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Amistad

1997, Movie, R, 152 mins

Amistad: Review

Is it possible to say anything less than adulatory about this generation's Roots without looking like the kind of creep who failed to weep for Mother Teresa? This epic reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding a bloody 1839 uprising aboard the ironically named Spanish slave ship La Amistad (it means friendship) is consistently earnest and well-intentioned but only occasionally moving, despite the efforts of a generally top-notch cast (Matthew McConaughey, of the uniden... read more leave a comment

Amistad: Cast & Details

Year: 1997
Rated R

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Cast
Morgan Freeman: Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne: Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins: John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou: "Cinque"--Sengbe
Matthew McConaughey: Roger Baldwin
David Paymer: US Secretary of State Forsyth

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