Hurricane (1999)
Der junge Profi-Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter wird des dreifachen Mordes angeklagt und unschuldig zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Doch sein Stolz bleibt ungebrochen Im Gefängnis kämpft er um ein Revisionsverfahren - vergeblich. Trotz seiner Aufsehen erregenden Autobiografie und des Engagements von prominenten Zeitgenossen wie Bob Dylan und Muhammed Ali bleibt er hinter Gittern und zieht sich resigniert in sich selbst zurück. Jahre später, als Carter der Außenwelt längst den Rücken gekehrt hat, gibt ihm ein Mensch, den er nie zuvor gesehen hatte, neue Hoffnung Der junge Lesra Martin ist von der tragischen Lebensgeschichte des "Hurricane" so bewegt, dass er sein Leben dem Kampf um Gerechtigkeit für Carter verschreibt. Zusammen mit seinen Freunden Lisa, Terry und Sam arbeitet er fieberhaft und leidenschaftlich daran, die Unschuld von Rubin "Hurricane" Carter zu beweisen...
Der Regisseur:
Norman Jewison
Die Autor:
Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon.
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Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
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Vicellous Shannon as Lesra Martin |
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Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters |
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Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton |
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John Hannah as Terry |
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Dan Hedaya as Della Pesca |
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Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma |
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Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams |
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David Paymer as Myron Bedlock |
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Harris Yulin as Leon Friedman |
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Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin |
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Badja Djola as Mobutu |
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Vincent Pastore as Alfred Bello |
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Al Waxman as Warden |
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David Lansbury as U.S. Court Prosecutor |
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Garland Whitt as John Artis |
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Chuck Cooper as Earl Martin |
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Brenda Denmark as Alma Martin |
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Marcia Bennett as Jean Wahl |
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Beatrice Winde as Louise Cockersham |
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Mitchell Taylor Jr. as Young Rubin Carter |
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Bill Raymond as Paterson Judge |
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Merwin Goldsmith as Judge Larner |
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John A. MacKay as Man at Falls |
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Donnique Privott as Boy at the Falls |
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Moynan King as Tina Barbieri |
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Gary DeWitt Marshall as Nite Spot Cabbie |
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John Christopher Jones as Reporter at Bar |
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Gwendolyn Mulamba as Nite Spot Woman |
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Richard M. Davidson as Paterson Detective |
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George T. Odom as Big Ed |
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Tonye Patano as Woman at Prison |
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Fulvio Cecere as Paterson Policeman |
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Phillip Jarrett as Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club |
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Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club |
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Judi Embden as Woman in U.S.O. Club |
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Terry Claybon as Emile Griffith |
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Ben Hernandez Bray as Joey Giardello |
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Mike Justus as Joey Cooper |
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Kenneth McGregor as Detective at Hospital |
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Frank Proctor as Pittsburgh Ring Announcer |
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Peter Wylie as Pittsburgh Referee |
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David Wm Gray as Pittsburgh TV Announcer (as David Gray) |
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Joe Matheson as Philadelphia Ring Announcer |
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Bill Lake as Philadelphia TV Announcer |
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Robin Ward as Reading, PA. TV Announcer |
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Harry Davis as Reading, PA. Referee |
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Pippa Pearthree as Patty Valentine |
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Jean Daigle as Detective |
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Rob Evans as Detective at Lafayette Bar |
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Scott Gibson as Reporter at Banquet |
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Ann Holloway as Cashier |
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Bruce McFee as Prison Guard |
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Conrad Bergschneider as Prison Guard |
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Satori Shakoor as Prison Guard |
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Zoran Radusinovic as Prison Guard |
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Stephen Lee Wright as Prisoner Guard |
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Michael Bodnar as Prison Guard |
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Carson Manning as Prison Guard |
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Debrah Ellen Waller as Prison Guard |
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Richard Litt as Prison Guard |
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Adam Large as Prison Guard |
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Peter Graham as Prisoner with Camera |
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George Masswohl as Mechanic |
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Lawrence Sacco as New Jersey Policeman |
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David Frisch as New Jersey Policeman |
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Ralph Brown as Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor |
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Dyron Holmes as Reporter |
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Ryan Williams as Elstan Martin |
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Bruce Vavrina as St. Joseph's Doctor |
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Brenda Braxton as Dancer with John Artis |
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Christopher Riordan as Jury Foreman |
| Editing | Stephen E. Rivkin | Editor |
| Production | John Ketcham | Producer |
| Production | Norman Jewison | Producer |
| Production | Armyan Bernstein | Producer |
| Writing | Armyan Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Directing | Norman Jewison | Director |
| Writing | Dan Gordon | Screenplay |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter | Novel |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Terry Swinton | Book |
| Writing | Sam Chaiton | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Directing | Samantha Armstrong | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Philip Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Art | Gordon Sim | Set Decoration |
| Art | Dennis Davenport | Art Direction |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Winnie D. Brown | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Robin D. Cook | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene Kent | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Caglione Jr. | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Branko Racki | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Shelley Cook | Stunts |
| Production | Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Rosenberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rudy Langlais | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Jashni | Co-Producer |
| Production | William Teitler | Executive Producer |
| Production | Irving Azoff | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean-Yves Asselin | Line Producer |
| Production | Michael Jewison | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marc Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Suzann Ellis | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Mike Justus | Utility Stunts |