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Africans on a slave ship headed to the U.S. mutiny against their captors.
A group of slaves revolt while travelling aboard a slaveship.
Cast & Crew
Steven Spielberg
Director
Arliss Howard
John C Calhoun
Willie Amakye
Folowa (Amistad African)
Luc Assogba
Gbatui (Amistad African)
Mariah Campbell
Masery (Amistad African)
Habib Conteh
Bai (Amistad African)
Stephen Conteh
Morlai (Amistad African)
Monguehy Fanzy
Fabanna (Amistad African)
Jimmy Fotso
Kwong (Amistad African)
Adekunle Ilori
Kahei (Amistad African)
Sheriff Kargbo
Almamy (Amistad African)
Saye Lah
Kessebe (Amistad African)
Sylvestre Massaquoi
Santigiie (Amistad African)
Samson Odede
Kpona (Amistad African)
Chike Okpala
Sorie (Amistad African)
Willie Onafesso
Jina (Amistad African)
Samuel Pieh
Suuleh (Amistad African)
Lansana Sawi
Morlu (Amistad African)
Abu Sidique
Tsukama (Amistad African)
El Hadj Malik Sow
Golabu (Amistad African)
Lamine Thiam
Mahmud (Amistad African)
Austin Pendleton
Professor Gibbs
Ingrid Walters
Woman Overboard With Baby
Hon. Harry A Blackmun
Associate Justice Joseph Story (Harry A Blackmun--Supreme Court Of The United States/Associate Justice--Retired)
Curtis Shields
Bassie (Additional Amistad African)
Charles Udoma
Kessebe (Additional Amistad African)
Tony Onafesso
Baa (Additional Amistad African)
Clarence Mobley
Kenei (Additional Amistad African)
Edward Appiah
Followolo (Additional Amistad African)
Paul Mwakutuya
Sessi (Additional Amistad African)
Samuel Orekhio
Fawni (Additional Amistad African)
Ransford Thomas
Alkali (Additional Amistad African)
Issac Mayanja
Sanpha (Additional Amistad African)
Roosevelt Flenoury
Njaooni (Additional Amistad African)
Carlos Spivey
Chike (Additional Amistad African)
Andrew L Josiah
Tamba (Additional Amistad African)
Peter Mansaray
Kapr (Additional Amistad African)
Brian Macon
Yauai (Additional Amistad African)
Denver Dowridge
Kpau (Additional Amistad African)
Rory Burton
Vakina (Additional Amistad African)
Omo Lara Tosin
Kula (Additional Amistad African)
Juliette Darko
Teme (Additional Amistad African)
Charlean Isata Bangalie
Margry (Additional Amistad African)
M S Kaleiwo
Kaleiwo (Additional Amistad African)
Tesfay Yohannes
Amistad African Extra
George Kamara
Amistad African Extra
Abdul-Fatai Balogun
Amistad African Extra
Yaya Sissoko
Amistad African Extra
Amadou Traore
Amistad African Extra
Marlon Francis
Amistad African Extra
Bundu Kamara
Amistad African Extra
James Moses
Amistad African Extra
Daniel Reid
Amistad African Extra
Seydou Coulibaly
Amistad African Extra
Lawal Tajudeen
Amistad African Extra
Lester Mombelly
Amistad African Extra
Ibrahim Sesay
Amistad African Extra
Jeremy Shelton
Amistad African Extra
Andrew Shoemo
Amistad African Extra
Prince Coke
Amistad African Extra
Ahmed Bangura
Amistad African Extra
Bernard Singleton
Amistad African Extra
Desere Mondon
Amistad African Extra
Baboucar Jobe
Amistad African Extra
Janusz Kaminski
Director Of Photography
Mitch Dubin
Camera Operator
Pete Romano
Underwater Camera Operator
Steven Meizler
1st Assistant Camera
Mark Spath
2nd Assistant Camera
Juli Silver Taracido
2nd Assistant Camera (Puerto Rico Crew)
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
Bonnie Curtis
Associate Producer
Kelly Mahan Jaramillo
Assistant Music Editor
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Music ("'Andante' From 'Quartet No 2 In B Flat Major'" "'Andantino' From 'Quartet No 3 In G Major")
John Neufeld
Original Music
Conrad Pope
Original Music
John Newton
Song ("Amazing Grace")
Aaron Williams
Song ("I Love Thy Kingdom Lord")
Debbie Allen
Songs ("Timuyandya" "The Ladder Is Broken" "Ya Weh" "Let'S Stand Together" "Today We Face The Wall")
Chike Okpala
Song ("Timuyandya")
El Hadj Malik Sow
Songs ("Timuyandya" "Today We Face The Wall")
Sheriff Kargbo
Songs ("Timuyandya" "Let'S Stand Together")
Dr. Arthur Abraham
Songs ("The Ladder Is Broken" "Ya Weh" "Today We Face The Wall")
Pamela Dillard
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
1st Assistant Director
Eric P Jones
2nd Assistant Director
Sean Hobin
2nd Assistant Director
Denis L. Stewart
1st Assistant Director (Puerto Rico Crew)
Vincente Juarbe
Second 2nd Assistant Director (Puerto Rico Crew)
Luis Rosario Albert
Assistant Director
Roberto Otero (Tito)
2nd 2nd Assistant Director (Puerto Rico Crew)
Christopher Burian-Mohr
Art Director
Jim Teegarden
Art Director
John Berger
Assistant Art Director
Nicholas Lundy
Assistant Art Director (East Coast Crew)
Hugh Landwehr
Assistant Art Director (East Coast Crew)
Ed Ricci
Special Effects (East Coast Crew)
James Oxford
Illustrator
Denise Ream
Visual Effects Producer (Industrial Light & Magic)
Jill Brooks
Associate Visual Effects Producer (Industrial Light & Magic)
Jim Doherty
Visual Effects
Craig Lyn
Digital Modeller (Industrial Light & Magic)
Jon Alexander
Digital Effects Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Tami Carter
Digital Effects Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Jodie Maier
Digital Effects Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Tony Sommers
Digital Paint Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Thomas P Ryba
Special Effects Supervisor
Scott Farrar
Visual Effects Supervisor (Industrial Light & Magic)
Rafael Perez
Special Effects Assistant (Puerto Rico Crew)
Jeffrey Frink
Special Effects Foreman
Randy Cabral
Special Effects Shop Foreman
John Caglione
Makeup Artist (East Coast Crew)
Kelly Gleason
Makeup Artist (East Coast Crew)
Paula Kelly
Makeup Artist (East Coast Crew)
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist (East Coast Crew)
John Sobeck
Makeup Artist (East Coast Crew)
Bill Corso
Make-Up Assistant Department Head
Chrissie Beveridge
Hairstylist And Make-Up (For Anthony Hopkins)
Mary Cook
Hair Stylist (East Coast Crew)
Victoria M Porter
Hair Stylist
Daniel Dirks
Costumer
Perri Kimono
Costumer
Barbara J Hause
Key Principal Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Yolanda Carter
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Robert Chase
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Cassy Mcevoy
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Lisa Lesniak
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Margaret Leigh Palmer
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Laura Sewrey
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Dawn Testa
Costumer (East Coast Crew)
Suzanne Krim
Key Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Gladyris Silva
Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Mari Socorro Perez
Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Luz Margarita Fonseca
Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Ana Cayere
Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Sandra Varela
Costumer (Puerto Rico Crew)
Sue Moore
Costume Supervisor
Sandra Hernandez
Assistant Costume Designer
Frank Fleming
Assistant Costume Designer
Gina Flanagan
Costume Illustrator
Arthur Rowsell
Anthony Hopkins Dresser
Kadir Nelson
Conceptual Artist
Caitlin Content
Sabre Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Rita Zimmerman
Sabre Artist (Industrial Light & Magic)
Kacy Lyn Magedman
Art Department Coordinator
Rhonda Moscoe
Art Department Coordinator (East Coast Crew)
Kimberly Lashbrook
Computer Graphics Resource Assistant (Industrial Light & Magic)
Kristen Frances Jones
On-Set Dresser
Tom Walden
Set Dresser (East Coast Crew)
Arthur Wood
Set Dresser (East Coast Crew)
Drew Petrotta
Assistant Property Master
Susan Benjamin
Assistant Set Decorator (Los Angeles)
Jessica Lanier
Assistant Set Decorator (East Coast Crew)
Zina Torres
Assistant Set Decorator (Puerto Rico Crew)
Rick Carter
Production Designer
Peggy Names
Sound Cable
Alsie L Florence
Sound Transfer
Charles L Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Louis L Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor
Bruce Richardson
Sound Editor
Ronald Judkins
Production Sound Mixer
Robert C Jackson
Production Sound Mixer
Shawn Murphy
Score Recorder And Mixer
Jerry M Edemann
Assistant Sound Editor
Ken Miller
Assistant Sound Editor
Vickie Thomas
Casting
Jeanne McCarthy
Additional Casting
Tere Lopez
Additional Casting (Puerto Rico Crew)
Kim Coleman
Casting Assistant
Jose Jimenez
Casting Associate (Puerto Rico Crew)
Terence Harris
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Winsome Sinclair
Extras Casting (East Coast Crew)
Shane Barach
Extras Casting Assistant (Christopher Gray Casting)
Renton Kirk
Assistant Extras Casting (East Coast Crew)
Industrial Light + Magic
Production Company
Todd-Ao
Production Company
Joann Kane Music Service
Production Company
Sony Pictures Scoring Stage
Production Company
Pacific Title & Art Studio
Production Company
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.
Production Company
Film Division, Connecticut Commission On Culture And Tourism
Production Company
Dreamworks Studios
Studio
United International Pictures
World Wide Theatrical Distributor
Dreamworks Studios
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Domestic Video Distributor
Thomas Sahli
Labor Foreman
Angela Heald
Production Supervisor
Robert L West
Production Office Coordinator
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Coordinator (Puerto Rico Crew)
Jim Turner
Production Controller
Peggy Ann Rosson
Production Accountant
Dorothy Latham
Production Assistant
Matthew Jerome
Production Assistant
Francois Leclair
Production Assistant
Marc Fusco
Production Assistant (To Steven Spielberg)
Nannette Rosa-Collazo
Production Manager (Puerto Rico Crew)
Larry J Richardson
Best Boy
Oshana Walker
Universal Best Boy
Lon Caracappa
Rigging Electric Best Boy (East Coast Crew)
Kimberly Verros
Assistant Production Coordinator
Christina Rollo
Assistant Production Coordinator
Nick Spetsiotis
Assistant Marine Coordinator
Margaret J. Orlando
Assistant Production Coordinator (East Coast Crew)
Ralph Scherer
Dolly Grip
Jim Alfonso
Driver
John D Frederitz
Driver
Robert Gaskill
Morgan Freeman'S Personal Driver
Richard Abate
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Richard Abate Jr.
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Daniel J Allen
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Joseph F Barth
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Edward H Boyajian
Driver (East Coast Crew)
John Canavan
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Ronald D Carter
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Robert Chartier
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Peter Clores
Driver (East Coast Crew)
John Donahue
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Dana Driscoll
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Deana Duval
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Michael C. Easter
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Edward Fanning
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Michael Fennimore
Driver (East Coast Crew)
James Giblin
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Joseph Hawkins
Driver (East Coast Crew)
James A Keegan
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Steven M Labrie
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Michael Laplante
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Neil Martin
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Walt Miller
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Scott Mundy
Driver (East Coast Crew)
William O'Brien
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Anthony Parrillo
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Robert Parker
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Daniel J Paustian
Driver (East Coast Crew)
C William Prink
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Doug Salomone
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Thomas Sammut
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Mike Shannon
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Steve Silva
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Michael Simone
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Clayton Andrew Sweet
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Ronald J Tartaglia
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Ernest J Thibault
Driver (East Coast Crew)
Shannon Winters
Driver (East Coast Crew)
David Larue
Grip (East Coast Crew)
Tony Campenni
Grip (East Coast Crew)
Arnold Brown
Grip (East Coast Crew)
Eric Boyle
Grip (East Coast Crew)
Michael Diieso
Rigging Grip (East Coast Crew)
Jim Wiatkowski
Key Grip
Stan Storc
Transportation Captain
Steven R Hammond
Transportation Captain (East Coast Crew)
Raul Rivera
Transportation Captain (Puerto Rico Crew)
Gene O'Neill
Transportation Co-Captain
Donald Munroe
Transportation Co-Captain (East Coast Crew)
Dan Romero
Transportation Coordinator
Steve Bauerfeind
Apprentice Editor
Keith Edemann
Apprentice Sound Editor
Phil Slattery
Apprentice Sound Editor
Paul Deason
Unit Production Manager
Steve Conrow
Construction Gang Boss (East Coast Crew)
Walt Hadfield
Construction Coordinator
Donald Redoglia
Construction Foreman
Jan Young
Construction Foreman
Brian Walker
Construction Foreman
Eric Matheson
Construction Foreman (East Coast Crew)
Kevin Conlin
Construction Foreman (Puerto Rico Crew)
Andrew M. Ward
Key Set Production Assistant
Mark Roskin (Rosko)
Set Production Assistant
Jay Ostrowski
Set Production Assistant
Sundai Brown
Set Production Assistant
Peter J Dowd
Set Production Assistant
John J Eagan
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Jomo K Wilson
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Tina Hamilton
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Cyndi Martin
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Kara Maria Malkovich
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Teresa Conners
Set Production Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Jerry Moss
Property Master
Jerry Sargent
Property Foreman (East Coast Crew)
Martin L Grimes
Property Assistant
Maura Moss
Prop Assistant/Prop Coordinator
Joshua S Miller
Property Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Juan Carlos Lucca
Property Assistant (Puerto Rico Crew)
Marek Bojsza
Electrician
Chris Culliton
Electrician
Thomas Keenan
Electrician (East Coast Crew)
Carlos Bermudez
Electrician (East Coast Crew)
Rodger Meilink
Rigging Gaffer
Erica Frauman
Post-Production Supervisor
Martin Cohen
Post-Production Executive
Sven E M Fahlgren
Post-Production Coordinator
Kokayi Ampah
Supervising Location Manager
Nick Bernstein
Location Manager (East Coast Crew)
Eneida Nunez
Location Manager (Puerto Rico Crew)
Brian R Mannain
Location Assistant (East Coast Crew)
James D Lee
Location Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Luis R Estrella
Location Assistant (Puerto Rico Crew)
Alison A Taylor
Assistant Location Manager
Isabelle Kostic
Assistant Location Manager (East Coast Crew)
Priscilla John
United Kingdom And Africa Casting
Boysie Jereza
Payroll Accountant
Michael Swafford
1st Assistant Accountant
Cheryl Gibson
Assistant Accountant
Scott Watanabe
Assistant Accountant
Dr. Arthur Abraham
African Language And Cultural Advisor
Keri Wilson
Assistant (To Steven Spielberg)
Susan Ray
Assistant (To Steven Spielberg)
Elizabeth Nye
Assistant (To Steven Spielberg)
Karen Mouton
Assistant (To Debbie Allen)
Leslie Barnett
Assistant (To Colin Wilson)
Joy Johnson
Assistant (To Walter F Parkes)
Linda Kroll
Assistant (To Laurie Macdonald)
Mark A Russell
Assistant (To Ronnie Curtis)
Quentin A. Pierre
Personal Assistant (To Morgan Freeman)
Mark Gustawes
Personal Assistant (To Matthew Mcconaughey)
John Chaney
Personal Assistant (To Matthew Mcconaughey)
Sofia Tirado
Staff Assistant (Puerto Rico Crew)
Mei-Ling Belmont
Staff Assistant (Puerto Rico Crew)
Matt Galvin
Office Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Mark Lazo
Office Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Melissa Sheridan
Office Assistant (East Coast Crew)
Michael Mason
Research Assistant
Ralph Scott
Research Assistant
Susan Dangel
Research Assistant (To John Williams)
William A Owens
Special Thanks (Producer Wish To Acknowledge Book "Black Mutiny: The Revolt On The Schooner Amistad" As A Major Source Of Reference Material)
Dr. Lerone Bennett
Special Thanks
Henry Louis Gates
Special Thanks
Professor John Hope Franklin
Special Thanks
Professor Glenda Dickerson
Special Thanks
Professor Howard Jones
Special Thanks
Professor Eleanor Traylor
Special Thanks
Dr. Lester P Monts
Special Thanks
Professor Dominique Sportiche
Special Thanks
Professor Rebecca Scott
Special Thanks
Professor Joseph E Harris
Special Thanks
Professor Edward Reynolds
Special Thanks
Leslee Feldman
Special Thanks (Dreamworks Casting)
Additional Details
| MPAA Ratings: | R | Premiere Info: | |
| Release Date: | 1997 | Production Date: | |
| Color/B&W: | Distributions Co: | DreamWorks Studios | |
| Sound: | Production Co: | Hbo Films .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Industrial Light + Magic .....Production Company, Todd-Ao .....Production Company, Joann Kane Music Service .....Production Company, Sony Pictures Scoring Stage .....Production Company, Pacific Title & Art Studio .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, New York Historical Society .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, United States Department Of The Interior .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Film Division, Connecticut Commission On Culture And Tourism .....Production Company, Massachusetts Film Office .....Production Company, .....Production Company, .....Production Company, American Humane Association .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Haskolabio .....Theatrical Distributor, Dreamworks Studios .....Studio, United International Pictures .....World Wide Theatrical Distributor, Dreamworks Studios .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, Dreamworks Home Entertainment .....Domestic Video Distributor | |
| Duration(mins): | Country: | United States (USA) | |
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