Animal Factory is a 2000 English-language Crime Drama movie directed by Steve Buscemi and produced by Steve Buscemi, Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, Julie Yorn, Danny Trejo, Edward Bunker and Tracee Stanley under the banner of Franchise Pictures. 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 ms to be waiting in the next cell. Will prison turn Ron into an animal? Written by. Animal factory features Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, John Heard, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold and Patrick Edward White. The screenplay is written by Edward Bunker and John Steppling which is inspired from The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker. The music was composed by John Lurie. Cinematography was done by Phil Parmet and editing by Kate Williams. The motion picture has a running time of 94 minutes. It was released on 1st August 2000. The movie made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Silver Nitrate.

A crime film directed by Steve Buscemi.