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Story about 1960s world middleweight boxing champion 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 white men in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis were convicted and sentenced to three life terms in prison, where Carter decided to channel his frustration and despair by writing his own story from his cell. Although his autobigraphy, "The Sixteenth Round," did get published, Carter remained behind bars, finding inner peace by withdrawing from the outer world and the national interest which surrounded his case (including impassioned pleas from Bob Dylan and Muhammed Ali and others). Years later, an alienated American youth living in Canada, Vicellous Shannon, found direction and purpose for the first time in his life after reading Carter's book, and began corresponding with him... this eventually lead to a full-time campaign to get Carter released.
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| Also Known As: |
"Hurricane" Carter
Hurricane Carter
Lazarus and the Hurricane
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
Rueben Carter, heavyweight boxing champion is wrongly imprisoned for years. Thanks to the help of an inner city youth, he is set free. |
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| Genres: |
Drama, Biopic and Sports |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 5 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 29, 1999 Nationwide |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language and some violence. |
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| Distributors: |
Universal Pictures
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| Production Co.: |
Beacon Pictures, Azoff Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$50,668,906 |
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| Filming Locations: |
New York, New York, USA
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Rahway State Prison, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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