The Last Castle is a 2001 American drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, and Mark Ruffalo. The film portrays a struggle between inmates and the warden of the prison, based on the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. Eugene Irwin, a highly decorated U.S. Army Lieutenant General, court martialed and sentenced for insubordination, challenges the commandant, Colonel Winter, over his treatment of the prisoners. After mobilizing the inmates, Irwin leads an uprising aiming to seize control of the prison and remove Winter from command. The... film was released on October 19, 2001, in the United States, grossing about $28 million worldwide. The low gross of the film in comparison to its high production and marketing expenses led some to call it a box office bomb. Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin is brought to a maximum security military prison to begin a ten-year sentence for his decision to send U.S. troops on a mission in Burundi, resulting in the deaths of eight soldiers.
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| Release date: | October 19, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Rod Lurie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 131 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Lawrence |
| Editor: | Michael Jablow, Kevin Stitt |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Shelly Johnson |
| Screenplay by: | David Scarpa, Graham Yost |
| Estimated budget: | $72,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |