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 of 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.
The Hurricane (1999)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Genres - Biography, Crime, Drama, Sports |
Sub-Genres - African- Biographical Dramas, Biographical Film, Boxing Film, Prison Film |
Release Date - Sep 17, 1999 |
Run Time - 146 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$50,000,000
Box Office
$73,956,241
Themes
Tags
1960s, 1970s, Boxer, Boxing, Carter, Carter's, Inc., Film Based On Literature, New Jersey, Prison, Redemption, True Stories
Attributes
Filming Location: New Jersey, Paterson, Toronto
Narrative Location: New Jersey
Narrative Location: New Jersey
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Alternate Titles
Carter, zis 'Uraganul'
RO
Huracán
AR, MX, PE, UY
Huracán Carter
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Huragan
PL
Hurikan
SI
Hurikán v ringu
CZ, SK
Hurricane
AT, CA, FI, DE
Hurricane - Il grido dell'innocenza
IT
Hurricane Carter
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Hurricane, o Furacão
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Hurrikán
HU
Lazarus and the Hurricane
US
O Furacão
BR, PT
Onaltıncı raund
TR
The Hurricane
AU, DK, EC, EG, IN, IL, NL, ZA, SE, AE, GB, US
Tyfonas: I alithini istoria
GR
Uragan
HR, RS
Uraganas
LT
Võ Sĩ Cuồng Phong
VN
Τυφώνας: Η αληθινή ιστορία
GR
Ураган
RU, RS, UA
Урагана
BG
ザ・ハリケーン
JP
捍衛正義
TW