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Actors: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Dan Hedaya, Rod Steiger, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Hurricane |
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THE HURRICANE, based on Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's best selling novel "The 16th Round" and Sam Chaiton's "Lazarus and the Hurricane" is a movie directed by Norman Jewison in 1999. Denzel Washington earned several awards (Berlin, Golden Globe) for his performance.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was one of boxing's best middleweight contenders when he was arrested for murder in 1964 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He always claimed his innocence, wrote a book in prison about his life but lost all his trials and appeals. The film presents highlights of Carter's dazzling career. A young Canadian black boy, Lesra Martin, reads Carter's biography and decides to meet the boxer in prison. Soon, Lesra's friends, convinced of Carter's innocence, reopen the case, find pieces of evidence showing that a police inspector forged false proofs against Carter to frame him, and finally submit the file to the Supreme Court at the end of the 80's.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Hurricane |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Sports story?
- boxing
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Sports story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- wrongly accused clearing name
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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