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...revolt. The mutiny was ultimately put down when the remaining crew secretly steered the boat to Montauk, N.Y., and the Africans were taken into custody. They eventually went free when the U.S. Supreme Court declared their enslavement illegal. More than a century and a half later, director Steven Spielberg told the tale on film--modern America's equivalent of a marble monument to the event...
Even before Spielberg's Amistad hit the screen, however, Mystic's Amistad was in the works. The ship had long been the stuff of maritime legend, and the folks at the Mystic Seaport--who maintain and exhibit more than 500 historic vessels--figured there was no better way to honor the Amistad story than to build the ship anew. On March 25, the reborn boat will at last be launched. Says Quentin Snediker, the project's coordinator: "This vessel will be part ship and part floating museum...
...such a monster PR campaign with literally hundreds of trade ads that they planted the seeds in voters minds that maybe Ryan didn't have to win. And so, the old geezers at the Academy got confused (so much information! Their brains can't handle it!). They vote Steven Spielberg as Best Director, Shakespeare as Best Picture...
...when The Cider House Rules got nominated, you can bet that Spielberg and the team at Dreamworks had abdominal cramps. American Beauty, of course, is the frontrunner-and that's a Dreamworks film. Do you see it now? Yes, Miramax is staging a repeat of last year's race: Dreamworks' favored American Beauty vs. the Miramax underdog Cider House. Does it matter that Cider House isn't as good as Shakespeare in Love and that American Beauty is far superior to Saving Private Ryan? Absolutely not. The Academy voters ignore such subtleties. If you scream loud enough, their hearing aids...
...received an Academy Award in 1998 for the film Good Will Hunting and was nominated for another Oscar last year for his role in Steven Spielberg's World War II drama, Saving Private Ryan. His performance in The Talented Mr. Ripley this year was also widely praised...