Animal Factory poster
Director Steve Buscemi
Screenplay Edward Bunker, John Steppling

Animal Factory

Tagline: On the inside the rules are brutal and the stakes are high.

Release Date: 2000-10-13

Duration: 94 minutes

Synopsis

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

Casting

  • Willem Dafoe
    Earl Copen
  • Steve Buscemi
    A.R. Hosspack
  • Mickey Rourke
    Jan the Actress
  • John Heard
    James Decker
  • Mark Boone Junior
    Paul Adams
  • Edward Furlong
    Ron Decker
  • Danny Trejo
    Vito
  • Michael Buscemi
    Mr. Herrell
  • Tom Arnold
    Buck Rowan
  • Chris Bauer
    Bad Eye