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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Amistad (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), HBO Pictures, DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Freeman, Morgan, Hawthorne, Nigel, Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-, Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-, McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-, Paymer, David, Postlethwaite, Pete, Skarsgård, Stellan
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [1999]
Edition:Widescreen ed.
Subjects:
Amistad (Schooner) > Drama.
Slave insurrections > United States > Drama.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1997 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; DTS 5.1 surround and Dolby surround; dual layer; aspect ratio: 1.85:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; editor, Michael Kahn ; art, Christopher Burian-Mohr, Tony Fanning and Jim Teegarden ; music, John Williams ; costumes, Ruth E. Carter.
ISBN:0783235453