Amistad
By: [presented by] DreamWorks Pictures ; in association with HBO Pictures ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by David Franzoni ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson
Contributors: Freeman, Morgan; Hawthorne, Nigel; Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-; Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-; McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-; Paymer, David; Postlethwaite, Pete; Skarsgård, Stellan; Kamiński, Janusz, 1959-; Williams, John, 1932-; Adoti, Razaaq; Paquin, Anna; Milian, Tomas; Ejiofor, Chiwetel, 1974-; Ortiz, John; Brown, Ralph, 1957-; Burrows, Darren E., 1966-; Rich, Allan, 1926-; Guilfoyle, Paul; Firth, Peter, 1953-; Berkeley, Xander, 1955-; Dreamworks Pictures; HBO Pictures; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: DreamWorks Home Entertainment; Dreamworks Skg; Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Drama; Slave insurrections; Amistad (Schooner); Trials (Mutiny)
Description: Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Special features: theatrical trailer; Making of Amistad; production notes; cast and crew biographies.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams.

Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva, John Ortiz, Ralph Brown, Darren Burrows, Allan Rich, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Firth, Xander Berkeley.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD region 1, NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio: 1.85:1) ; Dual layer.

Closed-captioned.

Academy Award Nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Hopkins), Best Music, Best Costume Design, and Best Cinematography.