The Hurricane
by Norman Jewison
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Actor: Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Reon ShannonDirector: Norman Jewison
Brand: WASHINGTON,DENZEL
Producer: Armyan Bernstein
Writer: Armyan Bernstein
Producer: Irving Azoff
Writer: Dan Gordon
Writer: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Writer: Sam Chaiton
Writer: Terry Swinton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Original Language), Unknown; French (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 146 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Anamorphic; Closed-captioned; Collector's Edition; Color; Dolby; DVD; Widescreen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of The Hurricane
DVD Review: GREAT not good but GREAT amazing high talent actors make GREAT FILMS....this is of NO EXCEPTION.DENZEL is INCREDIBLE 5 Stars
hola to all.i was a teenager when i think he was in prison etc met lesrathe 80's etc. but i know i have never heard of this until atty.told me about this amazing film. i am so happy she told me,she is a FORMER Judge. as,being a advocate on civil rights,equal protection for ALL innocent on parental-child rights in new jersey tri-state area nyc etc.i know how this man must have felt.
the fact a prosecutor can go to court proceed as if he has REAL evidence
all conjured up,fabricated withheld etc. all in the name of jealous hatred
to secure a state win shows as the judge say at the end of the film and for the "ruling"to then be UPHELD once the proof is verified of the fraud
on the court,etc. the lies fabrication,as that is a violation of the worse kind etc. i love the judge at the end of the movie said it BEST.
(what the "state"did to him,judge said analogous to my paraphrasing is and would be more worse then the actual person who DID indeed do the crime
etc.)thus must vacate his old verdict,etc and i agree wholeheartedly...
as we know how this man must have felt being the advocate i am falsely accused,people who were set up framed etc.
as right now:
we have a case actually here in
N.J.MULTI MILLION $ Dollar suits are pending currently and more to come 09
* where the state of new jersey attempted to assert presumably how this N.J.parent abused her child.That she was the"WORSE ABUSE"parent,her case was in n.j.history as quoted by THEIR THERAPIST STEPHANIE AUERBACH(Millburn N.J.) that the mother just all the sudden flip out,went all crazy,by beating child severely with a hanger,that mother inflicted EXCESSIVE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON HER CHILD?
However everyone reading this review there were not 1 but SEVERAL CLEAR COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN"the night in question of the child" clear color "PIX,DOCUMENTATION,POLICE/DYFS files all proving beyond ANY doubt from anyone that the state clearly LIED......
N.J. D.A.G.(Deputy attorney General here in new jersey)BROUGHT this case to the UNION COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ELIZABETH,NJ knowingly he has NO EVIDENCE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ABUSE TO CHILD,WE KNOW THIS NOW BY THE DISCOVERY,putting time line together and collecting even reports saying MOTHER DID NOT DO IT SHE WAS CLEARED,WE CAN'T SUBSTANTIATE ABUSE TO CHILD AND OR NEGLECT!
they all lied! and suit has been filed on behalf of the 2 girls damage by being torn apart from mother on a GROSS NEGLIGENT/SEVERE FALSEHOOD.
(DYFS STAND FOR DIVISION YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES)new jersey CPS agency,they all lied framing the mother for incentice,bonus etc then put child in DIRECT HARM, THE LAWSUIT FOR OUR TEAM NOW IS "PENDING"and more to come in winter 09.AS WE ARE ALSO HERE IN THIS CASE PUSHING FOR CHANGED LAWS As well tougher penalties for workers at the division who withhold,fabricate
investigatory procedure etc. regarding new jersey CORRUPT DYFS-CPS,so we know how the "hurricane must have felt"and thankful this GREAT ACTOR was
able to pop out of our t.v.screen and make us FEEL what the"hurricane"must
have Really been going through. i know MANY WHO LOVE THIS FILM ALL RACES.
we are so happy/so glad he is OUT and free now.
this stupid bias non-astute prosecutor has no proof just the officer/detec.was JEALOUS that was flagrant.they were just non-astute and
VERY JEALOUS,of this good lookin'nice talented smart black man,this is evident,that you have to set some one up because of that,how disgusting.
but we are so happy the HURRICANE fought back,after at 1st wanting to just give up he never did as he KNEW he was INNOCENT...god knew it too.
So glad the white advocate team came to help him and young black boy lesra
* AS THE WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO DISPROVE ALL OF WHAT THE STATE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO, I LOVE IT CAN WATCH IT OVER AND OVER SINCE GETTING IT OFF OF AMAZON THIS YEAR!Albeit yes some has been altered for more drama i
hear who knows,but i love it and i am so happy DENZEL did a 10000% great job in each scene,best ethnic actor in my opinion of OUR time.love him ! he just CANNOT MAKE A HORRIBLE MOVIE,no wonder he is so great in each film
that do not happen with EACH ACTOR,denzel is wonderful in this film throughout. ACTUALLY ADDICTED TO THIS MOVIE ON CABLE FOR TWO YEARS LMFAO LOL WE JUST FINALLY DECIDED ON BUYING IT FOR THE HOUSE VIDEO VHS,DVD Collection we own here at home.THIS MOVIE IS SURELY ADDICTING! I AM HAPPY THE "Judge"knew at the end what"really happened"and was not sway
by the lieing,sneak of a prosecutor any longer,as the FEDERAL COURT SEEN
what "really happen"to this poor innocent once talented great man i was
so happy to see the ending most and the part where they were all meeting
the HURRICANE in prison etc. great throughout though. i loved each part!
as i am so happy to see so far MOST find this film just as incredible as
i do.(Smart viewers/people!) lol
as actually I AM WATCHING THIS ALL WEEKEND TONIGHT TOMORROW WITH MI
PAPI CHULO AS WE LOVE THIS FILM,FROM NEW JERSEY AREA THIS BOXER SET UP &FRAMED,FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.AMAZINGLY THESE NICE PEOPLE WHITE AT THAT,AND YOUNG LESRA HELP HIM MORE THAN HE EVEN THOUGHT WAS FEASIBLE,SO
ASTUTE,SO INCREDIBLY MADE "EACH PART OF THIS FILM"SO POIGNANT,SO WELL PUT
TOGETHER,I HAVE TO GIVE THIS MOVIE IF WE CAN 100 STARS! GORGEOUS TALENTED
DENZEL IS POWERFUL,THUS MAKING HIM IMO THE BEST BLACK ACTOR FOR THIS FILM
I REALLY CAN'T SEE ANY OTHER BLACK MAN PLAY THIS TRUE TO LIFE FILM SO WELL
AS DENZEL DID.GREAT ACTORS MAKE GREAT FILMS.THIS IS OF NO EXCEPTION I LOVE
DENZEL,BUT LOVE MORE SO THE WAY JEWISON HANDLED "eACH PART"of the film with TRUTH. and even if some of it is altered,so what,great entertainment
all throughout with smiles,laughter tears,bonding throughout the movie and
heavy compassion,anger etc. just everything was in my honest opinion on
point,as i did not read the book only the movie,but i know others also
saying it was not"all true"but 75% is high enough for me! lol i love it and i am SO GLAD the fighter,ex champ in my opinion,is HOME NOW,Around
people who LOVE/CARE FOR HIM,as i hear he STILL keeping in touch with the
three NICE WHITE FOLK who help him,advocate for him assisting in his release,as i hear him and LESRA are still just as tight,as lesra in his
mid upper thirties now.so nice. going back to watch it again i love the
HURRICANE/DENZEL KEEP ME ENTERTAINED,CRYING THROUGHOUT..SAD AND FINALLY
HAPPIER TEARS AT THE END !ADIOS AND
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL..AND A HAPPY 09.GOD SPEED.
Description of The Hurricane
Fighter Rubin \Hurricane" Carter is convicted of murder at the height of his boxing career and after 20 years in prison"In his direction of The Hurricane, veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison understands that slavish loyalty to factual detail is no guarantee of compelling screen biography. In telling the story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and spent nearly two decades in jail--Jewison and his screenwriters compress time, combine characters, and rearrange events with a nonchalance that would be galling if they didn't remain honest to the core truth of Carter's ordeal. Because of that emotional integrity--and because Denzel Washington brings total conviction to his title role--The Hurricane rises above the confines of biographical fidelity to embrace higher values of courage, compassion, and ultimate justice.
Jewison is woefully heavy-handed in his treatment of the fictionalized, absurdly villainous detective (Dan Hedaya) who zealously plots to keep Carter in jail, and anyone familiar with Carter's story may object to the film's simplified account. But what matters here is the shining star of hope that is Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), the Brooklyn teenager who rejuvenates Carter's legal battle in the early 1980s. This surrogate father-son relationship is what revives Carter's hope for family and future, and makes The Hurricane so engrossing and emotionally effective. Lesra's real-life Canadian mentors are compressed from nine characters to three, but their efforts are superbly dramatized, and Jewison hits the small but important grace notes that make a good film even better. By its final scenes, The Hurricane conveys the rich, rewarding satisfaction of surviving a difficult but valuable journey of mind, body, and soul. --Jeff Shannon
In his direction of The Hurricane, veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison understands that slavish loyalty to factual detail is no guarantee of compelling screen biography. In telling the story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and spent nearly two decades in jail--Jewison and his screenwriters compress time, combine characters, and rearrange events with a nonchalance that would be galling if they didn't remain honest to the core truth of Carter's ordeal. Because of that emotional integrity--and because Denzel Washington brings total conviction to his title role--The Hurricane rises above the confines of biographical fidelity to embrace higher values of courage, compassion, and ultimate justice.
Jewison is woefully heavy-handed in his treatment of the fictionalized, absurdly villainous detective (Dan Hedaya) who zealously plots to keep Carter in jail, and anyone familiar with Carter's story may object to the film's simplified account. But what matters here is the shining star of hope that is Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), the Brooklyn teenager who rejuvenates Carter's legal battle in the early 1980s. This surrogate father-son relationship is what revives Carter's hope for family and future, and makes The Hurricane so engrossing and emotionally effective. Lesra's real-life Canadian mentors are compressed from nine characters to three, but their efforts are superbly dramatized, and Jewison hits the small but important grace notes that make a good film even better. By its final scenes, The Hurricane conveys the rich, rewarding satisfaction of surviving a difficult but valuable journey of mind, body, and soul. --Jeff Shannon
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