Film record

Amistad

1997Feature film152 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · white savior film · trial film

Credits

Direction

Steven Spielberg — Directing

Cast

Anthony Hopkins — Acting (John Quincy Adams)
Morgan Freeman — Acting (Theodore Joadson)
Nigel Hawthorne — Acting (President Martin Van Buren)
Djimon Hounsou — Acting (Sengbe Pieh / Joseph Cinqué)
Matthew McConaughey — Acting (Roger Sherman Baldwin)
David Paymer — Acting (Secretary of State John Forsyth)
Pete Postlethwaite — Acting (William S. Holabird)
Stellan Skarsgård — Acting (Lewis Tappan)
Peter Firth — Acting (Captain Charles Fitzgerald)
Austin Pendleton — Acting (Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr.)
Jeremy Northam — Acting (Judge Coglin)
Arliss Howard — Acting (John C. Calhoun)
Anna Paquin — Acting (Queen Isabella II of Spain)
Razaaq Adoti — Acting (Yamba)
Tomas Milian — Acting (Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano)
Michael Massee — Acting
Harry Blackmun — Acting (Justice Joseph Story)
Chiwetel Ejiofor — Acting (Ensign James Covey)
Xander Berkeley — Acting (Ledger Hammond)
Paul Guilfoyle — Acting (Attorney)
Daniel von Bargen — Acting
Rusty Schwimmer — Acting
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. — Acting (General Baldomero Espartero)
Jake Weber — Acting
Kevin J. O'Connor — Acting (Missionary)
Michael Riley — Acting
Harry Groener — Acting
John Ortiz — Acting (Pedro Montes)
Ralph Brown — Acting (Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney)
Cástulo Guerra — Acting
Darren E. Burrows — Acting (Lieutenant Richard W. Meade)
Victor Rivers — Acting
Hawthorne James — Acting
Gerald R. Molen — Acting
Derrick Ashong — Acting (Buakei)
Geno Silva — Acting (José Ruiz)
Allan Rich — Acting (Judge Andrew T. Judson)

Writing

David Franzoni — Screenwriting

Production

Debbie Allen — Production
Steven Spielberg — Production
Colin Wilson — Production

Music

John Williams — Music composition

Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński — Cinematography

Editing

Michael Kahn — Editing

Art department

Rick Carter — Production design
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