Amistad (1997)
December 10, 1997Release Date
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Release DateDecember 10, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 35m
Budget$36,000,000
Box Office$44,229,441
Filming LocationsRhode Island State House · Connecticut, United States of America
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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841.
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey starred, along with Djimon Hounsou in his breakout role as Cinqué; Pete Postlethwaite, Nigel Hawthorne, and a then unknown Chiwetel Ejiofor appeared in supporting roles.
The film received largely positive critical reviews and grossed over $58 million worldwide.