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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter.
The 1997 film Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, is based on this book, including the Supreme Court case. It stars Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams, Morgan Freeman as an American abolitionist, Djimon Hounsou as Cinqué, leader of the slaves; and Matthew McConaughey as Roger Sherman Baldwin, the lawyer to the Mende captives.
Actor Character Film 1995: Ed Harris (TIE) Gene Kranz: Apollo 13: Kevin Spacey (TIE) Roger "Verbal" Kint / Keyser Söze: The Usual Suspects: 1996: Cuba Gooding Jr. Rodney "Rod" Tidwell: Jerry Maguire: 1997: Anthony Hopkins: John Quincy Adams: Amistad: 1998: Billy Bob Thornton: Jacob Mitchell: A Simple Plan: 1999: Michael Clarke Duncan: John ...
John Quincy Adams: Amistad: Greg Kinnear: Simon Bishop: As Good as It Gets: Burt Reynolds: Jack Horner: Boogie Nights: 1998: James Coburn ‡ Glen Whitehouse: Affliction [71] Robert Duvall: Jerome Facher: A Civil Action: Ed Harris: Christof The Truman Show: Geoffrey Rush: Philip Henslowe: Shakespeare in Love: Billy Bob Thornton: Jacob Mitchell ...
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role; Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire. Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown as John Brown; Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams; Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop
A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000.. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S ...
Quincy holds a tea honoring five women who have contributed to the city in various ways, while looking back to early women's advocate Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams urged her husband to 'Remember ...
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: John Quincy Adams: Anthony Hopkins Amistad: Nominated 2006: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Franklin D. Roosevelt: Kenneth Branagh: Warm Springs: Nominated 2009: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Richard Nixon Frank ...