Drama · History · Mystery
Amistad
Avg rating 7.1 / My rating TBC
1997 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · With Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 35m · 155 min
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10 (86,310 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 78% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 64 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (audience, 1,465 votes)
- Trailer
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Full cast and crew
- Steven SpielbergDirector
- Morgan FreemanActoras Theodore Joadson
- Nigel HawthorneActoras Martin Van Buren
- Anthony HopkinsActoras John Quincy Adams
- Djimon HounsouActoras Cinque
- Matthew McConaugheyActoras Roger Sherman Baldwin
- David PaymerActoras Secretary John Forsyth
- Pete PostlethwaiteActoras Holabird
- Stellan SkarsgårdActoras Tappan
- John WilliamsComposer
About this film
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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