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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WASHINGTON,DENZEL
EAN: 9780783242286
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078324228X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Running Time: 146 minutes
Sales Rank: 10060
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 14, 2000
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Fighter Rubin \''Hurricane\'' Carter is convicted of murder at the height of his boxing career and after 20 years in prison, four people go to extraordinary lengths to prove his innocence.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
In his direction of The Hurricane, veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison understands that slavish loyalty to factual detail is no guarantee of compelling screen biography. In telling the story of boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter--who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and spent nearly two decades in jail--Jewison and his screenwriters compress time, combine characters, and rearrange events with a nonchalance that would be galling if they didn't remain honest to the core truth of Carter's ordeal. Because of that emotional integrity--and because Denzel Washington brings total conviction to his title role--The Hurricane rises above the confines of biographical fidelity to embrace higher values of courage, compassion, and ultimate justice.
Jewison is woefully heavy-handed in his treatment of the fictionalized, absurdly villainous detective (Dan Hedaya) who zealously plots to keep Carter in jail, and anyone familiar with Carter's story may object to the film's simplified account. But what matters here is the shining star of hope that is Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), the Brooklyn teenager who rejuvenates Carter's legal battle in the early 1980s. This surrogate father-son relationship is what revives Carter's hope for family and future, and makes The Hurricane so engrossing and emotionally effective. Lesra's real-life Canadian mentors are compressed from nine characters to three, but their efforts are superbly dramatized, and Jewison hits the small but important grace notes that make a good film even better. By its final scenes, The Hurricane conveys the rich, rewarding satisfaction of surviving a difficult but valuable journey of mind, body, and soul. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com:
In his direction of The Hurricane, veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison understands that slavish loyalty to factual detail is no guarantee of compelling screen biography. In telling the story of boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter--who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and spent nearly two decades in jail--Jewison and his screenwriters compress time, combine characters, and rearrange events with a nonchalance that would be galling if they didn't remain honest to the core truth of Carter's ordeal. Because of that emotional integrity--and because Denzel Washington brings total conviction to his title role--The Hurricane rises above the confines of biographical fidelity to embrace higher values of courage, compassion, and ultimate justice.
Jewison is woefully heavy-handed in his treatment of the fictionalized, absurdly villainous detective (Dan Hedaya) who zealously plots to keep Carter in jail, and anyone familiar with Carter's story may object to the film's simplified account. But what matters here is the shining star of hope that is Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), the Brooklyn teenager who rejuvenates Carter's legal battle in the early 1980s. This surrogate father-son relationship is what revives Carter's hope for family and future, and makes The Hurricane so engrossing and emotionally effective. Lesra's real-life Canadian mentors are compressed from nine characters to three, but their efforts are superbly dramatized, and Jewison hits the small but important grace notes that make a good film even better. By its final scenes, The Hurricane conveys the rich, rewarding satisfaction of surviving a difficult but valuable journey of mind, body, and soul. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - The Hurricane: A failed docudrama but a successful movie
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter had been a nonstop hurricane in the racist world of white police, disrupting the white police for more than 20 years. The Hurricane, directed by Norman Jewison in 1999, was a well made docudrama that was based on Carter's autobiography, 'The 16th Round', which was published in 1974. It was also based upon a book, 'Lazarus and the Hurricane', written by Chaiton and Swinton's, Carter's Canadian friends, published in 1991. This film, or a docudrama, tells the story of Rubin ... Read More
Rating:  - The Hurricane
The Hurricane: Entertainment Purposes Only
Haven't we learnt that there are always two sides to a story? Norman Jewison's film, The Hurricane; which was released in 1999 is a story that attempts to explain and depict the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It fails miserably on this account but superb, indelible acting from the movie's star - Denzel Washington - who plays Rubin Carter, saves this film from being a complete tragedy.
Set in 1966 and encapsulating nearly twenty years of ... Read More
Rating: - The Hurricane: More Movie Than History
"Oh I'll always be the `Hurricane'", and a hurricane is beautiful."
The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington and directed by Norman Jewison, was released on March 16, 2000 in Hong Kong. The movie tells the story of Rubin `Hurricane' Carter, a world famous African-American boxer convicted for the murder of three whites in Patterson, New Jersey. The antagonist is Della Pesca, played by Dan Hedaya, a racist white detective out to get Rubin Carter.
During the summer of 1966, two black men entered ... Read More
Rating: - Tender story.
The movie offers an overview of pre-judgement and prejudice of the law enforcement community of the time. Denzel's acting is absolutely perfect as he portrays his role. Mr. Washington, said it himself on an interview, that he liked his acting better in this movie, than in Acadamey Award performance in the movie "Training Day".
Rating: - death penalty advocates wake up and rent this!
I think its a great movie about the true story of a man wrongfully imprisoned from a young age and again in adulthood by the justice system through the influence of a cop with a racist grudge. It shows how one man with a grudge can influence and taint the justice system. Today people are still wrongfully convicted some on death row . Anyone with career ambitions of becoming a district attorney should see this movie. Because all it takes even today is a district attorney willing to bury evidence, stand by ... Read More
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