The Hurricane is a 1999 English-language Biography Drama movie written by Rubin 'hurricane' Carter, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton, Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon. The movie is directed by Norman Jewison and produced by Norman Jewison, Armyan Bernstein and John Ketcham under the banner of Beacon Pictures. The story of Rubin Hurricane Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence. The hurricane stars Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Reon Shannon, David Paymer and Michael Stevens. The screenplay is written by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon which is inspired from Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton Terry Swinton The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 by Rubin Carter. The music was composed by Christopher Young. Cinematography was done by Roger Deakins and editing by Stephen Rivkin. The motion picture has a running time of 146 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Hurricane was made on a budget of $50 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $73 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Universal Pictures. At the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival It won an award for Best Actor (Denzel Washington).

A biography directed by Norman Jewison.