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In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey) to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) also becomes an ally.

1999 · 2h 34m

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Amistad

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In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey) to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) also becomes an ally.

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Average 6.9
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Fresh 54
Rotten 15

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Studio
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks
Released
1999
Run Time
2 hr 34 min
Rated
R for some scenes of strong brutal violence and some related nudity.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1997 TM DreamWorks LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovak , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.