Hurricane Carter (1999)
The Hurricane
Réalisateur : Norman Jewison
Scénaristes : Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Genre : Drame
145 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 50 000 000 $
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Beacon Pictures, Beacon Communications, Azoff Entertainment, Rudy Langlois Productions
Synopsis
En 1966, Rubin Hurricane Carter rêve de devenir champion de boxe. Un soir, dans un bar, sa vie bascule. Une fusillade éclate et Rubin Carter se retrouve à tort accuse d'un triple meurtre. Condamné à la perpétuité, il décide de canaliser sa frustration et son désespoir en entreprenant de faire connaître, depuis sa cellule, son histoire au monde. Malgré la publication de son autobiographie, Carter reste derrière les barreaux. Des années plus tard, un adolescent noir convaincu de l'innoncence de Carter correspond avec lui et met en place une campagne visant à lui rendre sa liberté.
- Denzel Washington - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
- Vicellous Reon Shannon - Lesra Martin
- Deborah Kara Unger - Lisa Peters
- Liev Schreiber - Sam Chaiton
- John Hannah - Terry
- Dan Hedaya - Della Pesca
- Debbi Morgan - Mae Thelma
- Clancy Brown - Lt. Jimmy Williams
- David Paymer - Myron Bedlock
- Harris Yulin - Leon Friedman
- Rod Steiger - Judge Sarokin
- Badja Djola - Mobutu
- Vincent Pastore - Alfred Bello
- Al Waxman - Warden
- David Lansbury - U.S. Court Prosecutor
- Garland Whitt - John Artis
- Chuck Cooper - Earl Martin
- Brenda Denmark - Alma Martin
- Marcia Bennett - Jean Wahl
- Beatrice Winde - Louise Cockersham
- Mitchell Taylor Jr. - Young Rubin Carter
- Bill Raymond - Paterson Judge
- Merwin Goldsmith - Judge Larner
- John A. MacKay - Man at Falls
- Donnique Privott - Boy at the Falls
- Moynan King - Tina Barbieri
- Gary DeWitt Marshall - Nite Spot Cabbie
- John Christopher Jones - Reporter at Bar
- Gwendolyn Mulamba - Nite Spot Woman
- Richard M. Davidson - Paterson Detective
- George T. Odom - Big Ed
- Tonye Patano - Woman at Prison
- Fulvio Cecere - Paterson Policeman
- Phillip Jarrett - Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club
- Rodney "Bear" Jackson - Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club
- Judi Embden - Woman in U.S.O. Club
- Terry Claybon - Emile Griffith
- Ben Hernandez Bray - Joey Giardello
- Mike Justus - Joey Cooper
- Kenneth McGregor - Detective at Hospital
- Frank Proctor - Pittsburgh Ring Announcer
- Peter Wylie - Pittsburgh Referee
- David Gray - Pittsburgh TV Announcer
- Joe Matheson - Philadelphia Ring Announcer
- Bill Lake - Philadelphia TV Announcer
- Robin Ward - Reading, PA. TV Announcer
- Pippa Pearthree - Patty Valentine
- Jean Daigle - Detective
- Rob Evans - Detective at Lafayette Bar
- Scott Gibson - Reporter at Banquet
- Ann Holloway - Cashier
- Bruce McFee - Prison Guard
- Conrad Bergschneider - Prison Guard
- Zoran Radusinovic - Prison Guard
- Michael Bodnar - Prison Guard
- Carson Manning - Prison Guard
- Debrah Ellen Waller - Prison Guard
- Richard Litt - Prison Guard
- Adam Large - Prison Guard
- Peter Graham - Prisoner with Camera
- Satori Shakoor - Prison Guard
- George Masswohl - Mechanic
- Lawrence Sacco - New Jersey Policeman
- David Frisch - New Jersey Policeman
- Ralph Brown - Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor
- Dyron Holmes - Reporter
- Ryan Williams - Elstan Martin
- Bruce Vavrina - St. Joseph's Doctor
- Brenda Braxton - Dancer with John Artis
- Christopher Riordan - Jury Foreman
- Harry Davis - Reading, PA. Referee
- David Wm Gray - Pittsburgh TV Announcer (as David Gray)
- Stephen Lee Wright - Prisoner Guard
