Amistad

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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.

Creators

Steven Spielberg

director

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David Franzoni

writer

Cast

Morgan Freeman actor Anthony Hopkins actor Ralph Brown actor Matthew McConaughey actor Anna Paquin actor Stellan Skarsgård actor John Ortiz actor Pete Postlethwaite actor Nigel Hawthorne actor Djimon Hounsou actor Chiwetel Ejiofor actor David Paymer actor Peter Firth actor Castulo Guerra actor Tomas Milian actor Jeremy Northam actor Paul Guilfoyle actor Michael Massee actor Harry Groener actor

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Austin Pendleton actor