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Amistad [videorecording (DVD)]

Title:

Amistad [videorecording (DVD)]

Author:

Freeman, Morgan.

Hawthorne, Nigel.

Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-

Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-

McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-

Paymer, David.

Postlethwaite, Pete.

Skarsgård, Stellan.

Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Franzoni, David.

Allen, Debbie, 1950-

Wilson, Colin, 1931-

Williams, John, 1932-

DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)

DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)

HBO Pictures.

ISBN:

9780783231204

Edition:

Widescreen format.

Publication Information:

Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 1999, c1997.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (2 hr., 35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.

Special features: theatrical trailer; The making of Amistad; production notes; cast and crew.

Abstract:

A fictionalized retelling of one of America's first civil rights cases. In 1839, when fifty-three slaves were captured in Connecticut after taking over the Spanish slaver Amistad, they battled all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to win their freedom.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: R.

Personal Subject:

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848-Drama.

Corporate Subject:

Amistad (Schooner) -- Drama.

Subject Term:

Slave rebellions -- United States -- Drama.

Trials (Mutiny) -- United States -- Drama.

Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.

Genre:

DVD-Video discs.