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MPAA Rating: R
Director: Norman Jewison
Genre: Courtroom Drama, Biopic [feature], Prison Film, Message Movie, Drama
Release Date: December 29, 1999 (USA)
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Summary:
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer whom many fight fans expected to become world champion. When three people were shot to death in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, Carter and his friend John Artis, driving home from another club in Paterson, were stopped and questioned by police. Although the police asserted that Ca... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Denzel Washington - (Rubin "Hurricane" Carter)
Vicellous Shannon - (Lesra Martin)
Deborah Kara Unger - (Lisa)
Liev Schreiber - (Sam)
John Hannah - (Terry)
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Review:
The true-life story of an up-and-coming boxer convicted of a bloody crime he probably didn't commit, this drama has more heart than the stereotypical prison drama because it's cleverly told from a unique perspective: that of an inspired youth attempt ... Continue >>

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