The Hurricane
The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted for a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter's 1974 autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the 1991 non-fiction work Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.
Plot
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of committing a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. His sentence was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. The film concentrates on Rubin Carter's life between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly 20 years in prison.
Cast
- Al Waxman
- Ann Holloway
- Badja Djola
- Beatrice Winde
- Ben Hernandez Bray
- Bill Lake
- Bill Raymond
- Brenda Denmark
- Chuck Cooper
- Clancy Brown
- Dan Hedaya
- David Lansbury
- David Paymer
- David Wm Gray
- Debbi Morgan
- Deborah Kara Unger
- Denzel Washington
- Donnique Privott
- Frank Proctor
- Fulvio Cecere
- Garland Whitt
- Gary DeWitt Marshall
- George T. Odom
- Gwendolyn Mulamba
- Harris Yulin
- Jean Daigle
- Joe Frazier
- Joe Matheson
- John A. MacKay
- John Christopher Jones
- John Hannah
- Judi Embden
- Kenneth McGregor
- Liev Schreiber
- Marcia Bennett
- Merwin Goldsmith
- Michael Justus
- Mitchell Taylor Jr.
- Moynan King
- Peter Wylie
- Phillip Jarret
- Pippa Pearthree
- Richard M. Davidson
- Rob Evans
- Robin Ward
- Rod Steiger
- Rodney 'Bear' Jackson
- Scott Gibson
- Terry Claybon
- Tonye Patano
- Vicellous Reon Shannon
- Vincent Pastore
More details
| author | Armyan Bernstein Dan Gordon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey |
| director | Norman Jewison |
| editor | Stephen E. Rivkin |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | boxing champion civil rights activist claim drive foster family h. lee sarokin kill lesra martin life sentence middleweight read rubin carter rubin the hurricane carter shot to death united states district court for the district of new jersey |
| musicBy | Christopher Young |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| producer | Armyan Bernstein John Ketcham Norman Jewison |
| productionCompany | Beacon Pictures Danish Film Institute Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Buena Vista International |
| recordedAt | East Jersey State Prison New Jersey Paterson Toronto Trenton |
| theme | biographical biographical drama prison race and ethnicity sports |