Release Date
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Original Release
December 10, 1997
2h 35m
Amistad (1997)
â 7.0155 min
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.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 6.3
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
â11.1
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
â1.4
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
â6.4
Djimon Hounsou
Cinque
â4.6
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
â9.1
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
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Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird
â2.7
Stellan SkarsgÄrd
Tappan
â4.5
Razaaq Adoti
Yamba
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Abu Bakaar Fofanah
Fala
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Genres
DramaHistoryMystery
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