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Amistad [videorecording] / DreamWorks Pictures ; HBO Pictures ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson ; written by David Franzoni ; directed by Steven Spielberg.

Contributor Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Edition Statement:Anamorphic widescreen ed.

Imprint:Universal City, CA : DreamWorks, c1999.

Description1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Target AudienceMPAA rating: R.

Target AudienceAdult.

Note: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.

Note : PerformerMorgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Peter Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard.

System Details NotesDigital video disc, Dolby digital surround.

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Contributor
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Freeman, Morgan.
Hawthorne, Nigel.
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
Hounsou, Djimon.
McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-
Paymer, David.
Postlethwaite, Pete.
Skarsgård, Stellan.
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
Amistad (Schooner) -- Drama.
Slave trade -- Drama.
Human rights -- United States -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Feature films.
Legal films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Legal films.
Fiction films.