Watch: Amistad 1997 123movies, Full Movie Online – Amistad is the name of a slave ship travelling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find their way back to Africa. Instead, they are misdirected and when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don’t speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams (Sir Anthony Hopkins) makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release..
Plot: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
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The glossy horrors of Amistad
Beautifully told, it also made me go back to History books to double check or to confirm. That’s what good movies also do, they provoke you into wanting to know more. I loved Djimon Hounsou – a sensational film presence and his soulfulness permeates the whole journey. Anthony Hopkins is a remarkable John Quincy Adams. The great Steven Spielberg doesn’t shy away from the horrors and some of it is truly harrowing but even then the preciousness of the image protects you from excesses. I don’t know if that is a flaw or just a grand commercial concession. I couldn’t help trying to imagine, this story even the same script in the hands of an Arthur Penn for instance. After all of that, let me say I enjoyed it, I was moved and I will see it again.
The glossy horrors of Amistad
Beautifully told, it also made me go back to History books to double check or to confirm. That’s what good movies also do, they provoke you into wanting to know more. I loved Djimon Hounsou – a sensational film presence and his soulfulness permeates the whole journey. Anthony Hopkins is a remarkable John Quincy Adams. The great Steven Spielberg doesn’t shy away from the horrors and some of it is truly harrowing but even then the preciousness of the image protects you from excesses. I don’t know if that is a flaw or just a grand commercial concession. I couldn’t help trying to imagine, this story even the same script in the hands of an Arthur Penn for instance. After all of that, let me say I enjoyed it, I was moved and I will see it again.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 35 min (155 min)
Budget 36000000
Revenue 44229441
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Steven Spielberg
Writer David Franzoni
Actors Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 43 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Super Speed Z-Series MKII Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 100T 5248, Kodak Vision 500T 5279, EXR 200T 5293)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm