Movie · 1997
Amistad
Released 10 December 1997 More from 1997 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
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How old were they?
Tomas Milian
as Calderon
Morgan Freeman
as Theodore Joadson
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as General Espatero
Geno Silva
as Ruiz
Stellan Skarsgård
as Tappan
Harry Groener
as Tecora Captain
David Paymer
as Secretary John Forsyth
Victor Rivers
as Captain Ferrar
Ralph Brown
as Lieutenant Gedney
Jeremy Northam
as Judge Coglin
Rusty Schwimmer
as Mrs. Pendleton
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Missionary
Darren E. Burrows
as Lieutenant Meade
John Ortiz
as Montes
Matthew McConaughey
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Razaaq Adoti
as Yamba
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Ensign Covey
Anna Paquin
as Queen Isabella
Frank T. Wells
as Crier
Hawthorne James
as Creole Cook
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The numbers
49years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Tomas Milian — oldest on the call sheet
15Anna Paquin — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast