Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1997-12-10) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 44 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $44,229,441 |
| Screen: | David Franzoni |
| Productions: | DreamWorks Pictures, HBO Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Español |
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Casts
- 192: Morgan Freeman - Theodore Joadson
- 15788: Nigel Hawthorne - Martin Van Buren
- 4173: Anthony Hopkins - John Quincy Adams
- 938: Djimon Hounsou - Cinque
- 10297: Matthew McConaughey - Roger Sherman Baldwin
- 19839: David Paymer - Secretary John Forsyth
- 4935: Pete Postlethwaite - Holabird
Crews
- 491: John Williams - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 406204: Ve Neill - Makeup Department Head - Costume & Make-Up
- 492: Janusz Kamiński - Director of Photography - Camera
- 32395: Debbie Allen - Producer - Production
- 493: Michael Kahn - Editor - Editing
- 490: Colin Wilson - Producer - Production
- 488: Steven Spielberg - Director - Directing
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Steven Spielberg took the helm for this rather classy, if very wordy, depiction of the celebrated legal battle that resulted from the mutiny of slaves aboard a Spanish ship in the late 1830s. A timely intervention from the US Navy rescued some of the crew, but then subjected the erst ....
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