Amistad
Released: December 12, 1997Runtime: 155 minRated: MPA · R
When a revolt on a Spanish slave ship causes it to be captured off the coast of Long Island, the Americans take it upon them to decide whether the captives are free to return home.
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- $36.0M($74.0M today)
- Domestic
- $44.2M($90.9M today)
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- 📍 Amblin Entertainment
- 📍 DreamWorks Pictures
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- 📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Top billed cast
Djimon Hounsou
as Cinque
Matthew Mcconaughey
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Anthony Hopkins
as John Quincy Adams
Morgan Freeman
as Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne
as Martin Van Buren
David Paymer
as Secretary John Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite
as Holabird
Stellan Skarsgard
as Tappan
Razaaq Adoti
as Yamba
Abu Bakaar Fofanah
as Fala
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