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Amistad is a 1997 Steven Spielberg film based on the true story of a slave mutiny that took place aboard a ship of the same name in 1839, and the legal battle that followed. It shows how that, even though the case was won at the federal district court level, it was appealed by President Martin Van Buren to the Supreme Court, and how former President John Quincy Adams took part in the proceedings. This was the second film for which Anthony Hopkins received an Academy Award nomination for... full article at wikipedia
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Initial release date
  • Dec 10, 1997
Tagline
  • Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.
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  • 152.0min
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  • 40,000,000.0
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Netflix ID
  • 1181506
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by cheunger Sep 16, 2008
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