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Amistad: The History We Were Never Taught
I have to admit that my greatest emotion after having seen this movie was anger... Anger that I never learned of this incident throughout my school years. Despite being and Advanced Placement student, not one of my courses ever touched on the La Amistad incident.
One could suppose that in...
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A Story You Never Heard In School, And Frankly, Rightfully So. 'Amistad'
There are few more shining examples of the Spielbergification of a story than 'Amistad'. Couple that with a story that starts out, PC derring-do aside, ultimately not that interesting, and a short six years after its release it is already quickly slipping into total obscurity.
'Amistad'...
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Amistad vs. Titanic? Ah...1997...Spielberg's Second Historical Epic
1997's Amistad was one of those movies of Steven Spielberg's I didn't see until recently. Don't get me wrong: Spielberg was a big hit in my household, but surprisingly enough this wasn't screened for us kids. Instead we got Schindler's List (but that's enough story) (= Jewish mother).
For...
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Tip of Slavery Iceberg rises from ocean of misinformation
Steven Spielberg, with his reputation for a bleeding heart in choosing film subjects, could have done great things for exposing the realities of the slave trade and its consequences for the New World, especially in the U.S.A. Instead, this film is saturated with a vapid and sanitized air save the... Read full review »
A Fight For Freedom Over Slavery And Tyranny
Though he had shown a penchant for doing intellectually challenging material that didn’t fit quite in with the conventional wisdom as far back as his 1974 big-screen directing debut The Sugarland Express, Steven Spielberg was rarely ever thought of as anything more than a... Read full review »
Taking Freedom
In the early part of the Nineteenth Century the status of black people in the United States was subject to much legal niceties. If a person was born in Africa found himself on American shores he was his own man, free to return there if he chose, However, those black people born on plantations in... Read full review »
Amistad--Watch it and learn
This film is being rated by me not only as a person but as a teacher who day after day deals with kids who have been desensitized to violence and cruelty.
This movie is Stephen Spielberg's first movie under the movie label, DreamWorks. And what a way to start out. And to those of you that...
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Mutiny aboard the Amistad
As Speilberg's first movie under his personally owned directing company, Amistad is typical Spielberg. When I say 'typical Speilberg,' I mean greatness. He has produced the majority of the top ten movies of all time.
When Speilberg picked Morgan Freeman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew...
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Amistad; Breaks the chains!
Amistad. A movie that opens the eyes of the ignorant. I am from an all white small town area and never really got that much exposure to members of other races. My parents did their best to raise me loving everyone, no matter what the color of their skin was! But whenever racial issues came up all I... Read full review »
A VERY entertaining movie--read a history book first though!
Written by David Franzoni and directed by the world renowned Steven Spielberg, Amistad was released to eagerly awaiting audiences in 1997. Starring such legendary film icons such as Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman, Amistad sets out to tell the story of the slave revolt that took place in 1839... Read full review »
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Amistad Widescreen DVD
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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Amistad [VHS]
Product Details Actors: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne Directors: Steven Spielberg Writers: David Franzoni Producers: Bob Cooper, Bonnie Curtis, Colin Wilson, Debbie Allen, Laurie MacDonald Format: Closed- captioned, Color, THX, NTSC Language: English, Spanish Rated: R (Restricted) Number of tapes: 1 Studio: Dreamworks Video VHS Release Date: November 10, 1998 Run Time: 155 minutes
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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 M
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