1997 · 155 min · R

Amistad

Name: Amistad
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Released: 1997
Duration: 155 min
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Drama, History, Mystery

Amistad (1997) is a Drama film, directed by Steven Spielberg set in Connecticut, Cuba, and Sierra Leone during the 1800s. It runs 155 minutes and is rated R.

A courtroom, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of freedom & oppression and power & corruption run throughout.

Composer

John Williams

Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński

Cast

Morgan FreemanNigel HawthorneAnthony HopkinsDjimon HounsouMatthew McConaugheyDavid PaymerPete PostlethwaiteStellan Skarsgård

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Connecticut CubaSierra Leone

Setting

Coastal Sea Urban

When

1800s

Premise & themes

Premise

Courtroom

Themes

Freedom & Oppression Power & Corruption

Tone

BleakTenseHopeful

Shape

Protagonist

Ensemble

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

True Story

1992
A Few Good Men
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Urbandir. Rob Reiner
1988
Beetlejuice
Connecticut — 1980s
Ruraldir. Tim Burton
1938
Bringing Up Baby
Connecticut — 1930s
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2002
Far from Heaven
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Suburbandir. Todd Haynes
1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Havana — 1960s
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1975
The Stepford Wives
Connecticut — 1970s
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes

Amistad

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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