The Hurricane is a 1999
biographical film directed by
Norman Jewison, and starring
Denzel Washington. The script was adapted by
Armyan Bernstein and
Dan Gordon from the books
Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (published in 1991), by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, and
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472 (published in 1974), by
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It was also based on the song of the same name by Bob Dylan. The film tells the story of a former middleweight boxer 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.