The Hurricane Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 145 mins
- Year produced:
- 1999
- Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington
- Vicellous Reon Shannon
- Deborah Kara Unger
Injustice can touch any of us - but it can also be conquered. That's the message at the heart of The Hurricane, a powerful movie about former champion boxer Ruben "The Hurricane" Carter, who was falsely imprisoned for murder in 1967 and not released until 1985. With an incredible performance from Denzel Washington as Carter, this is a movie that will make you think at the same time as it touches your emotions.
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Fascinating facts
Star Denzel Washington trained for over a year with a boxing coach to help make the fight scenes in The Hurricane authentic.
Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter's cell block features a picture of Malcolm X, but in actually fact this is a picture of Denzel Washington who played the lead role in the Malcolm X biopic.