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Story about 1960s world middleweight boxing champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of three white men in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis wer
Story about 1960s world middleweight boxing champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of three white men in a New Jersey bar. Wrongfully accused, Carter and John Artis were convicted and sentenced to three life terms in prison, where Carter decided to channel his frustration and despair by writing his own story from his cell. Although his autobigraphy, "The Sixteenth Round," did get published, Carter remained behind bars, finding inner peace by withdrawing from the outer world and the national interest which surrounded his case (including impassioned pleas from Bob Dylan and Muhammed Ali and others). Years later, an alienated American youth living in Canada, Vicellous Shannon, found direction and purpose for the first time in his life after reading Carter's book, and began corresponding with him... this eventually lead to a full-time campaign to get Carter released.
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MPAA Ratings: | R | Premiere Info: | |
Release Date: | 1999 | Production Date: | |
Color/B&W: | Distributions Co: | Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures | |
Sound: | Production Co: | .....Production Company, Azoff Films .....Production Company, Newman Scoring Stage .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group .....Production Company, By David's Capers On Location .....Production Company, Starcraft .....Production Company, Film Effects Inc. .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Dda Public Relations .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, International Film Guarantors .....Production Company, Near North Insurance Brokerage Of California Inc .....Production Company, .....Production Company, City of Toronto .....Production Company, Ontario Film Development Corporation .....Production Company, City of Paterson .....Production Company, City of Jersey City .....Production Company, New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting .....Production Company, New Jersey Motion Picture/Tv Commission .....Production Company, Everlast Sports Manufacturing Corporation .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Union Bank .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, CBS News .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Kinepolis Film Distribution .....Theatrical Distributor, Sam Film .....Theatrical Distributor, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International .....Theatrical Distributor, Buena Vista International .....Theatrical Distributor, .....Theatrical Distributor, Christie Mattull .....Production Insurance Services (Near North Insurance Brokerage Of California Inc), Universal Pictures .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, Walt Disney Studios Distribution .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Village Roadshow Limited .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Gaga Communications (Parent) .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, RCV Distribution .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Metropolitan Filmexport .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Toho-Towa Company .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, .....Foreign Distribution Sales, Village Roadshow Greece .....Foreign Distribution Rights, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment .....Domestic Video Distributor | |
Duration(mins): | Country: | United States (USA) | |
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