Runtime: 145

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast:

Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber, Deborah Unger

Academy award winner Denzel Washington (Glory, Malcolm X) is 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 people 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 autobiography, The Sixteenth Round, did get published, Carter remained behind bars, finding inner peace by withdrawing from the outer world and the national interest which surroundedhis case (including impassioned pleas from Bob Dylon and Muhammad Ali, among others). Years later, an alienated American youth living in Canada (Vicellous Reon Shannon) found direction and purpose for the first time in his life after reading Carter‘s book, and began corresponding with him. Convinced of his innocence, the teenager enlisted his social activist guardians: Terry Swinton (John Hannah), Lisa Peters (Deborah Kara Unger) and Sam Chaiton (Liev Schreiber), to mount a full–time campaign to get Carter released. Initially reluctant to join forces with these well–meaning strangers, Carter was soon won over by their extaordinary passion and selfless commitment to his cause, proclaiming "Hate put me in prison, love is gonna‘ bust me out." With renewed faith and determination, Carter was able to continue his fight for justice and eventually walk out a free man.