Amistad - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Amistad"
Amistad (1997)
Timing:
2:35 (155 min)
7.025/10
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7.215/10
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7.3/10
87000
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Colin Wilson
Producer
Executive Producer
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
Writer
Casting
Tere López
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
Tony Fanning
Art Direction
Christopher Burian-Mohr
Art Direction
Costume Design
Stunts
Seth Arnett
Stunts
Robert Apisa
Stunts
Eric Chambers
Stunts
Frank Ferrara
Stunts
Richard L. Duran
Stunts
John Escobar
Stunts
David Williams
Stunts
Ingrid Walters
Stunts
Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts
Irving E. Lewis
Stunts
Mary Fallick
Stunts
Alphonse Walter
Stunts
Donna Wilson
Stunts
Gene Williams
Stunts
Terrence Walters
Stunts
David Noble
Stunts
Lisa Davis
Stunts
Denise Barker
Stunts
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
M. James Arnett
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Trish Luberti
Set Decoration
Original Music Composer
Co-Producer
Tim Shriver
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Bonnie Curtis
Associate Producer
Paul Deason
Associate Producer
Director of Photography
Makeup Department Head
Supervising Sound Editor
Louis L. Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Janna Stern
Script Supervisor
Still Photographer
Andrew Cooper
Still Photographer
Assistant Editor
Michael Trent
Assistant Editor
Leadman
Ray Fisher
Leadman
Accountant
Scott Watanabe
Accountant
Gaffer
David Devlin
Gaffer
Music Editor
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Production Sound Mixer
Ron Judkins
Production Sound Mixer
Co-Executive Producer
Bob Cooper
Co-Executive Producer
Rigging Gaffer
Modeling
Craig Lyn
Modeling
Sound Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Editor
Jeff Clark
Sound Editor
Ronald Eng
Sound Editor
Ed Fassl
Sound Editor
Howard Neiman
Sound Editor
Leonard T. Geschke
Sound Editor
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Bruce Richardson
Sound Editor
Gary Krivacek
Sound Editor
Camera Department Production Assistant
Production Intern
What's left behind the scenes
- The rights to adapt Owen's book were acquired back in 1984, but future producer Debbie Allen suggested Spielberg direct after filming 'Schindler's List'.
- This was the first film directed by Spielberg at the DreamWorks SKG studio, where he was a co-owner and co-founder.
- Before the film's release, writer Barbara Chase-Riboud sued Spielberg, accusing him of basing his film on her novel 'Echo of Lions,' published in Italy. Spielberg's studio won the lawsuit.
- Initially, Denzel Washington was considered for the role of Cinqué, but the actor ultimately declined.
- Among those considered for the roles were renowned actors from world cinema: the Scottish Sean Connery did not get the role of President Adams (it was taken by the Englishman Hopkins), and Cuba Gooding Jr. was considered for the role of Cinqué.
- Perhaps the actors vying for the role of Cinqué were confused by Spielberg's requirement to voice the role only in the Mende language. Throughout the entire role, this character speaks only six English words.
- Joseph Cinqué's real name was Sengbe Pieh.
- The schooner 'Amistad' was played by the Baltimore clipper 'Pride of Baltimore'.
- The opening scene, in which armed slaves fight back against the ship's crew, was cut for Jamaican cinemas. The reason was that the majority of Jamaican residents are descendants of slaves from West Africa, and such a brutal scene could 'offend the memory of their ancestors'.
- Denzel Washington was initially considered for the role of Cinqué, but the actor ultimately declined.
- Anthony Hopkins astonished the entire film crew by flawlessly performing the delivery of a speech in the courtroom (which spanned seven pages in the script) on his very first take. The film's director and producer, Steven Spielberg, was so impressed by this that he stopped addressing the actor by the name “Tony” and began calling him exclusively “Sir Anthony”.
- In the town of Mystic, on the banks of the river of the same name, stands the America & Sea Museum. A replica of the ship 'Amistad' was built there, and some scenes were filmed there as well, particularly the scene in which the lawyer for the defendants finds an interpreter.
- The opening scene, in which armed slaves fight back against the ship's crew, was cut for Jamaican cinemas. This was because the majority of Jamaicans are descendants of slaves from West Africa, and such a violent scene could 'offend the memory of their ancestors'.
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