“Amistad” quotes
(1997)
Steven Spielberg
directed this movie
in 1997
Title Amistad
Year 1997
Director Steven Spielberg
Genre Drama, History
Year 1997
Director Steven Spielberg
Genre Drama, History
Plot – In the summer of 1839 during a stormy night in the sea offshore Cuba, 53 African slaves on the Spanish ship "Amistad" break free. Led by Cinque they take the vessel's leadership and head to Africa, but they aren't experienced sailors, so they rely on two surviving crew members, who cheat on them. After two months, an American ship catches them offshore Connecticut and the Africans are imprisoned and taken to trial for the murder of the Spanish crew. The case begins quietly and their defense is entrusted to Roger Baldwin, a young lawyer. Gradually the case runs into slavery's issue and becomes the symbol of a divided nation.
All actors – Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva, John Ortiz, Ralph Brown, Darren E. Burrows, Allan Rich, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Firth, Xander Berkeley, Jeremy Northam, Arliss Howard, Willie Amakye, Luc Assogba, Mariah Campbell, Habib Conteh, Stephen Conteh, Monguehy Fanzy, Jimmy Fotso, Adekunle Ilori, Sheriff Kargbo, Saye Lah, Sylvestre Massaquoi, Samson Odede, Chike Okpala, Willie Onafesso, Samuel Pieh, Lansana Sawi, Abu Sidique, El Hadj Malik Sow, Lamine Thiam, Austin Pendleton, Daniel von Bargen, Rusty Schwimmer, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Frank T. Wells, Michael Massee, Roy Cooper, Jake Weber, Victor Rivers, Joseph Kosseh, Steve Passewe, Sherly Acosta Williams, Matt Sarles, George Gerdes, Gerald R. Molen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Robert Walsh, Sean McGuirk, Tony Owen, William Young, Michael Riley, León Singer, Castulo Guerra, Harry Groener, Hawthorne James, Ingrid Walters, Harry A. Blackmun, Curtis Shields, Carlos Spivey, Charles Udoma, Andrew L. Josiah, Tony Onafesso, Peter Mansaray, Clarence Mobley, Brian Macon, Edward Appiah, Denver Dowridge, Paul Mwakutuya, Rory Burton, Samuel Orekhio, Omo Lara Tosin, Ransford Thomas, Juliette Darko, Isaac Mayanja, Charlean Isata Bangalie, Roosevelt Flenoury, M.S. Kaleiwo, Tesfay Yohannes, George Kamara, Abdul-Fatai Balogun, Yaya Sissoko, Amadou Traore, Marlon Francis, Bundu Kamara, James Moses, Daniel Reid, Seydou Coulibaly, Lawal Tajudeen, Lester Mombelly, Ibrahim Sesay, Jeremy Shelton, Andrew Shoemo, Prince Coke, Ahmed Bangura, Bernard Singleton, Desere Mondon, Baboucar Jobe, , John D. Bair, Susan Bergeron, Paul Berlier, Eric Bruno Borgman, Luis Cabrera, Craig Calman, KimStacy Carter, Lisa Cavanaugh, Alex Daunis, Nino Del Padre, Johnny Egan, Chris Fagan, Lawrence Gaughan, Morgan Hobart, Nick King, Tommy Lynch, Luis Muñoz, Ungenita Prevost, Glendon Rich, Kevin M. Simon, Daniel Sutton, John H. Tobin, Harrison Young
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“- John Quincy Adams: I'm telling you, I'm preparing you, I suppose I'm explaining to you that the test ahead of us is an exceptionally difficult one.
- Cinque: We won't be going there alone.
- John Quincy Adams: Alone? Indeed not, no we have right at our side, we have righteousness at our side. We have Mr Baldwin over there.
- Cinque: I meant my...” (continue)(continue reading)“Who we are is who we were.”
“Is there anything as pathetic as an ex-president?”
“- John Quincy Adams: Now, you understand you're going to the Supreme Court. Do you know why?
- Cinque: It is the place where they finally kill us.”“What kind of a place is this where you almost mean what you say? Where laws almost work? How can you live like that?”
“I am embarrassed to admit that I was under the misconception that our Executive and Judicial Branches were separate.”
“- John Quincy Adams: [referring to African slaves] What is their story, by the way?
- Theodore Joadson: Sir?
- John Quincy Adams: What is their story?
- Theodore Joadson: Why, they're… they're from west Africa.
- John Quincy Adams: No. What is their story? Mr. Joadson, you're from where originally?
- Theodore Joadson: Why, Georgia, sir.
- John...” (continue)(continue reading)“The natural state of mankind is, and I know this is a controversial idea, is freedom. Is freedom. And the proof is the length to which a man, woman or child will go to regain it once taken. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.”
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