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    Amistad

    Poster of the movie Amistad
    1997     Drama    
    USA
    2h 32min
    R
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    Based on actual events in 1838, AMISTAD is the story of captured African slaves who took over their transport ship in a bloody revolt with the hopes of returning back to their homeland. After the slaves are caught and imprisoned, their leader, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), unable to understand the language or court system of America, tries to communicate his desire to return home to his defense lawyer, Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey), and former slave Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman). The men plead for help with their groundbreaking court case from former president John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins).

    Directed bySteven Spielberg
    Written byDavid H. Franzoni
    CompanyDreamworksDreamworksDreamworks

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    Starring

    Morgan Freeman
    Nigel Hawthorne
    Anthony Hopkins
    Djimon Hounsou
    Matthew McConaughey
    David Paymer
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Stellan Skarsgard
    Anna Paquin
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    John Ortiz
    Ralph Brown
    Allan Rich
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Peter Firth
    Jeremy Northam
    Arliss Howard
    Jake Weber
    Kevin J. O'Connor
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