollars!

Where's your wallet at?

That's my personal property.

I'm going.

Save two dollars

from the former price.

Get one today for only 5. 77.

- Let me give you-

- I got it. I got it.

Hot dog, look what we got here.

That'd be Warden Renfro's

monthly supply, I imagine.

Man took baths in that stuff.

Hey, Willets?

Try and stay with me on this one,

will you?

Now, the rankmen have been working

sunrise to sunset, growing produce...

...so the warden and trusties

could sell it below market value...

...to some local cannery...

...where the proceeds could

go to buying more chili and soda...

...which in turn could be resold

to some supermarket chain...

...at an even greater profit.

- You think so?

- Do I think so?

What did you do with this chili?

You've been signing it out.

- How about that?

- I signed what Capt. Renfro told me to.

You can sign your own severance check,

because you're fired.

- I'm civil service.

- Fired.

Hey, this is chaos.

How can we handle purchasing

without Willets?

They're gonna do it.

- Who?

- They're gonna have an election.

Pick an inmate council.

That's a hell of an idea.

- What?

- I said, that's a hell of an idea!

Put it down over there.

Huey! Glad to see you back.

- Something funny about that, is there?

- I can't wait till you bring Carol here.

We all get dibs on that.

That's funny as hell.

Floyd.

Brubaker be turning this place

into a damn jailhouse.

Yeah. Well, he just doesn't know

who's running the place.

- Deach will set him straight on that.

- I hope so.

- Floyd?

- Yeah?

Get out of here.

- What?

- Get out of here.

I live here, Huey.

Get your stuff and get out of here, Floyd.

I gotta move in here. This is mine now.

All right.

Get my bird and come back

for the rest of my stuff.

Let's go.

Spivey, you take that shack

over there.

Bullen, take that one.

It'd be a lot smarter

to do this during the daylight hours.

Not so many people

would see the flames.

Maybe that's just exactly why he's doing

it now, you ever think of that?

He's crazy.

No, he's not.

- He's dangerous.

- Somebody needs to stop him.

Put a bullet in him.

There's a disease growing

in there, Henry.

Hostile to your health.

I know that.

You ought to get yourself some

paper cups or plates or something.

You ought to get yourself someone

to look after you around here.

That doesn't sound like the kind of advice

I'd expect from you.

No, I meant....

I meant one of those convicts.

So how's it going?

If the Chinese invade us...

...I got insurance.

If we have a landslide, earthquake,

a volcano erupts, I'm covered.

If a roof caves in, nothing.

No insurance.

- What are you gonna do?

- We're gonna rebuild it ourselves.

- Terrific!

- Terrific?

Yes. The governor's been wanting to come

down here for a while. It's a perfect time.

He'll actually see

something happening.

Have a few pictures taken, shake a few

hands, put his arm around an inmate.

It's what you call

a photo opportunity.

That was uncalled for.

Tom's not like that and you know it.

- I don't know Tom.

- He hired you, didn't he?

But I need a doctor here,

not a governor.

You need both.

- I know what I need here.

- No, I know what you need here.

It's a very complex world

out there, Henry.

I'm dealing with a lot of people who would

rather not see that prison change at all.

And they're sure letting me know about it.

I've been hit from all sides.

I got people out there trying

to shoot my cattle.

Got trusties inside here sabotaging

my crops and there's not a thing I can do.

Why not?

Do you know what happens if I rank

a man, if I send a trusty into the barracks?

- What?

- He's dead. Other men will kill him.

Can't you work with them?

Change their attitude?

I'm trying.

But I gotta deliver.

I can't come in here

and just paint this place.

Lillian...

...a permanent doctor.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

I am getting you one. I am.

Look, there's a prison board meeting

on Tuesday night.

I want you there.

The great diplomat.

I'll take that risk.

They're bringing

in some deputy warden...

...who's gonna give us a nice little talk

on prison reform.

I see, and you want me there

to defend myself.

No, I want a second opinion

in that room, Henry.

State your case!

They need to meet you.

I mean, you do make an impression, right?

All right!

Damn, this is like sitting

on top of the world, ain't it?

God almighty.

Hey, you know what I'd like

to do with her?

Yeah, I know what you'd like to do.

Well, you're wrong.

Do you ever just want to talk?

Sh*t. You've been whacking

it so long, Bullen...

...your mind's starting

to collapse in on itself.

- Brubaker.

- Yeah?

You know something? That's the first

I've heard those guys laugh in 15 years.

It doesn't bother you, does it?

Oh, man, I tell you,

we gotta hang in together.

We gotta put men on that council that

got their heads screwed on...

...because Brubaker will use the council

to take away your power completely!

He already took away

my refrigerator and my locker.

I hear he's putting

a new lock on the gate.

There. You see?

My name is Jerome L. Boyd.

And I got what is called

a sociopathic personality.

A sociopathic personality.

That means I ain't got no feeling

for my fellow man...

...because of how my parents

f***ed me up.

Now hold on a minute now. Listen.

- I deem it an honor...

- How much you gonna pay us?

...to throw aside all my hatred for all you

dumb a**holes and try and help you.

Let there be a hush on the land.

Gentlemen, Jesus come over down

to my bunk here, Tuesday a week.

And he hovered up there, kind of hovered.

You know what he said?

- What'd he say?

- Say what?

- What'd he say?

- Oh, well, he said:

"Frank, many is called,

but damn few is chosen.

I'm gonna put you on my first team.

And I want you to put these

boys underneath your wing...

...and see to it that they get

any subscriptions...

...to any damn magazines they want

in their barracks! "

All right!

Now, I am corrupt.

That's right.

Just like the rest of you.

But I am honest about it.

Now, you vote for Mr. Clarence...

...know exactly what you get.

- Zaranska?

- Yes?

- One vote, now. One vote.

- One vote. One vote.

Don't be such an old woman, Duane.

One vote, one vote.

Oh, feel the power!

- Feel mysterious wonders working within.

- Hallelujah! Can I get witness?

The Lord-

I believe the Lord is with us!

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