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
Anthony Hopkins
as John Quincy Adams
Pete Postlethwaite
as Holabird
Nigel Hawthorne
as Martin Van Buren
David Paymer
as Secretary John Forsyth
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Ensign Covey
John H. Tobin
as Supreme Court Reporter (uncredited)
George Gerdes
as Marshal
Michael Riley
as British Officer
Gerald R. Molen
as Magistrate
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Missionary
Darren E. Burrows
as Lieutenant Meade
Jake Weber
as Mr. Wright
Peter Firth
as Captain Fitzgerald
Eric Bruno Borgman
as First Jury Juror (uncredited)
John Ortiz
as Montes
Anna Paquin
as Queen Isabella
Derrick N. Ashong
as Buakei
Matthew McConaughey
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Frank T. Wells
as Crier
Roy Cooper
as Pickney
Austin Pendleton
as Professor Gibbs
Al Conti
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Stellan Skarsgård
as Tappan
Hawthorne James
as Creole Cook
Ralph Brown
as Lieutenant Gedney
Jeremy Northam
as Judge Coglin
Michael Massee
as Prison Guard
Arliss Howard
as John C. Calhoun
Paul Guilfoyle
as Attorney
Rusty Schwimmer
as Mrs. Pendleton
Ingrid Walters
as Woman Overboard with Baby
Castulo Guerra
as Spanish Priest
Harrison Young
as Congressman (uncredited)
Xander Berkeley
as Hammond
Razaaq Adoti
as Yamba
Tomas Milian
as Calderon
Djimon Hounsou
as Cinque
Daniel von Bargen
as Warden Pendleton
Victor Rivers
as Captain Ferrar
Morgan Freeman
as Theodore Joadson
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as General Espatero
Luis Cabrera
as Spanish Guard (uncredited)
Allan Rich
as Judge Juttson
Robert E. Walsh
as Guardsman
Harry Groener
as Tecora Captain
Geno Silva
as Ruiz
León Singer
as Don Pablo
Crew
Tere López
Casting
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
Bill Corso
Makeup Department Head
Steven Spielberg
Director, Producer
Ingrid Walters
Stunts
David Franzoni
Writer
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Richard L. Duran
Stunts
Sharon Schaffer
Stunts
Pat Romano
Stunt Coordinator
Jimmy Ortega
Stunts
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Henry Kingi
Stunts
Chuck Zito
Stunts
Colin Wilson
Producer
Jeremy Strong
Production Intern
Debbie Allen
Producer
Eric Chambers
Stunts
Michael Kahn
Editor
Robert Apisa
Stunts
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Daryl Tucker
Camera Department Production Assistant
Mark Stefanich
Stunts
Frank Ferrara Sr.
Stunts
Rick Carter
Production Design
William Washington
Stunts
Ve Neill
Makeup Department Head
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Rosemary Brandenburg
Set Decoration