Directed by:
Steven SpielbergScreenplay:
David FranzoniCinematography:
Janusz KaminskiComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti (more)VOD (4)
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In 1839, a group of 53 African slaves held on the ship Amistad revolt and kill the crew, demanding to be returned to Africa. The helmsman misleads them, taking them to America, where the Africans are put on trial. Slavery abolitionist Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) arranges for young attorney Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey) to defend the Africans in court. However, the lawyer has trouble communicating with the Africans' leader, Sengbe Pieh (Djimon Hounsou), and American President Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne), coming up for re-election, is anxious not to lose the votes of those in the pro-slavery southern states. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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Amistad
25th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Label: La-La Land Records
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 02:34:09
Notes: Limited edition.
1. | Introduction And Retribution | John Williams | 04:40 |
2. | July 4, 1839 | John Williams | 04:04 |
3. | Steering East | John Williams | 01:27 |
4. | The Capture | John Williams | 05:00 |
5. | Introducing John Quincy Adams | John Williams | 05:15 |
6. | Meeting Of The Minds | John Williams | 03:58 |
7. | Counsel Meets Client | John Williams | 01:36 |
8. | The Ship Remembers | John Williams | 05:32 |
9. | Visiting Adams | John Williams | 01:32 |
10. | What Is Their Story? | John Williams | 03:44 |
11. | Learning To Count | John Williams | 01:57 |
12. | Tale Of The Lion's Tooth | John Williams | 05:48 |
13. | The Capture Of Cinqué | John Williams | 04:03 |
14. | The Crossing | John Williams | 04:41 |
15. | Tales Of Horror | John Williams | 07:40 |
16. | Discovering The Bible | John Williams | 05:05 |
17. | Prisoners' Song | John Williams | 01:33 |
18. | The Letter To Massachusetts | John Williams | 02:09 |
19. | Cinqué's Legal Mind | John Williams | 02:26 |
20. | African Violet | John Williams | 05:33 |
1. | Adams' Address To The Court | John Williams | 07:21 |
2. | Adams' Summation (Film Version) | John Williams | 03:01 |
3. | The Verdict | John Williams | 05:10 |
4. | Liberation Of Lomboko: Dry Your Tears, Afrika | John Williams | 02:17 |
5. | Going Home | John Williams | 02:05 |
6. | Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise) | John Williams | 03:37 |
7. | The Long Road To Justice | John Williams | 03:19 |
8. | ADDITIONAL MUSIC: Cinqué's Theme | John Williams | 04:13 |
9. | Introduction (Alternate) | John Williams | 01:12 |
10. | The Capture (Alternate) | John Williams | 05:02 |
11. | Harbor Tavern | John Williams | 03:05 |
12. | Cinqué's Theme (Solo Flute) | John Williams | 02:07 |
13. | Meeting Of The Minds (Instrumental Version) | John Williams | 03:45 |
14. | The Ship Remembers (Alternate) | John Williams | 05:26 |
15. | What Is Their Story? (Alternate) | John Williams | 03:33 |
16. | The Crossing (Alternate) | John Williams | 04:23 |
17. | Tales Of Horror (Alternate Excerpt) | John Williams | 03:19 |
18. | Discovering The Bible (Alternate) | John Williams | 05:11 |
19. | Cinqué's Memories Of Home | John Williams | 02:39 |
20. | Going Home (Alternate) | John Williams | 02:06 |
21. | Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Alternate) | John Williams | 03:35 |
Amistad
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: DreamWorks Records
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Length: 55:50
1. | Dry Your Tears, Afrika | John Williams | 04:18 |
2. | Sierra Leone 1839 / The Capture Of Cinque | John Williams | 03:39 |
3. | Crossing The Atlantic | John Williams | 03:21 |
4. | Cinque's Theme | John Williams | 04:12 |
5. | Cinque's Memories Of Home | John Williams | 02:35 |
6. | Middle Passage | John Williams | 05:19 |
7. | The Long Road To Justice | John Williams | 03:17 |
8. | July 4, 1839 | John Williams | 04:01 |
9. | Mr. Adams Takes The Case | John Williams | 07:15 |
10. | La Amistad Remembered | John Williams | 05:08 |
11. | The Liberation Of Lomboko | John Williams | 04:10 |
12. | Adams' Summation | John Williams | 02:56 |
13. | Going Home | John Williams | 02:02 |
14. | Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise) | John Williams | 03:37 |