The Hurricane

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biographical drama film film

The Hurricane is a 1999 biographical drama film about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter’s wrongful murder conviction and fight for justice, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Denzel Washington.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
award Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Denzel Washington)
basedOn the autobiography "The Sixteenth Round" ⓘ
the book "Lazarus and the Hurricane" ⓘ
the life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ
cinematographer Roger Deakins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Stephen E. Rivkin ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorRole Denzel Washington ⓘ
surface form: Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
leadCharacter Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ
musicBy Christopher Young ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor (Denzel Washington)

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Michael Clarke Duncan)
portrays Rubin Carter's boxing career ⓘ
Rubin Carter's legal appeals ⓘ
Rubin Carter's murder conviction ⓘ
the activism of Canadians who helped Carter ⓘ
producer Armyan Bernstein ⓘ
John Ketcham ⓘ
Norman Jewison ⓘ
releaseYear 1999 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 146 ⓘ
screenwriter Armyan Bernstein ⓘ
Dan Gordon ⓘ
setting 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
starring Dan Hedaya ⓘ
David Paymer ⓘ
Deborah Kara Unger ⓘ
Denzel Washington ⓘ
John Hannah ⓘ
Liev Schreiber ⓘ
Vicellous Reon Shannon ⓘ
subject Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ
criminal justice system ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
wrongful conviction ⓘ
title The Hurricane self-link ⓘ

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Norman Jewison → directed → The Hurricane ⓘ
Denzel Washington → notableWork → The Hurricane ⓘ
Norman Jewison → notableWork → The Hurricane ⓘ
The Hurricane → title → The Hurricane self-link ⓘ