The Hurricane (1999)

Share this quote on facebook Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

Share this quote on facebook 25 cent? Must not be much of a book.

Share this quote on facebook Reporter: Mr. Carter, now that you're free, are you still going to be "The Hurricane"?
Hurricane Carter: Oh, I'll always be the "Hurricane", and a hurricane is beautiful.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Lesra] Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

Share this quote on facebook Book Lady: Okay, young man. That'll be twenty five cents.
Lesra: 25 cent? Must not be much of a book.
[first lines]
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, this fine young fighter will be right here in Pittsburgh on the boxing cog, this Monday night.

Share this quote on facebook Announcer: Hurricane Carter has defeated the wilted weight champion of the world.

Share this quote on facebook Theo: We're looking for two Negros in a white car.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Any two will do?

Share this quote on facebook Detective at Hospital: Are these the two men who shot you? Look carefully, Sir. Are these the two men who did this to you?
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He said "no".
Detective at Hospital: Move closer.
Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Take another look, Sir.

Share this quote on facebook Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: I'm gonna take your black ass down, Mr. Fucking Champion of the World.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I got your black fucking champion right between my legs, you short punk bitch.

Share this quote on facebook Sam Chaiton: [to Lesra] You know what Les, sometimes we don't pick the books we read, they pick us.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] Hurricane is the professional name that I acquired later on in life. Carter is the slave name that was given to my forefathers, who worked in the cotton fields of Alabama and Georgia. It was passed onto me.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] The one thing I could do, and the only thing was box. I had tasted my own blood and I loved it.

Share this quote on facebook Det. Sgt. Della Pesca: Can you believe that black punk? Thinks he's champion of the world. Fighter of the year my ass. He's a low life criminal.

Share this quote on facebook Judge Larner: Rubin Carter, John Artis, for the murder of James Oliver, it is the courts sentence that you be imprisoned for the remainder of your natural life.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to the Warden] I'm innocent. I've committed no crime. A crime's been committed against me.

Share this quote on facebook Mae Thelma Carter: Rubin, I ain't walking nowhere from you.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: I'm dead. Just bury me.

Share this quote on facebook Lesra: The man's innocent. And he's been in jail fifteen or sixteen years. It's not right.
Terry Swinton: I know that's what his book says.
Sam Chaiton: Two juries found him guilty, Les.
Lesra: Two white juries.
Lisa Peters: Hey, hey. Not all white people are racist.
Lesra: Not all black people are murderers.

Share this quote on facebook Lesra: [to Rubin] Dear Mr. Carter, I read your book.

Share this quote on facebook Lesra: [to Rubin] I would like to come and visit you if that would be alright.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Les] It's very important to transcend to places that hold us.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: You think I killed those people son?
Lesra: Now I know you didn't.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: How do you know?
Lesra: I just know.

Share this quote on facebook Sam Chaiton: Can he see us?
Terry Swinton: Yeah, he can see you.

Share this quote on facebook Myron Bedlock: [to Judge Sarokin] Your Honor, this case was built on a foundation of lies.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter': [addressing the court] Twenty years spent locked up in a cage considered as a danger to society.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [addressing the court] Justice is all I ask for. Justice.
Lisa Peters: You can't understand living without you.

Share this quote on facebook Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Fifteen years on.

Share this quote on facebook [last lines]
Announcer: Everybody wanted this victory and Hurricane has delivered.

Share this quote on facebook Lesra: [observing the prison] This is some place.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: This is no place, not for a human being or anybody. Never get used to a place like this.