The Hurricane (1999) Direction: Norman Jewison Cast: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, Harris Yulin, David Paymer, Rod Steiger Screenplay: Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon; from Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's The 16th Round, and Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton's Lazarus and the Hurricane Oscar Movies Denzel Washington as Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, The Hurricane Like Stanley Kramer, Norman Jewison has often been dedicated to commercial filmmaking with a socially conscious edge: labor relations in F.I.S.T.; corruption in the U.S. justice system in …And Justice for All; religious fanaticism in Agnes of God; anti-Semitism in Fiddler on the Roof; and racism in both A Soldier's Story and the Academy Award-winning In the Heat of the Night. Though never a brilliant director, Jewison has managed to imbue most of his films with at least a modicum of depth. The Hurricane, the...
- 2/15/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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