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The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 18 nominations total
Vicellous Shannon
- Lesra
- (as Vicellous Reon Shannon)
Brenda Denmark
- Alma Martin
- (as Brenda Thomas Denmark)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDenzel Washington trained for over a year with a boxing coach.
- GoofsWhen Carter's Federal Court victory is announced, jubilant inmates hurl waste paper from the cell decks to the floor below. In the background a huge pile of waste paper can be seen, the obvious residue of previous takes
- Quotes
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Lesra] Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.
Featured review
15 years after The Hurricane came out Rubin Carter passed away still quite the
symbol of what can happen when a malignant criminal justice system puts a
target on your back and is determined to nail you. The Hurricane became his
nickname in the boxing arena given him for the speed and accuracy of the deadly
attack in the ring. He was forever Rubin Hurricane Carter even after he fought
his last fight.
After his boxing career had wound down he and a friend were picked up in his home town of Patterson, New Jersey because they vaguely resembled two men who had shot up and robbed a bar and killed 3 people. On some flimsy evidence and some evidence withheld Carter and the other man went to jail and probably escaped the death penalty because it wasn't being used at the time.
Besides the background events The Hurricane mostly focuses on the events of Carter trying to clear himself and the young kid who reads the book Carter wrote while he was in prison. The best scenes in the film are Vicellous Shannon as young Lezra and Denzel Washington as Carter.
The Hurricane brought Denzel Washington one of his Oscar nominations and he will keep you riveted on the screen with his intensity. Occasionally Washington boils over, but it's the slow simmering tension he conveys as Carter that really keeps you watching. His scenes with Shannon are a great relief for him as in this kid he meets someone who believes his story and gets what he's about.
Besides Washington and Shannon, performances to watch out for are Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin who is the federal judge who decides Carter's fate and Dan Hedaya as the incredibly vicious and racist police lieutenant who made incarcerating Carter a life's obsession.
The real Rubin Carter could not have had his story better told than be Denzel Washington in The Hurricane.
After his boxing career had wound down he and a friend were picked up in his home town of Patterson, New Jersey because they vaguely resembled two men who had shot up and robbed a bar and killed 3 people. On some flimsy evidence and some evidence withheld Carter and the other man went to jail and probably escaped the death penalty because it wasn't being used at the time.
Besides the background events The Hurricane mostly focuses on the events of Carter trying to clear himself and the young kid who reads the book Carter wrote while he was in prison. The best scenes in the film are Vicellous Shannon as young Lezra and Denzel Washington as Carter.
The Hurricane brought Denzel Washington one of his Oscar nominations and he will keep you riveted on the screen with his intensity. Occasionally Washington boils over, but it's the slow simmering tension he conveys as Carter that really keeps you watching. His scenes with Shannon are a great relief for him as in this kid he meets someone who believes his story and gets what he's about.
Besides Washington and Shannon, performances to watch out for are Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin who is the federal judge who decides Carter's fate and Dan Hedaya as the incredibly vicious and racist police lieutenant who made incarcerating Carter a life's obsession.
The real Rubin Carter could not have had his story better told than be Denzel Washington in The Hurricane.
- bkoganbing
- Jul 27, 2018
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,699,241
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $384,640
- Jan 2, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $73,956,241
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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