Amistad
By: DreamWorks Pictures ; HBO Pictures ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson ; written by David Franzoni ; directed by Steven Spielberg
Contributors: Freeman, Morgan; Hawthorne, Nigel; Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-; Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm); DVS Home Video (Firm)
Publisher: DreamWorks; Dist. by DVS Home Video
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Drama; Slave insurrections; Trials (Mutiny); Amistad (Schooner); History
Description: The incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. Based on a true story.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; production designer, Rick Carter ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams.

Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Peter Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård.

MPAA rating: R.

Adult.

VHS Hi-fi stereo surround. THX. Digitally mastered.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Verbal description for the visually impaired.