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The Hurricane
1999
· Movie
· 146 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1021
- IMDb #887
- Rotten Tomatoes #1145
- Metacritic #1190
- Letterboxd #1280
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1864
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #896
- Metacritic Critics #1117
- Metacritic Audience #1443
- Kinopoisk #266
- AlloCiné #896
- Trakt #889
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A rising middleweight boxer is wrongly convicted of a triple murder and sentenced to life in prison. From his cell, he fights for decades to clear his name, enduring brutal treatment and solitary confinement. His case is eventually taken up by a group of advocates who believe in his innocence and work tirelessly to expose the injustice and secure his freedom.
Details
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Writers
- Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon
- Based on
- Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton
- Released
- 17 September 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $74.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| 72nd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Actor | Nominee |
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72nd Academy Awards
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