The Hurricane
“His greatest fight was for justice.”
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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Cast
74 people
Denzel Washington
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
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Vicellous Shannon
Lesra Martin
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Deborah Kara Unger
Lisa Peters
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Vicellous Reon Shannon
Lesra Martin
Liev Schreiber
Sam Chaiton
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John Hannah
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Dan Hedaya
Della Pesca
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Debbi Morgan
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David Paymer
Myron Bedlock
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Harris Yulin
Leon Friedman
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Norman Jewison Director · Armyan Bernstein Screenplay Dan Gordon Screenplay
Director
Norman Jewison
Screenplay
Armyan Bernstein
Screenplay
Dan Gordon
Author
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Author
Sam Chaiton
Author
Terry Swinton
Composer
Christopher Young
Cinematographer
Roger Deakins
Editor
Stephen E. Rivkin
Production designer
Philip Rosenberg
Costume designer
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Worldwide gross $74M · Budget $50M · United States release December 29, 1999
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$73,956,241
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Beacon Pictures
Production
Rudy Langlois Productions
Production
Azoff Films
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
Azoff Entertainment
Production
Beacon Communications
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 17, 1999
Theatrical
United States · December 29, 1999
Theatrical
Australia
March 16, 2000 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 23, 2000 · Theatrical
France
March 22, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
March 1, 2000 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 7, 2000 · Digital
Italy
March 31, 2000 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 6, 2000 · Theatrical
February 22, 2003 · TV · Nederland 3
November 19, 2007 · Physical · DVD
February 29, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
Poland
April 7, 2000 · Digital
Portugal
March 31, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 2, 2000 · Digital
United Kingdom
March 24, 2000 · Theatrical
January 5, 2001 · Physical · DVD
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