The Hurricane
His greatest fight was for justice.
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Worldwide
- $74M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hurricane returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $74M
- Release date
- Sep 17, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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