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Animal Factory

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Animal Factory
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R,1hr 30min
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October 20, 2000
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Silver Nitrate
Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Steve Buscemi follows up on his restrained 1996 directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) with this gritty, understated prison drama. Twenty-one-year-old suburban kid Ron (Edward Furlong) got busted for dealing drugs and slapped with an especially severe jail sentence. Though he tries to keep a low profile at prison, he soon attracts unsavory attention of various sex-starved goons. Fearing rape, he appeals directly to Earl (Willem Dafoe), a fellow prisoner who runs the place like ... Full Synopsis
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One of the least sensationalistic--and therefore, more unsettlingly plausible--visions of prison life ever transfigured into big-screen drama. Full Review
Metascore
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65
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Earl Copen
Ron Decker
Lt. Seeman
Jan the Actress
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