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The Last Castle is a 2001 drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford and James...

The Last Castle is a 2001 drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. The film portrays a struggle between inmates and the warden of a military prison. Eugene Irwin, a highly decorated U.S. Army General sentenced for insubordination, challenges the warden, 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. The Last Castle won the Taurus World Stunt Award for best fire stunt and was nominated for best aerial work and best stunt coordination sequence. Clifton Collins, Jr. was nominated for an ALMA Award in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" category. General Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) is brought to a maximum security military prison to begin a ten-year incarceration for his decision (in violation of a presidential order) to send U.S. troops to Burundi, Africa, resulting in the