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Amistad(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-12-10
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1414 Votes
Time: 2h 35m
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are moments when it must be taken.
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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $36,000,000.00
Revenue: $44,229,441.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Amistad
Top 10 Billed Cast
Morgan Freeman
Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne
Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins
John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou
Cinque
Matthew McConaughey
Roger Sherman Baldwin
David Paymer
Secretary John Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite
Holabird
Stellan Skarsgård
Tappan
Razaaq Adoti
Yamba
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