The Hurricane (1999 film)
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| Directed by | Norman Jewison |
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| Screenplay by | Armyan Bernstein Dan Gordon |
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Lazarus and the Hurricane (Sam Chaiton & Terry Swinton) The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 (Rubin Carter) |
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| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Stepjem Rivkin |
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145 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $74 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | January 11, 2000 |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Genre | R&B, soul, hip hop, pop rock |
| Label | MCA |
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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 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 autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the novel Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.
The film depicts Carter's arrest, his life in prison and how he was freed by the love and compassion of a teenager from Brooklyn named Lesra Martin and his Canadian foster family. The film received positive reviews, but has been criticized for inaccuracies by some media outlets and participants in Carter's trials.
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was 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.
A parallel plot follows Lesra Martin, an underprivileged youth from Brooklyn, now living in Toronto. In the 1980s, the child becomes interested in Carter's life and circumstances after reading Carter's autobiography. He convinces his Canadian foster family to commit themselves to Carter's case. The story culminates with Carter's legal team's successful pleas to Judge H. Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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