THE HURRICANE (1999)
The Hurricane is a 1999 biographical film directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Denzel Washington. The film tells the story of a former middleweight boxing champion who was convicted for a triple homicide in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The film also depicts his life in prison and how he was freed by the love and compassion of a teenager from Brooklyn named Lesra Martin and his Canadian foster family.
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer whom many fans expected to become the world's greatest champion in boxing. When three victims, specifically the club's bartender and a male and a female customer, were shot to death in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, Carter and his friend John Artis, driving home from another club in Paterson, were stopped and interrogated by the police. Although the police asserted that Carter and Artis were innocent and thus, "were never suspects," a man named Alfred Bello, a suspect himself in the killings, claimed that Carter and Artis were present at the time of the murders.
Featured songs include: Bob Dylan "Hurricane", Ray Charles "Hard Times", Etta James "In The Basement", Ruth Brown "I Don't Know", Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", Me'shell Ndegéocello "Isolation", Black Star "Little Brother", K-Ci & JoJo "One More Mountain", Jazzyfatnastees "I Don't Know", Kelly Price & Aaron Hall "Love Sets You Free", Melky Sedeck "Still I Rise", Clark Anderson "So Amazing", Flo Brown/Common/Mos Def/Jazzyfatnastees/Dice Raw/Black Thought of the Roots "Hurricane"
Music Coordinator: Thomas Golubić
Original score by Christopher Young
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer whom many fans expected to become the world's greatest champion in boxing. When three victims, specifically the club's bartender and a male and a female customer, were shot to death in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, Carter and his friend John Artis, driving home from another club in Paterson, were stopped and interrogated by the police. Although the police asserted that Carter and Artis were innocent and thus, "were never suspects," a man named Alfred Bello, a suspect himself in the killings, claimed that Carter and Artis were present at the time of the murders.
Featured songs include: Bob Dylan "Hurricane", Ray Charles "Hard Times", Etta James "In The Basement", Ruth Brown "I Don't Know", Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", Me'shell Ndegéocello "Isolation", Black Star "Little Brother", K-Ci & JoJo "One More Mountain", Jazzyfatnastees "I Don't Know", Kelly Price & Aaron Hall "Love Sets You Free", Melky Sedeck "Still I Rise", Clark Anderson "So Amazing", Flo Brown/Common/Mos Def/Jazzyfatnastees/Dice Raw/Black Thought of the Roots "Hurricane"
Music Coordinator: Thomas Golubić
Original score by Christopher Young