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Uniform Title Amistad (Motion picture)
Title Amistad [videorecording] / DreamWorks Pictures presents in association with HBO Pictures ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by David Franzoni ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson.

Imprint Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks, c1999.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Amistad    ---  DUE 05-16-17 Billed
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Amistad    ---  DUE 04-06-24
Description 1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features include: theatrical trailer; Making of Amistad; production notes; cast and crew biographies.
Credits Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music by John Williams.
Cast Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard.
Summary Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
System Details DVD region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen format (aspect ratio: 1.85:1).
Source NAV 4/9 PPL
Language Closed-captioned.
Subject Cinque -- Drama.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 -- Drama.
Amistad (Schooner) -- Drama.
Slave insurrections -- United States -- Drama.
Trials (Mutiny) -- United States -- Drama.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.
Genre/Form Historical films.
Added Author Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Allen, Debbie, 1950-
Wilson, Colin.
Franzoni, David.
Freeman, Morgan.
Hawthorne, Nigel.
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-
McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-
Paymer, David, 1954-
Postlethwaite, Pete, 1946-2011.
Skarsgard, Stellan, 1951-
Kaminski, Janusz, 1959- cinematographer.
Williams, John, 1932-
Dreamworks Pictures.
HBO Pictures.
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 0783231202
Standard No. 667068416220
Music No. 84162 DreamWorks Home Entertainment

 
    
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