On this day in movie history - The Hurricane (1999)

The Hurricane

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon,

was released in the United States on December 14, 1999.

Based on the books:

The Sixteenth Round by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

and

Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.

Music by Jeremy Sweet and Christopher Young.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Harris Yulin, Rod Steiger, Badja Djola, Al Waxman, David Lansbury, Garland Whitt, Chuck Cooper, Brenda Denmark, Marcia Bennett, Beatrice Winde, Mitchell Taylor Jr., Bill Raymond, Merwin Goldsmith, John A. MacKay, Donnique Privott, Moynan King, Gary DeWitt Marshall, John Christopher Jones, Gwendolyn McCann, Richard M. Davidson, George T. Odom, Tonye Patano, Fulvio Cecere, Phillip Jarrett, Rodney ‘Bear’ Jackson, Judi Embden, Terry Claybon, Ben Hernandez Bray, Mike Justus, Kenneth McGregor, Frank Proctor, Peter Wylie, David Wm Gray, Joe Matheson, Bill Lake, Robin Ward, Harry Davis, Pippa Pearthree, Jean Daigle, Rob Evans, Scott Gibson, Ann Holloway, Bruce McFee, Conrad Bergschneider, Satori Shakoor, Zoran Radusinovic, Stephen Lee Wright, Michael Bodnar, Carson Manning, Debrah Ellen Waller, Richard Litt, Adam Large, Peter Graham, George Masswohl, Lawrence Sacco, David Frisch, Ralph Brown, Dyron Holmes, Ryan Williams, Bruce Vavrina, Brenda Braxton, Christopher Riordan, Guy Ale, Muhammad Ali, Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Carrigan, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Bob Dylan, Joe Frazier, Vinson German, Matt Graver, Michael Harkins, David Headon, Robert Mauzell, Alex Oliveira, Craig Snoyer, David Sparrow, Michael Stevens.

On this day in movie history - St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by Barry Beckerman,

based on the novel The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1976.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, George Memmoli, Dick O’Neill, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning, Daniel J. Travanti, Stanley Brock, Tom Pedi, Joseph Roman, Walter Brooke, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Mark Thomas, Joe De Nicola, Bob Terhune, Don Hanmer, Norman Palmer, George Sawaya, Larry Martindale, Olan Soule, Louis H. Kelly, Rosalyn Marshall, Glenn Robards, Lynn Borden, Owen Pace, Morris Buchanan, Ben Young, John Steadman, Benjie Bancroft, Layla Bias Galloway, Jill Stone, Edward Cross, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, Jerry Brutsche, Daniel Elam, Len Felber, Duke Fishman, Bob Harks, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, John Marlin, John Hugh McKnight, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Dar Robinson, George Tracy, Paul Van.