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		Plot: In June 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington) was a strong contender for the middleweight boxing title.
		This film should cause many to think about the judicial system and the injustices done to many that are held within its cells in America.
		This is a truly thought provoking film with many questions that we as Christians must ask and answer for ourselves regarding the justice system in America.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /hurricane.htm (1177 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The Hurricane" review (1999)
		This film tells of his determination to consider himself free even behind bars, cut with remembrances of his animal instincts learned as a kid on the street, his early run-ins with the law and his promise as a young fighter.
		But the film is a skillful composition that leaves the nuances to its star.
		But even when it's pandering, "The Hurricane," is more than just a prison drama or a legal drama, it's a deeply affecting drama of the human soul, thanks in no small part to Washington, whose immense talent has never been more evident.
	www.splicedonline.com /99reviews/hurricane.html (541 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "The Hurricane" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former middleweight boxer who spent 19 years in prison after being framed for murder by racist police and prosecutors, was arguably one of the most important Americans of the 20th century.
		If Norman Jewison's ungainly but likable film "The Hurricane" ultimately isn't equal to the bigness and complexity of its subject, that only proves that sometimes real life is too outrageous for the movies.
		"Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter" by James S. Hirsch A biography of the middleweight champ who was framed for murder scouts out the pieces of the life the reporters missed.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2000/01/07/hurricane/index.html (1303 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - Publications
		In 1999, the Federation continued to increase its profile among other international organiza-tions, especially through active participation in meetings and conferences held by the UN and its subsidiary bodies.
		Increased emphasis in 1999 was also placed on improving relations with the private sector for mobilizing resources, and with multilateral financial institutions such as the World Bank to further long-term cooperation.
		In 1999, the total amount paid in statutory contributions was 27.3 million Swiss francs, with 1.7 million francs outstanding as at 31 December 1999.
	www.ifrc.org /PUBLICAT/ar/ar1999/arch3.asp (2641 words)

	The Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a champion middleweight boxer, is imprisoned for life for murders he did not commit.
		The Hurricane tells Lesera that hate had killed Reuben and buried him, forgotten, in the prison walls, but Lesera's love had raised him and given him life once again.
		Hurricane Carter is wrongly accused and imprisoned for a triple murder.
	www.textweek.com /movies/hurricane.htm (409 words)

	The Hurricane: Collector's Edition (1999)
		Although some of the story does not go in sequence, the film still revolves around one event; Carter is wrongly imprisoned for a murder that he did not commit.
		The film shows Carter growing up and finding himself in trouble with the police consistently throughout his life, specifically one officer who is always against him (Dan Hedaya).
		The Hurricane is not an agressive picture in terms of sound; it goes into the catagory of a film that uses audio perfectly for what it is; many of the film's sequences are dialogue-driven, but the audio does become more open when the time is right.
	www.dvdmg.com /hurricane.shtml (1365 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - The Hurricane (1999)
		The Hurricane sets up the circumstances surrounding his arrest and incarceration in a series of scenes that unfold like twin dreamstates, one too euphorically mythic to be true, the other too nightmarishly horrific to be true.
		Happily, for both the film and his fans, it's merely the high point in a performance that is uniformly complex and enthralling.
		Once The Hurricane shifts gears to follow the efforts of Lesra and his three white "mentors" (Deborah Unger, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber) to secure Carter's release from prison, the film evolves into a more run-of-the-mill triumph of justice piece, culminating in the sorts of scenes that felt old-fashioned at least a decade ago.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/h/hurricane.htm (2034 words)

	Review of "The Hurricane" (1999)
		The life story of boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is full of so many powerful and harrowing emotions that you’d think it would be impossible to express it all on a movie screen.
		But Carter carried the title of “the Hurricane” for a reason - for the twenty years that he was held in the custody of New Jersey state, he never submitted to his oppressors, nor did he give up his dignity by wearing the uniform of a convict.
		Rumor has it that the real Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was not such a pleasant guy, that the touched-up film version of his life smoothed out the rougher edges of his personality in order to make their hero more likable and accessible to the general public.
	www.filmaholic.net /reviews_hurricane.html (485 words)

	30 Greatest Sports Movies - The Hurricane (1999)
		The Hurricane not only details the crime and the miscarriage of justice that followed, but shows how Carter survived the long, lonely years in prison, and how the devotion of a small group of Canadians led to his redemption.
		The first begins in 1963, when The Hurricane defeats Emile Griffith for the World Welter Weight title, and continues through 1966, when he is arrested and tried for murder, then into the 1970s, when he is incarcerated at Trenton State Prison on a life sentence.
		Jewison is at his best when making films with a social conscience, and this is one of his most moving endeavors in years.
	www.filmfest-movies.com /Phoenix_Suns.html (875 words)

	SOUNDWAVES CINEMA - The Hurricane (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Very little is seen of Hurricane's meteoric rise in boxing (it might have been a nice balance to all the heavy-handed injustices that come every time there's a reel change).
		THE HURRICANE seems like a 2 and a half hour truncated version of a two night miniseries in which all the interesting bits are cut out.
		Worst of all, history will remember that, following the film's release, there came a flood of bad press and reams of proof that Norman Jewison's version of the truth was heavily skewed (the movie never brings up Carter's previous imprisonment or a 1964 interview in which he bragged about beating people up).
	www.soundwavescinema.com /Cinema/1999/Hurricane.htm (927 words)

	The Hurricane
		The film feels like a TV docudrama, with characters who are either too specific or not specific enough due to the conflicting demands of authenticity and drama.
		The Hurricane is not quite the masterpiece which it seems to hope it is, but it does showcase a significant piece of acting from one of contemporary American cinema's most important African-Americans in a role with great political resonance.
		It is not a film which lends itself to immediate recommendation, but there are rewards for patient and tolerant viewers and fans of the star.
	homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/hurr.htm (699 words)

	EI > Reviews > The Hurricane (1999)
		Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then a top contender for the welterweight title, and a young boxing fan named John Artis were subsequently arrested by police after being placed at the scene of the crime by two eyewitnesses.
		Norman Jewison's film is deliberately crafted to be a powerful drama, and in this overt care is the filmmaker's only misstep.
		All of this leads up to the film's most poignant scene in the Federal courthouse, with Rod Steiger culling the most from the character of Judge H. Lee Sorokin.
	einsiders.com /reviews/archives/thehurricane.php (952 words)

	SCREEN IT! ARTISTIC REVIEW: THE HURRICANE
		Drama: Wrongly sentenced to consecutive life terms for a crime he didn't commit, a one-time contender for the middleweight boxing title must deal with his time in prison as well as the efforts of an inspired teenager and his Canadian friends who are trying to gain his freedom.
		Based on both Carter's own novel, "The Sixteenth Round," and "Lazarus and The Hurricane" by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, this is one of those gritty prison dramas where the audience roots for justice and the eventual freedom for the innocent.
		While the cinema has seen its share of boxing-related films, as well as those dealing with the wrongly accused trying to clear their good names, Washington, Jewison and the rest of the cast and crew of "The Hurricane" manage to breathe some new life into this cross-genre hybrid.
	www.screenit.com /ourtake/1999/the_hurricane.html (1304 words)

	The Hurricane (1999)
		The film starts off with Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in his youth, where he is unfairly sent away to a correctional institution for committing an act of self-defense.
		In fact, there is a point in the film where Carter learns to overcome his hatred for white people, although the only white people he had known up to that point had caused him injustice.
		The Hurricane is a film that can be enjoyed by a wide range of audiences.
	www.moovees.com /review/hurricane.html (764 words)

	Amazon.com: The Hurricane: DVD: Denzel Washington,Vicellous Reon Shannon,Deborah Kara Unger,Liev Schreiber,John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In fact, almost no time at all in the film is dedicated to chronicling the details of Carter's fighting career but rather to the attempts made by him and others on his behalf to prove his innocence in a murder case that resulted in his serving a nearly 20-year long prison sentence.
		Luckily for us, this is not all there is to `The Hurricane.' The writers and director wisely enlarge the canvas of their story to include the teenager, Lesra Martin, whose contact it was with Carter, languishing almost forgotten in prison, that ultimately set the wheels of justice rolling that would lead to Carter's eventual release.
		The highlight of the film is clearly the mesmerizing, emotionally riveting first encounter between Lesra and Carter; we sit spellbound as the two hurting individuals grope tentatively towards one another, each seeking that connection with (and recognition from) the other on the common ground of their parallel life experiences that they need so desperately.
	www.amazon.com /Hurricane-Denzel-Washington/dp/078324228X (2724 words)

	The Hurricane (1999)
		Watching The Hurricane is like watching one of those old Stanley Kramer "problem" dramas from the '60s, or Jewison's own liberal "classic" In the Heat of the Night.
		With Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, Washington has been freed for once from having to compete with the impression a great historic figure has already made on our minds, and the result is a deeper and richer characterization than any this great actor has given us before.
		In a scene toward the end of The Hurricane, Carter is shown seated in his cell beneath a portrait of Malcom X. As a matter of historical record, it's an inevitable moment: Like many fl convicts, Carter found inspiration in Black Muslim thought, and a role model in Malcolm's teachings.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=128215&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13 (726 words)

	The Hurricane : filmcritic.com Movie Review
		The question, walking into The Hurricane, was whether making a “wrongfully accused” movie is a viable option after the genre has been sucked dry by fictional (or semi-fictional) counterparts such as The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Double Jeopardy, and Wrongfully Accused.
		The film is carried squarely on Washington’s shoulders, and the result is a potentially terrible film is turned into something that jerks a tear or two out of even the most heartless of viewer (or critic).
		Being as the film is more based-on-a-true story than actual biopic, the Canucks are placed in a large degree of artificial danger from a possibly imaginary web of New Jersey corruption stretching all of the way up to Christie Todd Whitman (all right, to whomever was New Jersey’s governor at the time).
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/6bc44eb43d6bf1ef88256879000a7ed5?OpenDocument (662 words)

	"The Hurricane" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		It is a compelling saga of a man's unjust imprisonment and his struggle to accept people who truly have his best interest at heart in spite of the wrong others have bestowed upon us in the past.
		From a Christian point of view, "The Hurricane" is refreshing; and for me brought home the point that even in the midst of evil, God is always working for good.
		Hurricane creates a character, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter who is strong yet vulnerable, courageous yet scared, and cold-hearted yet loving.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2000/thehurricane.html (1586 words)

	moviegurus.com - the hurricane (1999) movie review
		The film follows the making and breaking of a prize fighter: his childhood, the rage that drove him to use his body "as a weapon," his rise to fame, and wrongful conviction for the murder of three people.
		The Hurricane is not about a champion boxer who knocks out every opponent he fights in the ring.
		It's one of those films that trigger many emotions: disgust for the imperfections of the justice system, sympathy and admiration for the wrongfully accused, approbation for a young boy's determination, and gratefulness for the kindness of three people set on winning a man back his freedom.
	www.moviegurus.com /moviereviews/thehurricane1999.php (721 words)

	Biographical film at AllExperts
		A biographical picture— often shortened to biopic— is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or persons.
		They differ from films "based on a true story" or "historic films" in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.
		A certain amount of truthfulness is expected of biopics, often to reduce the risk of libel, but the films often alter events to suit the storyline.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/bi/biographical_film.htm (679 words)

	The Hurricane (Norman Jewison): Denzel Washington Liev Schreiber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The film’s non-linear narrative, which takes the viewer back and forth between Carter’s youth, his (fl-and-white) boxing years, and his time in jail, is the only non-conventional aspect of The Hurricane.
		The action then jumps to Canada, where the Hurricane’s autobiography ends up in the hands of a young, uncultured fl man, Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), who is living with three liberal-minded white Canadians, Lisa (Deborah Kara Unger), Sam (Liev Schreiber), and Terry (John Hannah) at a local commune.
		At the end of The Hurricane, we are told that the state of New Jersey appealed The Hurricane’s release all the way to the Supreme Court.
	www.altfg.com /Reviews/Hurricane1999.htm (1239 words)

	The Hurricane (1999)
		Hurricane's message of transcending one's circumstances speaks to the hopeful youth.
		Imbuing the film with its greatest power, Denzel Washington ingeniously takes his character from youthful paratrooper to champion boxer to ageing convict with notable aplomb.
		Though you can't disagree with The Hurricane's big budget diatribe against racial discrimination, one suspects we still haven't been taken to the real eye of this controversial storm.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Hurricane.html (974 words)

	SoundtrackNet : The Hurricane Soundtrack
		The film follows the story of "Hurricane" Carter, a fl boxer who is wrongfully convicted of murder, and his struggle to prove his innocence.
		Beginning with "The Hurricane", in which a dark bass line and occasional horns are accentuated with gospel vocalists, the listener can get a sense of the dark, bleak jazz that will eventually permeate the score.
		Chris may have gotten his start doing such horror films as Hellraiser, but with dramatic films like Murder in the First and The Hurricane, he is establishing himself more as a composer who can easily give the "upper-tier" composers a run for their money.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database/?id=2354 (405 words)

	Amazon.com: The Hurricane: DVD: Dorothy Lamour,Jon Hall,Mary Astor,C. Aubrey Smith,Thomas Mitchell,Raymond Massey,John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The main reason to watch this 1937 film directed by John Ford is for the special effects as the title storm wrecks the fictional island of Manukura and strips it clean of almost all of the trees and all of the people.
		Certainly the cornball romance in "The Hurricane" between the native girl Marama (Dorothy Lamour) and the sailor Terangi (Jon Hall) is not particularly captivating.
		The hurricane sequence is what justifies rounding up and giving this one five stars for this film as giant waves and battering winds destroy the sets and miniatures alike.
	www.amazon.com /Hurricane-Dorothy-Lamour/dp/6305236496 (2441 words)

	`The Hurricane': Fighting the Demons Within
		If his Hurricane is an inspiring portrait of nobility, it is because the actor never conceals the demons of fury and despair gnawing beneath his character's forcefully articulate surface.
		In the film Chaiton (Liev Schreiber), Swinton (John Hannah) and their partner Lisa Peters (Deborah Kara Unger), who move to the United States from Canada to devote themselves full time to Carter's cause, don't really exist as characters.
		The film is so eager to stir us up that it thinks little of bending the facts for dramatic effect.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/122999hurricane-film-review.html (957 words)

	"the hurricane" a film of Norman Jewison 1999
		"the hurricane" a film of Norman Jewison 1999
		"the hurricane" a film of Norman Jewison 1999
		The film begins in 1966 with the arrest of middleweight boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter (Denzel Washington) and a companion for the murders of three people in a downtown New Jersey bar.
	www.blogg.org /blog-48457-billet-_the_hurricane__a_film_of_norman_jewison_1999-484865.html (466 words)

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