R | 2 h 35 min | Drama | Historical | Mystery

IMDB 7.3 / 10 (68434 votes)

Amistad (1997)

Amistad | United States of America

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

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Director

Steven Spielberg

Writers

David Franzoni

Stars

Djimon Hounsou
Cinque

Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson

Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin

Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams

Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren

Anna Paquin
Queen Isabella

David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth

Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird

Stellan Skarsgård
Tappan

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ens. James Covey

Others...

Budget

36,000,000.00

Revenue

74,000,000.00

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Keywords

slavery, historical figure, mutiny, cuba, slave trade, sentence, tall ship, havana

Production

DreamWorks

Actor

Djimon Hounsou, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Nigel Hawthorne, Anna Paquin, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tomás Milián, John Ortiz, Ralph Brown, Allan Rich, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Firth, Jeremy Northam, Arliss Howard, Rusty Schwimmer, Jake Weber, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Luis Cabrera, Robert Walsh, Razaaq Adoti, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva, Darren E. Burrows, Xander Berkeley, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Willie Amakye, Luc Assogba, Mariah Campbell, Habib Conteh, Stephen Conteh, Monguehy Fanzy, Jimmy Fotso, Adekunle Ilori, Sheriff Kargbo, Saye Lah, Sylvestre Massaquoi, Samson Odede, Chike Okpala, Willie Onafesso, Samuel Pieh, Lansana Sawi, Abu Sidique, El Hadj Malik Sow, Lamine Thiam, Austin Pendleton, Daniel von Bargen, Frank T. Wells, Michael Massee, Roy Cooper, Victor Rivers, Joseph Kosseh, Steve Passewe, Sherly Acosta Williams, Matt Sarles, George Gerdes, Gerald R. Molen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sean McGuirk, Tony Owen, William Young, Michael Riley, León Singer , Castulo Guerra, Harry Groener, Hawthorne James, Ingrid Walters, Harry A. Blackmun, Curtis Shields, Carlos Spivey, Charles Udoma, Andrew L. Josiah, Tony Onafesso, Peter Mansaray, Clarence Mobley, Brian Macon, Edward Appiah, Denver Dowridge, Paul Mwakutuya, Rory Burton, Samuel Orekhio, Omo Lara Tosin, Ransford Thomas, Juliette Darko, Isaac Mayanja, Charlean Isata Bangalie, Roosevelt Flenoury, M.S. Kaleiwo, Tesfay Yohannes, George Kamara, Abdul-Fatai Balogun, Yaya Sissoko, Amadou Traore, Marlon Francis, Bundu Kamara, James Moses, Daniel Reid, Seydou Coulibaly, Lawal Tajudeen, Lester Mombelly, Ibrahim Sesay, Jeremy Shelton, Andrew Shoemo, Prince Coke, Ahmed Bangura, Bernard Singleton, Desere Mondon, Baboucar Jobe

Creators

John Williams (Original Music Composer), Steven Spielberg (Director), Colin Wilson (Producer), Janusz Kamiński (Director of Photography), Michael Kahn (Editor), Rick Carter (Production Design), Victoria Thomas (Casting), David Franzoni (Screenplay), M. James Arnett (Stunt Coordinator), Richard C. Franklin (Sound Editor), Charles L. Campbell (Supervising Sound Editor), Rosemary Brandenburg (Set Decoration), Ruth E. Carter (Costume Design), Bill Corso (Makeup Department Head), Debbie Allen (Producer), Kenneth Wannberg (Music Editor), Jeff Clark (Sound Editor), Ve Neill (Makeup Department Head), Ron Judkins (Production Sound Mixer), Michael Trent (Assistant Editor), Louis L. Edemann (Supervising Sound Editor), Andrew Cooper (Still Photographer), Ronald Eng (Sound Editor), David Devlin (Gaffer), Ray Fisher (Leadman), Roger Meilink (Rigging Gaffer), Ed Fassl (Sound Editor), Howard Neiman (Sound Editor), Leonard T. Geschke (Sound Editor), Chuck Neely (Sound Editor), Janna Stern (Script Supervisor), Bruce Richardson (Sound Editor), Gary Krivacek (Sound Editor), Tere López (Casting)

Alternative titles

断锁怒潮 (CN)
Amistad (DE)

Release dates

24.02.1998 (FR)
13.03.1998 (PT)
14.02.1998 (KR)
28.02.1998 (JP)
27.02.1998 (NO)
25.02.1998 (DE)
03.12.1997 (BR)
13.03.1998 (IT)
03.12.1997 (US)
28.02.1998 (GB)

Amistad (1997)

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