The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane
The Hurricane
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Screenplay by	Armyan Bernstein; Dan Gordon;
Based on	Lazarus and the Hurricane; 1991 book; by Sam Chaiton; Terry Swinton; The Sixteenth Round; 1974 book; by Rubin Carter
Produced by	Norman Jewison; Armyan Bernstein; John Ketcham;
Starring	Denzel Washington; John Hannah; Deborah Kara Unger; Liev Schreiber; Vicellous Reon Shannon; David Paymer; Dan Hedaya; Harris Yulin; Rod Steiger;
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Stephen Rivkin
Music by	Christopher Young
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; Beacon Pictures; Azoff Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	September 17, 1999 (TIFF); December 29, 1999 (United States);
Running time	146 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$74 million

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 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 and won several awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for Washington's performance. Washington was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The film was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on December 29, 1999. It grossed $74 million against a budget of $50 million.

^ ^a ^b "The Hurricane (1999)". Danish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The Hurricane". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

[dfi-1] "The Hurricane (1999)". Danish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[mojo-2] "The Hurricane". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

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