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Amistad is a 1997 historical drama film about a mutiny on an African slave ship that occurred in 1839. The story involves the captives' attempts to sail home, and their capture off the Atlantic coast.

January 1997: Matthew McConaughey is in talks with Steven Spielberg to star in DreamWorks' "Amistad," the project that marks the filmmaker's first directorial effort for his company and his next film after the "Jurassic Park" sequel "The Lost World." McConaughey is currently at work with Robert Zemeckis on Warner Bros.' "Contact," which wraps in February. McConaughey was to start "Newton Boys" after that, but the film is now expected to be pushed back from April to accommodate his turn in "Amistad." The Spielberg film is to begin filming in February. Spielberg had previously gone out to Dustin Hoffman, but Hoffman is working with Barry Levinson on back-to-back projects "Wag the Dog" and "Sphere." he "Amistad" script was written by David Franzoni and rewritten by Steve Zaillian ("Schindler's List").

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