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Amistad (1997)
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3.7 out of 5.0 stars 9 Ratings (8 Reviews)

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    Saw a clip of it in class

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 1, 2000

    Okay, I'm a 16, sophmore at Flathead High School. I haven't seen the whole movie. Today 3-1-00 I saw a clip of this movie in my World History/ English Block class. Right now we are studying the imperialism part of the world's history, and the slave ...trade is part of it. We did a part of a simulation along with seeing the clip. What we had done was have all the girls line up and tie up with string, vis-versa with the guys. They then had us lie down on the floor. While we did this the showed a clip from the movie. It was sure an experience that I won't forget. Partly on behalf that this movie is based on the true Amistad. Oh course it was an edited verion, but it still showed how brutal this part of time was. I think, by just seeing a clip, Spelberg(sorry if spelt wrong) did a great job in recreating it. And I hope that people see this and realize that this part of your history was brutal and sick. Thank you Read more Less

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    Wonderful....

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 28, 2000

    This is also a wonderful Steven Spielberg film. The cast is also good, Matthew MacConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou and Morgan Freeman. The story is magnificient.

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    This movie is wonderful, a must see!!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 13, 2000

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    Pre-civil war human rights drama

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 19, 1999

    In 1839 off the coast of Cuba aboard the slave ship La Amistad, 44 surviving hostages of murderous slave traders free themselves from their shackles during the night and slay all but two of their captors. Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the s...lave revolt, chains the two slave traders to the helm and instructs them to sail due East on a course bound for home in West Africa. The helmsmen trick the Africans and sail the ship to Long Island, where the Africans are seized by American soldiers and transported to New Haven for incarceration and trial.From then on, politics drive the fate of the 44 citizens of West Africa. Matthew McConaughey portrays Attorney Baldwin, who takes the defense of the Africans and who, in the process, loses all of his other clients. Anthony Hopkins plays John Quincy Adams who comes out of retirement to help Baldwin argue this landmark case in front of the Supreme Court.Hounsou as Cinque brings a palate of fierceness and gentility, humility and regal pride to his role of a free man who is kidnapped and forced into slavery by the Portuguese and Spanish. An especially outstanding, vibrant performance is turned in by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ensign Covey the interpreter. After the graphic opening sequences aboard the Amistad, the rest of the story follows the legal and political ordeal of the La Amistad survivors as they seek to be restored to their status as free citizens of West Africa.THE FRONT ROW REVIEWER Read more Less

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 23, 2005 | 0 out of 1 found this Amistad (1997) review helpful

    Pros: hOT

    Cons: MAKE IT CLAP

    I give props to Speilburg for re-creating this film. He did a great Job. I seen this movie with my parents, also wit the Movie Queen, and roots. this show how cruel white people really are. they racist. but its aighht


    MY BLACK PEOPLE

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 18, 2003 | 0 out of 1 found this Amistad (1997) review helpful

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    can anyone say Boring????

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 6, 2002 | 0 out of 2 found this Amistad (1997) review helpful

    the unintelligent script is laughable and the bad acting by matt and the film's overlength pretty much destroy this failure.

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    DO NOT SEE. I saw nothing good about it

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 5, 2000 | 0 out of 2 found this Amistad (1997) review helpful

    Worst flic I have seen in a long time...granted the showing of how blacks were treated was respected..and sad, the movie beyond the scenes of abuse was the most boring I have ever seen. I honestly could not stay alert...THE ONLY Movie. You will see ...my oters revioews are mosty good...I try to find the goodness in the movies. I CANT FOR THIS. I'd have prefered the opera..thats sad!! Read more Less

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