Amistad (1997) L.O.W.P

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                                   Amistad

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Type.................: Movie

Image Format.........: Divx







Video Format.........: AVI

Video Bitrate........: 1310

Resolution...........: 720 x 480

Color................: 24 bit

FPS..................: 23

Source...............: DVD 16x9

Original Format......: NTSC

Genre................: Drama



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                                Release Notes

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Duration: 2:34:34

Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Audio Format: MPEG Layer-3

Video Compression: FFDS

Subtitles: English (.sub, .idx)



Plot



Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It

is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken

on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing

from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny

and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they

land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway

slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to

die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their

case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at

all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes

an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.



Cast



Morgan Freeman ...  Joadson

Nigel Hawthorne ...  Martin Van Buren

Anthony Hopkins ...  John Quincy Adams

Djimon Hounsou ...  Cinque

Matthew McConaughey ...  Baldwin

David Paymer ...  Secretary Forsyth

Pete Postlethwaite ...  Holabird

Stellan Skarsgσrd ...  Tappan

Razaaq Adoti ...  Yamba

Abu Bakaar Fofanah ...  Fala

Anna Paquin ...  Queen Isabella

Tomas Milian ...  Calderon

Chiwetel Ejiofor ...  Ensiign Covey

Derrick N. Ashong ...  Buakei

Geno Silva ...  Ruiz