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Amistad

Published by : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, (Universal City, CA :) Physical details: 1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:0783235453; 9780783235455; 667068416220. Year: 1999
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Originally released as motion picture in 1997.

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- Production notes -- Cast and filmmakers' bios -- Theatrical trailer -- Behind the scenes featurette -- Language: English 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski; film editor, Michael Kahn; music, John Williams.

Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard.

Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board a slave ship bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.

Rated R.

DVD; DTS 5.1 surround and Dolby surround; dual layer; widescreen (1.85:1).

English language soundtrack (5.1 digital surround or 2.0 Dolby surround); closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards' BFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins)

European Film Awards' Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema Award (Stellan Skarsgard)

Golden Satellite Award for Outstanding Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture (Djimon Hounsou)

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