The Hurricane

Year:

2000

Duration:

146 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Sport

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Norman Jewison

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2000-01-14

Filming Locations: East Jersey State Prison, Rahway, New Jersey, USA

Earnings

Budget: $38,000,000

Opening Weekend: $337,000 (USA) (2 January 2000)

Gross: $50,668,906 (USA) (16 April 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Dan Hedaya

The Hurricane

Beatrice Winde

Denzel Washington

Rubin Carter

Vicellous Reon Shannon

Lesra

Deborah Kara Unger

Lisa

Liev Schreiber

Sam

John Hannah

Terry

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 (as Brenda Thomas Denmark)

Marcia Bennett

Jean Wahl

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 Davidson

Paterson Detective

George T. Odom

Big Ed (as George Odom)

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 (as Rodney M. Jackson)

Judi Embden

Woman in U.S.O. Club

Terry Claybon

Emile Griffith

Ben Bray

Joey Giardello

Michael Justus

Joey Cooper

Kenneth McGregor

Detective at Hospital

Frank Proctor

Pittsburgh Ring Announcer

Peter Wylie

Pittsburgh Referee

David Wm Gray

Pittsburgh TV Announcer (as David Gray)

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 (as Robert Evans)

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 (as Ryann Williams)

Bruce Vavrina

St. Joseph's Doctor

Brenda Braxton

Dancer with John Artis

Christopher Riordan

Jury Foreman

Guy Ale

Arthur Bradley

Muhammad Ali

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ellen Burstyn

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Dylan

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Frazier

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Matt Graver

Ringside Reporter (uncredited)

Michael Harkins

Prison Guard (uncredited)

David Sparrow

Cop #2 (DVD only) (uncredited)

Michael Stevens

Prison Barber (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Joey Giardello sued the film's producers for libel over the depiction of his fight with Carter. The case was settled out of court and Jewison agreed to make a statement on the DVD version that, "Giardello no doubt was a great fighter."

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Director Norman Jewison showed the film uncompleted at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, without credits or proper color. He had been working on the movie the night before it was shown, and submitted it to the festival with the film still splinted together in hundreds of pieces. Before showing the movie he said to the eager audience, "I'm so nervous that the splints may fall apart."

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Denzel Washington trained for over a year with a boxing coach.

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Goofs

After the shootings in the bar are shown the first time, the exterior shot shows the traffic light at Madison Ave. In the later flashback, there is no traffic light.

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In the first featherweight fight sequence, the radio sportscaster pronounces the Pennsylvania city name, "Reading," as "reeding" (long "e" sound), but it is correctly pronounced as "reding" (short "e" sound).

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When Lezra visits Rubin in prison and they are talking at the table, Rubin is shown holding a photo in his hands. The reverse shot shows Rubin with his hands clasped and the photo sitting on the table.

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Quotes

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: You think I killed those people son?

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Sam Chaiton: Can he see us?

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Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Les] It's very important to transcend places that hold us.

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