Amistad (Blu-ray) R
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 6, 2014
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: Dreamworks Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou & Matthew McConaughey | |
| Performer: | Nigel Hawthorne, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Anna Paquin, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Firth, Xander Berkeley, Jeremy Northam & Arliss Howard | |
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg | |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn | |
| Screenwriting by | David H. Franzoni | |
| Composition by | John Williams | |
| Produced by | Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen & Colin Wilson | |
| Director of Photography: | Janusz Kaminski | |
| Executive Production by | Walter F. Parkes & Laurie MacDonald |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3.5/4 --
The narrative perils are daunting in this little-known true tale of a bloody slave-ship rebellion in 1839 and its jumbled aftermath in the U.S. judicial system.
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USA Today
Rating: 3/4 --
Aiming to instruct and entertain, and often struggling to reconcile these goals, Amistad lacks the subtlety of tone and simplicity of form that made Schindler's List one of Spielberg's very best; here, however, every idea and image are too explicit.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
...A monumentally impressive achievement and further proof of Spielberg's ongoing maturation as an artist...
Box Office
Rating: 3/4 --
Amistad is worth seeing just for people to know about this important story, this moment in history. But from the world's most powerful, successful and famous director, we expect more.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 3/5 --
Amistad is worth seeing for the stormy scenes on board the slave boat, and for Djimon Hounsou's magnetic performance. Otherwise, it can't decide on its direction, and this unique historical event is stifled into a less than thrilling courtroom drama.
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Total Film
Rating: 4/5 --
Powerful story for mid-teens and up.
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Common Sense Media
...It has excellent cinematography....Djimon Hounsou gives the film a strong visual focus as he radiates extraordinary presence and fury...
New York Times
Product Description:
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). Steven Spielberg directed this moving film, using as a reference the book by William A. Owens, BLACK MUTINY: THE REVOLT ON THE SCHOONER AMISTAD. The Africans in the movie speak Mende, with subtitles added. West African actor Djimon Hounsou had to learn to speak the language for his role--and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Spielberg shot the film at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island, the seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, and other New England locations.
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