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Production:

• Directed by Steven Spielberg    
• Written by William Owens from his book Black Mutiny, and David Franzoni, Steven Zaillian  
• Produced by Debbie Allen
• Original music by John Williams    
• Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski    
• Film Editing by Michael Kahn
• Production Design by Rick Carter
• Art Direction Christopher Burian-Mohr
• Set Decoration Rosemary Brandenburg    
• Costume Design by Ruth E. Carter
• Sound by Jeff Clark, Charles L. Campbell

Cast:

• Djimon Hounsou as Cinqué
• Matthew McConaughey as Baldwin
• Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams
• Morgan Freeman as Theodore Joadson
• Nigel Hawthorne as Martin Van Buren
• David Paymer as Secretary Forsyth
• Pete Postlethwaite as Holabird
• Stellan Skarsgård as Tappan
• Razaaq Adoti as Yamba
• Abu Bakaar Fofanah as Fala
• Anna Paquin as Queen Isabel II
• Tomas Milian as Calderon
• Chjwetel Ejiofor as Ensign Covey

  map of Amistad and Creole routes from A. B. Hart, 1906

• Derrick N. Ashong as Bukei
• Geno Silva as Ruiz
• John Ortiz as Montes
• Ralph Brown as Lieutenant Gedney
• Darren E. Burrows as Lieutenant Meade
• Allan Rich as Judge Juttson
• Paul Guilfoyle as Attorney
• Peter Firth as Captain Fitzgerald
• Xander Berkeley as Hammond
• Jeremy Northam as Judge Coglin
• Arliss Howard as John C. Calhoun

Links:

• Credits from the IMDB for the title Amistad
• Film review by Sally Hadden, 1997
• Exploring Amistad from Mystic Seaport
• The Creole slave revolt was similar to the Amistad revolt.

References:

• Hadden, Sally. "Amistad," Film review from H-Law@msu.edu (December, 1997) article
• Jackson, Donald Dale. "Mutiny on the Amistad," Smithsonian, Dec. 1997, Vol. 28 Issue 9, pp. 115-124, article
• Jones, Howard. Mutiny on the Amistad. 1987, is the most reliable source.
• Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Film review in Journal of American History, Dec. 1998, pp. 1174-1176.