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| Directed by | Norman Jewison |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | Lazarus and the Hurricane The Sixteenth Round1991 book by
1974 book by Rubin Carter |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Stephen Rivkin |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million[2] |
| Box office | $74 million[2] |
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.
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