Amistad (1997)

R 155 minutes EN Drama , History , Mystery
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.
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.
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Ve Neill
Makeup Department Head
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Michael Kahn
Editor

Top cast

Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
Anna Paquin
Queen Isabella
Tomas Milian
Calderon
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Production companies:
DreamWorks Pictures, HBO Films
Production countries:
United States of America
Budget:
$36,000,000
Revenue:
$44,229,441

Production crew

Original Music Composer
Makeup Department Head
Director of Photography
Production Sound Mixer
Sound Editor

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Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)
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