Amistad
Amistad
Release: 1997-12-10
·Runtime: 155m
·★ 7.0
Drame
Histoire
Mystère
En 1839, "La Amistad", navire espagnol transportant des esclaves africains, est pris dans une violente tempête au large de Cuba. Une cinquantaine de prisonniers réussissent à se libérer et se retournent contre leurs bourreaux, qu'ils passent par les armes. Cinqué, leur leader, oblige le capitaine à les ramener en Afrique, mais celui-ci, profitant de son ignorance, met le cap sur l’Amérique. Emprisonnés, les mutins vont être défendus par deux fervents abolitionnistes, Theodore Joadson et Lewis Tappan, qui engagent un jeune avocat: Roger Baldwin.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
DreamWorks Pictures
HBO Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Darren E. Burrows
as Lieutenant Meade
Harrison Young
as Congressman (uncredited)
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Missionary
George Gerdes
as Marshal
Victor Rivers
as Captain Ferrar
Nigel Hawthorne
as Martin Van Buren
Matthew McConaughey
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Djimon Hounsou
as Cinque
Razaaq Adoti
as Yamba
Tomas Milian
as Calderon
Ralph Brown
as Lieutenant Gedney
Gerald R. Molen
as Magistrate
John H. Tobin
as Supreme Court Reporter (uncredited)
Frank T. Wells
as Crier
Harry Groener
as Tecora Captain
Anthony Hopkins
as John Quincy Adams
Arliss Howard
as John C. Calhoun
Eric Bruno Borgman
as First Jury Juror (uncredited)
Al Conti
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as General Espatero
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Ensign Covey
John Ortiz
as Montes
Michael Massee
as Prison Guard
Derrick N. Ashong
as Buakei
Morgan Freeman
as Theodore Joadson
Peter Firth
as Captain Fitzgerald
Jeremy Northam
as Judge Coglin
Michael Riley
as British Officer
Castulo Guerra
as Spanish Priest
Paul Guilfoyle
as Attorney
Geno Silva
as Ruiz
Roy Cooper
as Pickney
Robert E. Walsh
as Guardsman
Luis Cabrera
as Spanish Guard (uncredited)
Xander Berkeley
as Hammond
Jake Weber
as Mr. Wright
Allan Rich
as Judge Juttson
Austin Pendleton
as Professor Gibbs
Pete Postlethwaite
as Holabird
Rusty Schwimmer
as Mrs. Pendleton
Anna Paquin
as Queen Isabella
Hawthorne James
as Creole Cook
Stellan Skarsgård
as Tappan
León Singer
as Don Pablo
Ingrid Walters
as Woman Overboard with Baby
Daniel von Bargen
as Warden Pendleton
David Paymer
as Secretary John Forsyth
Crew
Rosemary Brandenburg
Set Decoration
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Tere López
Casting
Bill Corso
Makeup Department Head
Eric Chambers
Stunts
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Chuck Zito
Stunts
William Washington
Stunts
Steven Spielberg
Director, Producer
Henry Kingi
Stunts
Frank Ferrara Sr.
Stunts
Colin Wilson
Producer
Robert Apisa
Stunts
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Michael Kahn
Editor
Daryl Tucker
Camera Department Production Assistant
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Ingrid Walters
Stunts
Ve Neill
Makeup Department Head
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Rick Carter
Production Design
Richard L. Duran
Stunts
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
David Franzoni
Writer
Jeremy Strong
Production Intern
Debbie Allen
Producer
Mark Stefanich
Stunts
Pat Romano
Stunt Coordinator
Sharon Schaffer
Stunts
Jimmy Ortega
Stunts
Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts