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Amistad
Amistad (Motion picture)
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- Summary
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Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
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- Creator
- [presented by] DreamWorks Pictures ; in association with HBO Pictures ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by David Franzoni ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Pesci, David. Amistad
- Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
- Allen, Debbie, 1950-
- Wilson, Colin
- Franzoni, David
- Freeman, Morgan
- Hawthorne, Nigel
- Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
- Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-
- McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-
- Paymer, David
- Postlethwaite, Pete
- Skarsgård, Stellan
- Kamiński, Janusz, 1959-
- Williams, John, 1932-
- Adoti, Razaaq
- Paquin, Anna
- Milian, Tomas
- Ejiofor, Chiwetel, 1977-
- Ortiz, John
- Brown, Ralph, 1957-
- Burrows, Darren E., 1966-
- Rich, Allan, 1926-2020
- Guilfoyle, Paul
- Firth, Peter, 1953-
- Berkeley, Xander, 1955-
- DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
- HBO Pictures
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0783231202, 9780783231204
- OCLC
- ocm43439976
- Credits
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- Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva, John Ortiz, Ralph Brown, Darren Burrows, Allan Rich, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Firth, Xander Berkeley
- Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
- Special features: theatrical trailer; Making of Amistad; production notes; cast and crew biographies.
- Anamorphic widescreen version.
- DVD region 1, NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; widescreen format (aspect ratio: 1.85:1) ; Dual layer.
- Closed-captioned.
- Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- Production notes -- Cast and filmmakers' bios -- Theatrical trailer -- Behind the scenes featurette -- Language: English 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English