アミスタッド
監督:Steven Spielberg1839年夏、嵐の吹き荒れる夜、キューバの海岸沖でスペインの奴隷船ラ・アミスタッド号の船倉に捕らわれていた53人のアフリカ人たちが暴動を起こした。乗務員を殺害し、船を乗っ取った彼らの目的はただひとつ、母国アフリカに帰ること。だが彼らは2ヶ月後、アメリカの沿岸警備船に取り押さえられ投獄。死刑確実となる。
アミスタッドの評価とレビュー
- Tubeman722026年1月5日Director Steven Spielberg has chosen a true story, which is only a footnote in the history of the United States, to expose a number of core values of a society. The focus is on the freedom and independence of every person and all rights derived from it. Inextricably linked to this, Spielberg shows the influence and limitation on this by politics and justice. Through a group of more than fifty slaves, led by the stubborn perseverant Cinque (Hounsou), Montesquieu's 'Trias Politica', which forms the basis for the organization of the American state, is put to the test. In a legal process that takes them from a local court all the way to the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., some of the human drama is gradually lost and the film sinks into legal arguments and objections. Fortunately, the film picks up in a masterful final scene in which former president John Quincy Adams (Hopkins) pleads their case. The story of the 'Amistad' slaves is both shocking and remarkable, because it is such a special case that, as mentioned, was litigated all the way to the Supreme Court. The claims and counterclaims of the various parties, which all emerge in the film, focus on the legal status of the group of slaves. The case is therefore not so much a murder case, because the group murdered the ship's crew, but mainly a property issue. Are they goods? Are they owned by the Kingdom of Spain or by the owners of the ship? Are they owned by two Coast Guard officers who salvage “La Amistad”? Do they belong to the cargo and come from plantations on the Spanish colony in Cuba, as the bills of lading claim? Or, as two advocates of the abolition of slavery claim, are they Africans who have been illegally kidnapped – and therefore free people? In the latter case, they have the right to self-defense and the right to resist, which automatically drops the murder charge. These are interesting and essential questions, which unfortunately appear sterile in the film. Of the prisoners at “La Amistad”, only Cinque is a clearly developed character. He symbolizes all the injustice done to the group, but because of the choices the makers make, their struggle remains largely an abstract concept. In that respect, Spielberg's 'The Color Purple' is a more moving look at the position of black people during slavery. Spielberg has opened up a can of character actors for several key supporting roles. They are often well-known faces from television or film, who - in sometimes only small roles - show a certain side of the story, making the conflicting interests clear. For example, a young Paquin can be seen as the Spanish queen Isabella, Northam as a Catholic judge with conscientious objections, Postlethwaite as the grim prosecutor Holabird. Some lesser-known actors have strong supporting roles, such as Firth as the righteous Captain Fitzgerald of the British Navy and Howard as former Vice President and Senator John C. Calhoun, who was an ardent defender of slavery for decades. The main roles are not all equally interestingly developed. McConaughey, who plays a lawyer who does not immediately realize that this is about people, does his best in what is materially a glorified supporting role. The same goes for Freeman, whose character did not historically exist as such and is not given a chance to highlight the interesting points of view of an ex-slave. Hawthorne is mainly a superficial and not very decisive Martin van Buren (the first of Dutch descent), while the President was in reality a cunning and adroit politician, who was not called “The Little Magician” for nothing. Also plot-wise it would have been better to have a clearer “villain”, because now the rather abstract system as a whole is the villain. A system that is morally reprehensible, but remains without a face or primary spokesperson. The two real stars are Hopkins, who received an Oscar nomination for his role as former President John Quincy Adams, and Hounsou. The first has a monologue at the Supreme Court that is the film's oratorical climax. The latter, in a role that rightly marked his breakthrough, stars as Cinque. The scene in which he shouts, in broken English, “give us free” to the jury is especially impressive. Technically the film is perfectly put together. Kaminski's camera work is of great beauty and the music by Spielberg's resident composer Williams is beautiful. The decoration, sets and costumes clearly show that no expense has been spared to portray everything as realistically as possible. It's a pity that the film suffers from too many pretensions and thus occasionally loses sight of the human story.
- Robo2025年11月18日A little white savior-y at the end, but still… an amazing movie.
- rr.r2025年10月25日Excellent movie. Steven Spielberg really captured the essence of that horrific time and the barbarity of the slave trade. Watching this movie in 2025 also shows how much we have now forgotten of that time and how it’s been reinvented through the modern lens.
- Patrick D.2025年10月11日I was pleasantly surprised. This is definitely an underrated movie. I don't consider movies hard to watch, but there's a portion of this movie that is just absolutely brutal. The pacing was questionable, and they really leaned into that 2nd act climax, but overall I think it was worth it to go the extra ~45 minutes for the stellar John Quincy Adams monologue. This film is actually fairly accurate as well. I'm not sure a lot of the other reviewers know what they're talking about. Obviously it was dramatized for movie purposes, but the story beats were actually spot on for the most part.
- Reggiefl2025年8月12日Excellent movie, great dialog, and acting was first rate. Time lines may have been off a bit on a few things in ACTUAL history, but was a great movie either way.
- Kevin Ward2025年7月1日As any true American will tell you, it is the independence of our courts that keep us free. I don’t think I had seen this since it first came out, so I didn’t remember much about it other than “Give us us Free!” Had totally forgotten that McConaughey was even in it, as a lawyer no less. Compelling drama, and star-making performance from Djimon Hounsou. For a film with an important historical account, I thought it was kind of funny that one of the final shots was a young Anna Paquin jumping on a bed (as Isabella II, the Queen of Spain).
アミスタッドに関するトリビア
アミスタッドは1997年12月12日に公開されました。
アミスタッドはSteven Spielbergが監督を務めました。
アミスタッドの上映時間は2h 35mです。
アミスタッドはSteven Spielberg, Colin Wilson, Debbie Allenがプロデューサーを務めました。
1839年夏、嵐の吹き荒れる夜、キューバの海岸沖でスペインの奴隷船ラ・アミスタッド号の船倉に捕らわれていた53人のアフリカ人たちが暴動を起こした。乗務員を殺害し、船を乗っ取った彼らの目的はただひとつ、母国アフリカに帰ること。だが彼らは2ヶ月後、アメリカの沿岸警備船に取り押さえられ投獄。死刑確実となる。
アミスタッドの主要人物はTheodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman), Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne), John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins)です。
アミスタッドはR18+と評価されています。
アミスタッドはドラマ, 履歴, 謎映画です。
アミスタッドは、視聴者によって10点満点中7.9点をつけられています。
アミスタッド had a budget of $3600万.
アミスタッド has made $4422.9万 at the box office.