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- Patrick D.11 oktober 2025I 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.
- Kevin Ward1 juli 2025As 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).
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Amistad was released on 12 december 1997.
Amistad was directed by Steven Spielberg.
Amistad has a runtime of 2h 35m.
Amistad was produced by Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson, Steven Spielberg.
AMISTAD är Steven Spielbergs debutfilm för DreamWorks Pictures. AMISTAD blev välförtjänt hyllad och belönad med fyra Oscar-nomineringar för Bästa Biroll (Hopkins), Bästa Musik, Bästa Kostymdesign och Bästa Cinematography. Filmen är baserad på en sann historia och skildrar en grupp afrikanska slavar som genom myteri tar över slavskeppet La Amistad och försöker återvända till sitt hemland. Skeppet blir återerövrat och slavarna förs till USA där de sätts i fängelse anklagade för mord. En fängslande kamp som konfronterar hela det amerikanska rättssystemet. Men för de anklagade männen och kvinnorna är det helt enkelt en kamp för den mest grundläggande mänskliga rättigheten - friheten.
The key characters in Amistad are Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman), Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne), John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins).
Amistad is rated 15.
Amistad is a Drama, Historisk, Mystik film.
Amistad has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Amistad had a budget of 36 mn US$.
Amistad has made 44,2 mn US$ at the box office.