The Hurricane (1999)

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R | 2 hr | Drama, Biopic, Sports | Released: 12/29/1999 |Box Office Total: $50.6M

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Story about 1960s world middleweight boxing champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of three white men in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis were convicted and sentenced to three life terms in prison, where Carter decided to channel his frustration and despair by writing his own story from his cell. Although his autobigraphy, "The Sixteenth Round," did get published, Carter remained behind bars, finding inner peace by withdrawing from the outer world and the national interest which surrounded his case (including impassioned pleas from Bob Dylan and Muhammed Ali and others). Years later, an alienated American youth living in Canada, Vicellous Shannon, found direction and purpose for the first time in his life after reading Carter's book, and began corresponding with him... this eventually lead to a full-time campaign to get Carter released.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/29/1999

Director	Credit
Norman Jewison	Director
Cast	Credit
Denzel Washington	Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Vicellous Reon Shannon	Lesra
Deborah Kara Unger	Lisa
Liev Schreiber	Sam
John Hannah	Terry
Dan Hedaya	Della Pesca
Debbi Morgan	Mae Thelma
Clancy Brown	Lieutenant Jimmy Williams
David Paymer	Myron Beldock
Harris Yulin	Leon Friedman
Rod Steiger	Judge Sarokin
Badja Djola	Mobutu
Vincent Pastore	Alfred Bello
Al Waxman	Warden
David Landsbury	US Court Prosecutor
Garland Whitt	John Artis
Chuck Cooper	Earl Martin
Brenda Thomas Denmark	Alma Martin
Marcia Bennett	Jean Wahl
Beatrice Winde	Louise Cockersham
Mitchell Taylor Jr	Young Rubin
Bill Raymond	Paterson Judge
Merwin Goldsmith	Judge Larner
John Alexander 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 Davidson	Paterson Detective
George Odom	Big Ed
Tonye Patano	Woman at Prison
Fulvio Cecere	Paterson Policeman
Phillip Jarrett	Soldier No 1 in USO Club
Rodney Jackson	Soldier No 2 in USO Club
Judi Embden	Woman in USO Club
Terry Claybon	Emile Griffith
Ben Bray	Joey Giordello
Mike Justus	Joey Cooper
Kenneth J McGregor	Detective at Hospital
Frank Proctor	Pittsburgh Ring Announcer
Peter Wylie	Pittsburgh Referee
David Barry Gray	Pittsburgh TV Announcer
Joe Matheson	Philadelphia Ring Announcer
Bill Lake	Philadelphia TV Announcer
Robin Ward	Reading--Pennsylvania TV Announer
Harry Davis	Reading--Pennsylvania Referee
Pippa Pearthree	Patty Valentine
Jean Daigle	Detective
Scott Gibson	Reporter at Banquet
Ann Holloway	Cashier
Jim Bearden	Lieutenant
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
Douglas E Hughes	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
Robert Lindsay Evans	Detective at Lafayette Bar
Production Credits	Credit
Suzann Ellis	Co-Producer
Rudy Langlais	Executive Producer
Armyan Bernstein	Producer
Thomas Bliss	Executive Producer
John Ketcham	Producer
Michael Jewison	Co-Producer
Marc Abraham	Executive Producer
Norman Jewison	Producer
Jon Jashni	Co-Producer
Irving Azoff	Executive Producer
Tom Rosenberg	Executive Producer
William Teitler	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Beacon Pictures	Production Company
Azoff Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Village Roadshow Greece	Foreign Distribution Rights
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd	Theatrical Distributor
Gaga Entertainment	Theatrical Distributor
Metropolitan Filmexport	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
RCV Distribution	Theatrical Distributor
Toho-Towa Company	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York, USA
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Rahway State Prison, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Writer	Credit
Armyan Bernstein	Screenplay
Rubin Carter ('Hurricane')	Book as Source Material
Sam Chaiton	Book as Source Material
Dan Gordon	Screenplay
Terry Swinton	Book as Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Christie Mattull	Production Insurance - production insurance services
Greg Eby	Assistant Accountant
Christopher Comrie	Accountant - payroll accountant
Elaine Thurston	Production Accountant
Rebecca Smith	Post-Production Accountant
Elizabeth Zagrany	Accountant
Alex Kontsalakis	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Dawn Fisher	Art Assistant - art department apprentice
Marlene Rain	Assistant Set Decorator - assistant set decorator/buyer
Rob McEune	Scenic Artist - key scenic artist
Kelly Brine	Storyboard Artist
Dennis Davenport	Art Director
Philip Rosenberg	Production Designer
Gordon Sim	Set Decorator
Keith Sly	Lead Person - leadman
Mike Schocrylas	Assistant Art Director
Michael Sherwin	Art Department - assistant head painter
David Evans	Set Dresser
Holly Watson	Art Department Coordinator
Scott Rosenstock	Lead Person - leadman
Derek Stephenson	Scenic Artist - assistant key scenic artist
Patricia Woodridge	Art Director
Ellen Christiansen	Set Decorator
Nick Gazda	Assistant Art Director
Darrin Brown	Assistant Art Director
Janet Zdyb	Assistant Art Director
Casting	Credit
Avy Kaufman	Casting
Donna Dupere-Taylor	Extras Casting - background casting
Beth Bowling	Casting Associate
Riccardo Bertoni	Extras Casting
Robin Cook	Casting
Julie Lichter	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Moragh Robinson	Craft Service
Christine Taggart	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
David J Woods	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Otto Nemenz	Camera - cameras supplier
Tony Oliver	Camera Trainee
Mike Milliken	Color Timer
Candide Franklyn	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Duane Gullison	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Andy Harris	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
George Kraychyk	Photography - stills photographer
Scotty Allan	Lighting Technician
Roger Deakins	Director of Photography
Richard Ford	Lighting Technician
Angelo Colavecchia	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Darcy Gasparovic	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jonathan Leigh	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Ken Regan	Photography - still photographer
Jim Manzione	Lighting Technician - rigging lighting technician
Adam Gilmore	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Larry Huston	Camera Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Beacon Pictures	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Richard S Hoffman	Legal Services
Music	Credit
Thomas Milano	Music Editor
Barbara Morrison	Song Performer - vocalist
Pete Anthony	Music Conductor - conductor
Christopher Young	Music - music orchestrator
Bob Dylan	Song
Sandy DeCrescent