Morgan Freeman	Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne	Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins	John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou	Cinque
Matthew McConaughey	Baldwin
David Paymer	Secretary Forsyth
Razaaq Adoti	Yamba
Pete Postlethwaite	Holabird
Abu Bakaar Fofanah	Fala
Stellan Skarsgård	Tappan

Director	Steven Spielberg
Producer	Steven Spielberg Debbie Allen
Writer	David Franzoni
Cinematography	Janusz Kaminski
Musician	John Williams

Amistad is a story about a group of African Slaves who revolt against the slavery system that was widespread in 19th century in the western colonies. These slaves take control of the ship carrying them "La Amistad", and after that there ship was found by American marine officers, who hand them over to local government. Then the main plot starts, almost whole of the story is told in the Courtroom. The slaves are lead by Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), who was the prince of his African region. a couple of men including John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) come to their rescue and defended them and argued for abolishing Slavery from the New World. The film has a happy ending as John Adams proves that the Slave came from a free county and not a colony held by any western country.

Edition Details Audience Rating R (Restricted) Country USA Language English Distributor DreamWorks Home Entertainment Barcode 667068416220 Region Region 1 Release Date 4/13/1999 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles English Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Dual Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Cast & Director Bios Featurette Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby

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