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 – 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 →
director	Norman Jewison →
distributedBy	Universal Pictures →
editor	Stephen E. Rivkin →
genre	biographical film → drama film →
language	English →
leadActorRole	Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter →
leadCharacter	Rubin "Hurricane" Carter →
musicBy	Christopher Young →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor (Denzel Washington) → 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Denzel Washington → Norman Jewison →	notableWork
Norman Jewison →	directed
The Hurricane →	title