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Amistad
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Amistad is a 1997 American drama and trial film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by David Franzoni, with John Williams composing the music. The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, and Djimon Hounsou. Production was handled by Debbie Allen, Steven Spielberg, and Colin Wilson, with DreamWorks and HBO Films serving as production companies. The film’s narrative is set in New York, Washington, D.C., Cuba, and Connecticut, while filming took place in Connecticut and at the Rhode Island State House.
The movie addresses slavery in the United States and the case of United States v. The Amistad. It has a runtime of 155 minutes and was released on December 10, 1997. The production had a budget of 36,000,000 and generated 44,229,441 in revenue. Amistad received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design, as well as the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award.
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7.0In 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.
Cast
- Morgan Freeman as Theodore Joadson
- Nigel Hawthorne as Martin Van Buren
- Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams
- Djimon Hounsou as Cinque
- Matthew McConaughey as Roger Sherman Baldwin
- David Paymer as Secretary John Forsyth
Themes
- mutiny
- cuba
- sentence
- slavery
- historical figure
- tall ship
- slave trade
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Written by
- David Franzoni
- Produced by
- Steven Spielberg Debbie Allen Colin Wilson
- Starring
- Morgan Freeman Nigel Hawthorne Anthony Hopkins Djimon Hounsou Matthew McConaughey David Paymer Pete Postlethwaite Stellan Skarsgård
- Cinematography
- Janusz Kamiński
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn
- Music by
- John Williams
- Production company
- HBO Pictures
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Release date
- December 10, 1997 ( 1997-12-10 )
- Running time
- 154 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Mende Spanish
- Budget
- $39 million
- Box office
- $58.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Screenwriter
- David Franzoni
- Cast member
- Gerald R. Molen
- Composer
- John Williams
- Producer
- Colin Wilson
- Production company
- DreamWorks
- Cinematographer
- Janusz Kamiński
- Narrative location
- Amistad
- Filming location
- Rhode Island State House
- Duration
- 152
- FilmAffinity ID
- 896311
- Performer
- John Williams
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1998-02-26
- film editor
- Michael Kahn
- title
- Amistad
- distributed by
- DreamWorks
- production designer
- Rick Carter
- capital cost
- 36000000
- box office
- 44200000
- different from
- Amistad
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 64/100
- characters
- Joseph Story
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- Commons category
- Amistad (ship, 2000)
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Encyclopedic overview
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by David Franzoni, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841.
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey star, along with Djimon Hounsou in his breakout role as Cinqué; Pete Postlethwaite, Nigel Hawthorne and Chiwetel Ejiofor appear in supporting roles.
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