Must prejudice and politics rule the Academy?

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 1999)

Either the members of the Academy just failed to see this movie, or they had an axe to grind. Djimon Hounsou did as great a job of acting in "Amistad" as Dustin Hoffman did in "Rain Man" or as Jack Nicholson did in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". And how could they nominate "The Full Monty" and not nominate "Amistad"?
The marketing people missed a great poster shot in the movie with Djimon Hounsou at the wheel of the ship in a night-time shot against the stars.
If you haven't seen this movie, buy it, rent it, steal it, do what ever you have to, but see it. You will never forget it.