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==Production== ===Background=== [[Norman Jewison]] became interested in a "Hurricane" Carter biopic in 1992.<ref name=nj>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/jewison-s-tuner-dreams-dashed-1117776009/|title=Jewison's tuner dreams dashed|first=Army|last=Archerd|date=2 February 2000|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025508/http://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/jewison-s-tuner-dreams-dashed-1117776009/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Armyan Bernstein]] purchased the filming rights through [[Beacon Pictures]], and went on to write the first scripts while establishing a financing partnership with [[Irving Azoff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/rand-novel-a-giant-project-104668/|title=Rand novel a giant project|first=John Evan|last=Frook|date=8 March 1993|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911024528/http://variety.com/1993/film/news/rand-novel-a-giant-project-104668/|url-status=live}}</ref> At first, Jewison felt the story was so extensive that it would fit better as a television miniseries.<ref name=nj/> Once Denzel Washington signed to play the title character, he went through long boxing training, and worked closely with Rubin Carter. Washington said, "He went through pots and pots of coffee and packs of cigarettes. I'd drink a little coffee. It's interesting and challenging when the person is there, alive and in the room."<ref>[http://www.filmfestivals.com/berlin_2000/competition/film_hurricane.htm Jensen, Jorn Rossing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028003117/http://www.filmfestivals.com/berlin_2000/competition/film_hurricane.htm |date=2007-10-28}}. The [[Berlin International Film Festival]], February 17, 2000.</ref> Filming began in November 1998, with locations in both [[New Jersey]] β [[East Jersey State Prison]] in [[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]] and the cities of [[Avenel, New Jersey|Avenel]] and Paterson β and [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/players-61-1117488181/|title=Players|author=Variety Staff|date=6 November 1998|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025206/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/players-61-1117488181/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Soundtrack=== {{Infobox album | name = The Hurricane Soundtrack | type = soundtrack | artist = Various Artists | cover = | caption = | alt = | released = January 11, 2000 | recorded = 1999 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[pop rock]], [[jazz]] | length = | label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r460424|pure_url=yes}}</ref> | rev2 = HipHopPlus | rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}} }} {| class="wikitable" |- !# !Title !Performer(s) !Writer(s) !Length |- |1 |"Hurricane" |[[The Roots]] featuring [[Black Thought]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]], [[Mos Def]], [[Dice Raw]], Flo Brown and the Jazzyfatnastees |Tariq Trotter, Tracey Moore, Mercedes Martinez, Karl Jenkins, Lonnie "Common" Lynn, Dante "Mos Def" Smith, Falana Brown, [[Scott Storch]] |5:39 |- |2 |"Little Brother" |[[Black Star (rap duo)|Black Star]] | |4:01 |- |3 |"Love Sets You Free" |[[Kelly Price]] and [[Aaron Hall (singer)|Aaron Hall]] | |4:06 |- |4 |"I Don't Know" |The Jazzyfatnastees | |3:19 |- |5 |"Isolation" |[[Meshell Ndegeocello]] | |4:57 |- |6 |"[[The Revolution Will Not Be Televised]]" |[[Gil Scott-Heron]] |Heron |3:05 |- |7 |"One More Mountain (Free Again)" |[[K-Ci & JoJo]] |Diane Warren |3:41 |- |8 |"[[Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)|Hurricane]]" |[[Bob Dylan]] |Dylan, [[Jacques Levy]] |8:33 |- |9 |"[[The Genius Sings the Blues|Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)]]" |[[Ray Charles]] |Charles |2:55 |- |10 |"In The Basement part 1" |[[Etta James]] |Billy Davis, Raynard Miner, Carl Smith |2:22 |- |11 |"Still I Rise" |[[Melky Sedeck]] | |4:15 |- |12 |"I Don't Know" |[[Ruth Brown]] |Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson |2:53 |- |13 |"So Amazing" |Clark Anderson |Anderson, Summer Anderson |4:32 |- |14 |"The Suite" |[[Christopher Young]] |Young |7:18 |}
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