Amistad (1997)

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Guionista (WGA):

David Franzoni (written by)

Release Date:

10 diciembre 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Mystery

Frase comercial:

Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.

Plot:

AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free-man who led the revolt.

Plot Keywords:

Drowning | U.S. President | Interracial Relationship | Passion | Poignant

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 22 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Whoever tells the best story wins

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins	...	John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou	...	Cinque
Matthew McConaughey	...	Baldwin
David Paymer	...	Secretary of State John Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Holabird
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Tappan
Razaaq Adoti	...	Yamba
Abu Bakaar Fofanah	...	Fala
Anna Paquin	...	Queen Isabella II
Tomas Milian	...	Calderon
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Ens. Covey
Derrick N. Ashong	...	Buakei
Geno Silva	...	Ruiz

También conocida como:

Amistad (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for some scenes of strong brutal violence and some related nudity.

Duración:

152 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Mende | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Philippines:PG-13 (cut) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:14 (TV rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Brazil:Livre (DVD re-rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #35700)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivialidades:

Cuba Gooding Jr. also turned down the role of Cinque.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The compass in the Amistad shows the cardinal points in English instead of Spanish. For instance, it shows NW (north-west) instead of NO (nor-oeste).

Quotes:

John Quincy Adams: Well, gentlemen, I must say I differ with the keen minds of the South and with our President, who apparently shares their views, offering that the natural state of mankind is instead - and I know this is a controversial idea - is freedom. Is freedom. And the proof is the length to which a man, woman or child will go to regain it once taken. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Howard Stern on Demand: Cuba Gooding Jr." (2006)

Soundtrack:

Timuyandya

Whoever tells the best story wins

Amistad is a very well crafted, well acted, and well told story. It is also mostly true to the history of events surrounding the Amistad 'mutiny', and the defense of the Africans responsible for it by John Quincy Adams and a young lawyer named Baldwin. I put the word mutiny in quotes because it is absurd to think of people fighting against murder, enslavement and rape as any form of crime. The film is unabashed about showing us the brutality and outrageousness of the covertly institutionalized slave trade that haunted one of America's darkest, most retrograde periods, and pulls no punches about the cultural differences between its victims, its culprits, and those who felt that it was not their problem.

Amistad ranks as one of McConaughey's finest performances, perhaps his best. But nearly the entire cast is blown off the screen by the passionate, sensitive and profound performance of Djimon Hounsou. Hopkins is good as Adams, but what else is new? Though the film does not have a literary feel - it is pure cinema - it is a truly great story featuring bold characters and a deep and simple emotionality which draws its audience in. Alistad has a spirit that can only be described as truthfulness.

Despite his detractors, Spielburg proves again and again that morally decent films with positive messages can be entertaining and artfully crafted.

Highly recommended.