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THE HURRICANE

(1999)

Run time: 2h 26min |  Biography, Drama, Sports | Released: December 29, 1999 (USA)

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Denzel Washington is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of three people in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis were sentenced to three life terms in prison.

Director: Norman Jewison

Writer(s): Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon

Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker

BOX OFFICE

Estimated budget:

$50 million

U.S. Box office:

$50,699,241

Foreign Box office:

$23,257,000

Worldwide Sales:

$73,956,241

Widest Release:

2,148 Theaters

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