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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, when a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances of leaving legitimately, Earl forms a risky escape plan so the two of them can finally leave the prison.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, when a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances of leaving legitimately, Earl forms a risky escape plan so the two of them can finally leave the prison.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi himself in a minor role. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi himself in a minor role. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, Creator/EdwardBunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi.Buscemi himself in a minor role. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, when a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves of leaving legitimately, Earl forms a risky escape plan so the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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* AntiVillain:
** Earl. He's an amoral criminal, but he has [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and goes above and beyond to help Ronnie.
** Lt. Seeman is corrupt, but he just wants to prevent the prison from breaking out into violence and genuinely cares about Earl.
** Earl. He's an amoral criminal, but he has [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and goes above and beyond to help Ronnie.
** Lt. Seeman is corrupt, but he just wants to prevent the prison from breaking out into violence and genuinely cares about Earl.
* DirtyCop: Lt. Seeman and several of the guards working under him are working with Earl and give him extra leeway in exchange for Earl making sure the prison doesn't erupt into violence.
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* HeroAntagonist: Hosspack is presented as a threat towards the protagonists and he's an out-of-touch {{Jerkass}}, but he's only trying to keep order in the prison and prevent violence from erupting.
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* HeroAntagonist: Hosspack is presented as a threat towards the protagonists and he's Hosspack. He's an out-of-touch {{Jerkass}}, but he's only trying to keep order in the prison and prevent violence from erupting.
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* VillainProtagonist: Earl and Ronnie.
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* VillainProtagonist: Earl and Ronnie.Ronnie.
* WardensAreEvil: The actual warden is pretty much a non-entity, but the prison officials are generally aloof and cruel towards the prisoners. The guards are corrupt, though their leader Lt. Seeman does genuinely care about Earl's well-being.
* WardensAreEvil: The actual warden is pretty much a non-entity, but the prison officials are generally aloof and cruel towards the prisoners. The guards are corrupt, though their leader Lt. Seeman does genuinely care about Earl's well-being.
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* HeroAntagonist: Hosspack is presented as a threat towards the protagonists and he's an out-of-touch {{Jerkass}}, but he's only trying to keep order in the prison and prevent violence from erupting.
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** Prison officials Hosspack and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl. To the film's credit, they aren't depicted as evil and Hosspack even shows some genuine (albeit misguided) concern when Ronnie starts falling in with Earl.
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** Prison officials official Hosspack is self-righteous, apathetic, and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl. To the film's credit, they aren't depicted as evil and Hosspack even shows condescending. However, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he does show some genuine (albeit misguided) concern when for Ronnie starts falling at one point]], albeit in with Earl.the most misguided and backhanded way possible.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced you 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is given a sentenced you to 10 years in prison for drug dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is arrested for drug dealing and tried as an adult, being given a sentence at San Quentin. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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Spoiled middle class young man Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is arrested given a sentenced you 10 years in prison for drug dealing and tried as an adult, being given a sentence at San Quentin.dealing. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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Middle class teenager Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is arrested for drug dealing and tried as an adult, being given a sentence at San Quentin. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
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* HateSink: While most of the prisoners and prison staff get sympathetic traits, Buck Rowan is absolutely repugnant. He's a rapist, clearly sadistic, and single-handedly screws over both Ronnie and Earl's chances of ever being released legally.
* InsistentTerminology: The inmates prefer being called ''convicts''. Calling them inmates is actually an insult.
* InsistentTerminology: The inmates prefer being called ''convicts''. Calling them inmates is actually an insult.
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** Prison officials Hosspack and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl.
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** Prison officials Hosspack and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl. To the film's credit, they aren't depicted as evil and Hosspack even shows some genuine (albeit misguided) concern when Ronnie starts falling in with Earl.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Buck is left paralyzed when Ronnie stabs him when he tries to kill Earl. When he lies to the authorities that they attacked him unprovoked, he's killed in the infirmary for snitching.]]
* NiceGirl: Ronnie's transgender cellmate Jan. She's a friendly chatterbox and a good friend to Ronnie, and it's easy to wonder why she's in prison at all.
* NobleDemon: Earl. He's an unrepentantly selfish criminal who makes no bones about what he is, but he abhors unnecessary violence and goes above and beyond to protect Ronnie.
* NiceGirl: Ronnie's transgender cellmate Jan. She's a friendly chatterbox and a good friend to Ronnie, and it's easy to wonder why she's in prison at all.
* NobleDemon: Earl. He's an unrepentantly selfish criminal who makes no bones about what he is, but he abhors unnecessary violence and goes above and beyond to protect Ronnie.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
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** An unhinged black prisoner randomly attacks Earl and Ronnie with a straight razor in the showers. His actions nearly cause a race war between the white and black gangs, but Earl and the black gang leader are able to hash things out.
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** An unhinged black prisoner randomly attacks Earl and Ronnie with a straight razor in the showers. His actions nearly cause a race war between the white and black gangs, but Earl and the black gang leader Captain Midnight are able to hash things out.out and avoid it.
* BaldOfEvil:
** Earl is bald, though he's not particularly nasty as far as convicts go.
** Played much straighter with Buck, a balding rapist who schemes against both Ronnie and Earl.
* BaldOfAuthority: Earl, the leader of the white gang, is completely bald.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ronnie escapes prison and flees to Costa Rica, but Earl is forced to stay behind. He isn't too broken up about it, and acknowledges he probably can't function on the outside anymore anyway.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Earl and Jan are both snarkers of the highest caliber.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Prison officials Hosspack and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl.
** Buck is an absolutely repugnant sadist who takes great joy in tormenting his victims.
* PutOnABus: After being caught making moonshine in his cell, Bad Eye spends the rest of the film locked up in solitary confinement as punishment.
* TheStoic: Ronnie, who rarely shows emotion and is mostly calm in spite of his circumstances.
* TokenMinority: Vito is the only Hispanic member of Earl's otherwise primarily white gang.
* VillainProtagonist: Earl and Ronnie.
* BaldOfEvil:
** Earl is bald, though he's not particularly nasty as far as convicts go.
** Played much straighter with Buck, a balding rapist who schemes against both Ronnie and Earl.
* BaldOfAuthority: Earl, the leader of the white gang, is completely bald.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ronnie escapes prison and flees to Costa Rica, but Earl is forced to stay behind. He isn't too broken up about it, and acknowledges he probably can't function on the outside anymore anyway.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Earl and Jan are both snarkers of the highest caliber.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Prison officials Hosspack and Ernie are self-righteous and condescending, with Ernie at one point assaulting Earl.
** Buck is an absolutely repugnant sadist who takes great joy in tormenting his victims.
* PutOnABus: After being caught making moonshine in his cell, Bad Eye spends the rest of the film locked up in solitary confinement as punishment.
* TheStoic: Ronnie, who rarely shows emotion and is mostly calm in spite of his circumstances.
* TokenMinority: Vito is the only Hispanic member of Earl's otherwise primarily white gang.
* VillainProtagonist: Earl and Ronnie.
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''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
Middle class teenager Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is arrested for drug dealing and tried as an adult, being given a sentence at San Quentin. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
!!List of tropes applying to the film:
* AffablyEvil: Most of the convicts are actually fairly friendly, but they're still ruthless criminals.
** Earl. He's an unrepentant gang leader perfectly willing to resort to murder, but he's a loyal friend and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure fairly reasonable]] as far as things go.
** Jan, who can barely be qualified as evil at all. She's nothing but friendly to Ronnie and generally comes off as such a NiceGirl that it's easy to forget that she's a hardened convict.
** Vito, who's laid-back and spends most of his time goofing around with the rest of Earl's gang.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Buck is poisoned by having cleaning fluid placed in his IV as punishment for snitching on Earl and Ronnie.]]
* AxCrazy:
** Downplayed with Psycho Mike. He's a rapist and comes off as slightly unhinged, but Earl is able to talk him out of raping Ronnie pretty easily.
** An unhinged black prisoner randomly attacks Earl and Ronnie with a straight razor in the showers. His actions nearly cause a race war between the white and black gangs, but Earl and the black gang leader are able to hash things out.
''Animal Factory'' is a 2000 prison drama directed by Creator/SteveBuscemi and starring Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DannyTrejo, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/TomArnold, Creator/JohnHeard, and Buscemi. The film is adapted from ''The Animal Factory'' by Edward Bunker, who plays a brief role in the film and wrote the screenplay. The film is notable for its authentic and unflinching portrayal of prison life.
Middle class teenager Ronnie Decker (Furlong) is arrested for drug dealing and tried as an adult, being given a sentence at San Quentin. Local gang leader Earl Copen (Dafoe) quickly takes Ronnie under his wing and forms a kinship with him, even helping Ronnie with his case. With Ronnie looking to be released due to both good behavior and flaws in the investigation and Earl due for parole, the two seem to be headed on their way out. However, a fight with local rapist Buck Rowan (Arnold) ruins their chances and leaves the two looking at a life sentence. Earl comes up with a daring escape plan, but it requires both of them to risk certain death.
!!List of tropes applying to the film:
* AffablyEvil: Most of the convicts are actually fairly friendly, but they're still ruthless criminals.
** Earl. He's an unrepentant gang leader perfectly willing to resort to murder, but he's a loyal friend and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure fairly reasonable]] as far as things go.
** Jan, who can barely be qualified as evil at all. She's nothing but friendly to Ronnie and generally comes off as such a NiceGirl that it's easy to forget that she's a hardened convict.
** Vito, who's laid-back and spends most of his time goofing around with the rest of Earl's gang.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Buck is poisoned by having cleaning fluid placed in his IV as punishment for snitching on Earl and Ronnie.]]
* AxCrazy:
** Downplayed with Psycho Mike. He's a rapist and comes off as slightly unhinged, but Earl is able to talk him out of raping Ronnie pretty easily.
** An unhinged black prisoner randomly attacks Earl and Ronnie with a straight razor in the showers. His actions nearly cause a race war between the white and black gangs, but Earl and the black gang leader are able to hash things out.
