The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane is a 1999 biographical film directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Denzel Washington. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from the books Lazarus and the Hurricane The Freeing of Rubin Hurricane Carter published in 1991, by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, and The Sixteenth Round From NumberContender To 45472 published in 1974, by Rubin Hurricane Carter. It was also based on the song of the same name by Bob Dylan. The film tells the story of a former middleweight boxer who was convicted for a triple homicide in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The film also depicts his life in prison and how he was freed by the love and compassion of a teenager from Brooklyn named Lesra Martin and his Canadian foster family.

The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent nearlyyears in prison. Narrating Carters life, the film concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly twenty years in prison.In a parallel plot, an underprivileged youth from Brooklyn, Lesra Martin, becomes interested in Carters life and destiny after reading Carters autobiography, and convinces his Canadian foster family to commit themselves to his case. The story culminates with Carters legal teams successful pleas to Judge H. Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. ........

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