The Hurricane (1999)
Coming Out at December 29, 1999 in theaters.
Biography, Drama, Sport
The Hurricane is 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 for a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter’s autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the 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, but has been criticized for inaccuracies by some media outlets and participants in Carter’s trials.
The film was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on December 29, 1999.
Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter (book), Sam Chaiton (book), Terry Swinton (book), Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon
Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan
Cast
| Denzel Washington | … | Rubin Carter |
| Vicellous Shannon | … | Lesra |
| Deborah Kara Unger | … | Lisa |
| Liev Schreiber | … | Sam |
| John Hannah | … | Terry |
| Dan Hedaya | … | Della Pesca |
| Debbi Morgan | … | Mae Thelma |
| Clancy Brown | … | Lt. Jimmy Williams |
| David Paymer | … | Myron Bedlock |
| Harris Yulin | … | Leon Friedman |
| Rod Steiger | … | Judge Sarokin |
| Badja Djola | … | Mobutu |
| Vincent Pastore | … | Alfred Bello |
| Al Waxman | … | Warden |
| David Lansbury | … | U.S. Court Prosecutor |
| Garland Whitt | … | John Artis |
| Chuck Cooper | … | Earl Martin |
| Brenda Denmark | … | Alma Martin |
| Marcia Bennett | … | Jean Wahl |
| Beatrice Winde | … | Louise Cockersham |
| Mitchell Taylor Jr. | … | Young Rubin Carter |
| Bill Raymond | … | Paterson Judge |
| Merwin Goldsmith | … | Judge Larner |
| John A. MacKay | … | Man at Falls |
| Donnique Privott | … | Boy at the Falls |
| Moynan King | … | Tina Barbieri |
| Gary DeWitt Marshall | … | Nite Spot Cabbie |
| John Christopher Jones | … | Reporter at Bar |
| Gwendolyn Mulamba | … | Nite Spot Woman |
| Richard M. Davidson | … | Paterson Detective |
| George T. Odom | … | Big Ed |
| Tonye Patano | … | Woman at Prison |
| Fulvio Cecere | … | Paterson Policeman |
| Phillip Jarrett | … | Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club |
| Rodney ‘Bear’ Jackson | … | Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club |
| Judi Embden | … | Woman in U.S.O. Club |
| Terry Claybon | … | Emile Griffith |
| Ben Hernandez Bray | … | Joey Giardello |
| Mike Justus | … | Joey Cooper |
| Kenneth McGregor | … | Detective at Hospital |
| Frank Proctor | … | Pittsburgh Ring Announcer |
| Peter Wylie | … | Pittsburgh Referee |
| David Wm Gray | … | Pittsburgh TV Announcer |
| Joe Matheson | … | Philadelphia Ring Announcer |
| Bill Lake | … | Philadelphia TV Announcer |
| Robin Ward | … | Reading, PA. TV Announcer |
| Harry Davis | … | Reading, PA. Referee |
| Pippa Pearthree | … | Patty Valentine |
| Jean Daigle | … | Detective |
| Rob Evans | … | Detective at Lafayette Bar |
| Scott Gibson | … | Reporter at Banquet |
| Ann Holloway | … | Cashier |
| Bruce McFee | … | Prison Guard |
| Conrad Bergschneider | … | Prison Guard |
| Satori Shakoor | … | Prison Guard |
| Zoran Radusinovic | … | Prison Guard |
| Stephen Lee Wright | … | Prison Guard |
| Michael Bodnar | … | Prison Guard |
| Carson Manning | … | Prison Guard |
| Debrah Ellen Waller | … | Prison Guard |
| Richard Litt | … | Prison Guard |
| Adam Large | … | Prison Guard |
| Peter Graham | … | Prisoner with Camera |
| George Masswohl | … | Mechanic |
| Lawrence Sacco | … | New Jersey Policeman |
| David Frisch | … | New Jersey Policeman |
| Ralph Brown | … | Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor |
| Dyron Holmes | … | Reporter |
| Ryan Williams | … | Elstan Martin |
| Bruce Vavrina | … | St. Joseph’s Doctor |
| Brenda Braxton | … | Dancer with John Artis |
| Christopher Riordan | … | Jury Foreman |
| Guy Ale | … | Arthur Bradley |
| Muhammad Ali | … | Self (archive footage) |
| Ellen Burstyn | … | Self (archive footage) |
| Kevin Carrigan | … | Prison Guard |
| Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter | … | Self (archive footage) |
| Bob Dylan | … | Self (archive footage) |
| Joe Frazier | … | Self (archive footage) |
| Vinson German | … | Club Patron |
| Matt Graver | … | Ringside Reporter |
| Michael Harkins | … | Prison Guard |
| David Headon | … | NSA Press Photographer |
| Robert Mauzell | … | Club goer with date entering club |
| Craig Snoyer | … | Guard |
| David Sparrow | … | Cop #2 |
| Michael Stevens | … | Prison Barber |
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