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Amistad DVD

R (Restricted) :: Dreamworks Video :: Released: 1999-05-04

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Rank: #3858	Rating:
	4.0/5 (150 Reviews)

4/5 A worthy movie
  by Harry M. Shin (Livermore, CA USA)
1. I'm not able to attest to the historical accuracy of this movie (I need to read up on this story in more detail), but the movie is well made, entertaining and inspirational. A definite worthwhile movie for all to see (other than small kids).

3/5 Great Movie...poor shipping standards
  by M. Shaw (Around Greensboro, NC)
I ordered this movie as a last minute buy for a retreat I was working on. After reviewing all the merchants, I chose the one I did because he was located in the same state I am, and I thought the package would get here quickly. I even paid for the expedited shipping.
It turns out that it actually took about the same amount of time to receive the product even if I didn't pay for the expedited shipping. For whatever reason, the package went from NC to GA in order to be shipped to my house which is in NC. For something that only would have taken maybe 2-3 days by US Mail, took 5 days by DHL....makes no sense to me!!
I had to go out and buy the movie at a Best Buy since the movie did not arrive to me in enough time for the beginning of the retreat.

3/5 Listen.
  by N. Alexandre (Milwaukee, WI)
When I saw this film in the theater, I was confused, distracted and annoyed by the constant MUSIC that runs through this movie. It's not even a soundtrack, but the never-ending emotion-drenching strings; by the time you get to the courtroom scene with Anthony Hopkins, you'll wish for subtitles. Three stars is almost reaching because I want this movie redone!

4/5 Flashback with an attitude
  by Norman F. Bohrer
Not just entertainment. Although not totally historic, it is a keen look and insight into the sets of values between the white and African societies of the times. A tool of the times.

3/5 Fun Fact
  by Tacitus
Just a little something that Spielberg either did not know, or more likely deliberately left out of the film: Cinque did indeed return to his native land...and promptly became a very wealthy slave trader.

Also, Morgan Freeman's character was a complete invention.

Amistad Summary An Epic Journey Of One Man's Fight For His Life And His Freedom. This Story Of Courage And Determination Is Presented By A Director Whose Vision Goes To The Heart Of The Story And The Soul Of Its Characters. Once Again Steven Spielberg Has Created A Film Event That Will Never Be Forgotten.

Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitized history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, later, Saving Private Ryan) Spielberg restrains himself from the sweeping narrative and technical flourishes that make him one of our most entertaining and manipulative directors. Here, he doesn't even bother trying, succumbing to his driving need to entertain with beautiful images and contrived emotion. He cheapens his grandiose motives and simplifies slavery, treating it as cut- and-dry genre piece. Characters are easy Hollywood stereotypes--"villains" like the Spanish sailors or zealous abolitionists are drawn one-dimensionally and sneered upon. And Spielberg can't suppress his gifted eye, undercutting normally ugly sequences, such as the terrifying slave passage, which is shot as a gorgeous, well-lit composition. At its core, Amistad is a traditional courtroom drama, centered by a tired, clichéd narrative: a struggling, idealistic young lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) fighting the crooked political system and saving helpless victims. Worse yet, Spielberg actually takes the underlying premise of his childhood fantasy, E.T. and repackages it for slavery. Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the West African rebellion, is presented much like the adorable alien: lost, lacking a common language, and trying to find his way home. McConaughey is a grown-up Elliot who tries communicating complicated ideas such as geography by drawing pictures in the sand or language by having Cinque mimic his facial expressions. Such stuff was effective for a sci-fi fantasy about the communication barriers between a boy and a lost alien; here, it seems like a naive view of real, complex history. --Dave McCoy

Amistad DVD Techincal Details Cast: Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne
Director: Steven Spielberg
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 155 mins
UPC: 667068416220
Binding: DVD
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Release Date: 1999-05-04
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitled),