勇者無懼
Amistad
Release: 1997-12-10
·Runtime: 155m
·★ 7.0
剧情
历史
悬疑
一八三九年夏天,五十三名黑人遭白人綁票,被關在西班牙奴隸船「亞美斯塔號」運往新大陸。黑人領袖辛格掙脫身上的枷鎖,釋放同伴,搶下這艘奴隸船奪回自由。他們只有一個目標,那就是回到非洲。 然而倖存的兩名白人船員瞞過他們,仍把船駛往美國。上岸後這些非洲人因謀殺船員的罪名受到審判。 起初兩名解放黑奴運動者席德裘森和路易斯泰潘找來一名口齒伶俐,不按排理出牌的年輕律師羅傑包德溫為這些黑人辯護,由於當時從非洲走私黑奴是犯法的,於是他證明「亞美斯塔號」上的黑人來自非洲,他們則是非法走私黑奴的受害者,於是在地方和高等法院都獲判無罪。但是當此案成為美國南北方分裂的象徵,支持奴隸制度的美國總統馬丁范伯倫為了討好南方的保守派勢力,並避免引發美國內戰,於是指派法官做出不利的裁決,當此案送到最高法院進行上訴時,前任美國總統約翰昆西亞當斯便決定挑戰范伯倫的作法,並捍衛美國司法制度的獨立性。但是對於受審判的黑人來說,這和政治理念無關,他們爭取的是人類天賦的權利 -- 自由。
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
DreamWorks Pictures
HBO Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Xander Berkeley
as Hammond
丹尼爾·凡·巴根
as Warden Pendleton
John H. Tobin
as Supreme Court Reporter (uncredited)
Geno Silva
as Ruiz
Eric Bruno Borgman
as First Jury Juror (uncredited)
Tomas Milian
as Calderon
Derrick N. Ashong
as Buakei
Allan Rich
as Judge Juttson
Ralph Brown
as Lieutenant Gedney
馬修·麥康納
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Victor Rivers
as Captain Ferrar
Roy Cooper
as Pickney
安娜·派昆
as Queen Isabella
Michael Massee
as Prison Guard
吉蒙·韓蘇
as Cinque
Paul Guilfoyle
as Attorney
León Singer
as Don Pablo
Frank T. Wells
as Crier
Razaaq Adoti
as Yamba
Rusty Schwimmer
as Mrs. Pendleton
George Gerdes
as Marshal
Michael Riley
as British Officer
Ingrid Walters
as Woman Overboard with Baby
Luis Cabrera
as Spanish Guard (uncredited)
傑瑞米·諾森
as Judge Coglin
史戴倫·史柯斯嘉
as Tappan
Pete Postlethwaite
as Holabird
約翰·奧提茲
as Montes
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as General Espatero
Gerald R. Molen
as Magistrate
Harrison Young
as Congressman (uncredited)
Al Conti
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
奇維托·艾吉佛
as Ensign Covey
Arliss Howard
as John C. Calhoun
Hawthorne James
as Creole Cook
Robert E. Walsh
as Guardsman
Jake Weber
as Mr. Wright
摩根費里曼
as Theodore Joadson
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Missionary
大衛·披馬
as Secretary John Forsyth
Austin Pendleton
as Professor Gibbs
Darren E. Burrows
as Lieutenant Meade
Peter Firth
as Captain Fitzgerald
Harry Groener
as Tecora Captain
Nigel Hawthorne
as Martin Van Buren
安東尼·霍普金斯
as John Quincy Adams
Castulo Guerra
as Spanish Priest
Crew
Ve Neill
Makeup Department Head
Michael Kahn
Editor
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Chuck Zito
Stunts
Ingrid Walters
Stunts
Daryl Tucker
Camera Department Production Assistant
David Franzoni
Writer
Bill Corso
Makeup Department Head
Tere López
Casting
亞努斯·卡明斯基
Director of Photography
傑里米·斯特朗
Production Intern
史蒂芬·史匹柏
Director, Producer
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
Pat Romano
Stunt Coordinator
William Washington
Stunts
Eric Chambers
Stunts
Debbie Allen
Producer
Rosemary Brandenburg
Set Decoration
Rick Carter
Production Design
約翰·威廉斯
Original Music Composer
Mark Stefanich
Stunts
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Sharon Schaffer
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunts
Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts
Colin Wilson
Producer
Robert Apisa
Stunts
Jimmy Ortega
Stunts
Frank Ferrara Sr.
Stunts
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Richard L. Duran
Stunts
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design