film "The Hurricane" (1999)

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The 1999 film "The Hurricane" is a biographical drama depicting the wrongful imprisonment and eventual fight for justice of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

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instanceOf biographical drama film
film
basedOn Lazarus and the Hurricane
The Sixteenth Round
basedOnWorkAuthor Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Sam Chaiton
Terry Swinton
cinematographyBy Roger Deakins
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts boxing
imprisonment
wrongful conviction
director Norman Jewison
distributedBy Universal Pictures
editedBy Stephen E. Rivkin
genre biographical film
drama film
legal drama film
sports film
language English
mainSubject Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
musicBy Christopher Young
narrativeFocus fight for justice
notableAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor
notableAwardNominationRecipient Denzel Washington
notableAwardWin Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
notableAwardWinRecipient Denzel Washington
portrays legal appeals process
racial injustice in the United States
producer Armyan Bernstein
John Ketcham
Norman Jewison
productionCompany Beacon Pictures
Universal Pictures
releaseDate 1999-12-29
releaseYear 1999
runningTime 146 minutes
screenwriter Armyan Bernstein
Dan Gordon
setInLocation New Jersey
setInTime 1960s
1970s
starred Clancy Brown
Dan Hedaya
David Paymer
Deborah Kara Unger
Denzel Washington
John Hannah
Liev Schreiber
Rod Steiger
Vicellous Reon Shannon

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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter inspiredWork film "The Hurricane" (1999)
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linked to: film "The Hurricane" (1999)