The thing that makes this clip so powerful was laid in the previous clip, when he started naming Founding Fathers of the United States. It reminded that here was one who knew the men he named, who walked with them and spoke with them and, in that regard, could be considered to be the last representative of that generation which lived through the American Revolution and, as such, was their spokesman. When you take this into account, it makes his statement foretelling the coming of the American Civil War much more powerful, as if, through him, they were saying "If civil war is needed to finish what we began, then let it come, and let it be the last battle of our Revolution."
I would also argue Quincy Adams was out last revolutionary president. The last president of the same spirit as the founding fathers, since him the presidents had been undeniably different. Partly because of how drastically Andrew Jackson changed politics.
I would think John Quincy Adams knew the Founding Fathers could of dealt with a divisive issue such as slavery but they were more concerned about uniting the country after the Revolution so they punted it away for future presidents to deal with. None of them of course could deal with slavery until Abraham Lincoln.
@@reesehendricksen1871 You're so right. The Jacksonian era really changed things...thank the heavens for someone as brave as Abe Lincoln to follow in JQA's footsteps. I read that Abe served with JQA directly in Congress, just for 3 months until he passed.
Interesting enough John Quincy Adams is the only president to serve in the House after his presidency when he died on February 23, 1848 he died in the Speaker's Room inside the Capitol Building. First term Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was assigned to the committee making the funeral arrangements for John Quincy Adams.
"And if it means civil war... then let it come. And when it does, may it be, finally, the last battle of the American Revolution." That's my favorite part. It gives me chills every time.
@@Dann_yyyyy that everyone born in this magnificent country is afforded the rights that the founders fought a revolution against the mightiest empire in the world for.
@@Dann_yyyyy Fulfilling what the Declaration of Independence stated...."all men are created equal." Ensuring those freedoms and rights our founding fathers fought for was bestowed upon everyone and not just the few.
@@Dann_yyyyy: It means that slavery needed to be crushed in order for America to be as truly free a country as its Founding Fathers intended, and that if unraveling slavery meant taking the country to civil war, then it was worth going to war over. Now, in real life, the Amistad case was not directly connected to the start of the Civil War, which would not occur for a couple more decades. But in the context of this movie, it works powerfully.
John Quincy Adams was so intelligent he could grasp two languages by the age of 6. He accompanied his father in France to act as a translator. He owned a pet alligator and could swim the Potomac in an hour at the age of 58. He died a firsthand witness to the battle of bunker hill and the son of a Founding Father and President.
Sir Anthony Hopkins did this entire speech in the first take. One single take. When he was finished, Spielberg said, "You might prefer 'Tony,' but from now on I'm calling you 'Sir Anthony.'"
Surprising how this Court decision doesn’t have much weight in Political Science classes. You only hear of Dred v Scott. When Amistad is a precursor to that case.
Dred Scott was enacted in spite of the State Rights to decide on the issue. Wisconsin said so and opposed its application. Later on, the Reb States rebelled, they did not use the term "State Rights" in their declarations, they complained harshly of the disobedience of Northern States to obey the Federal Slave Fugitive Law. But 50 years after Civil War, the descendants of the Rebs were bitching about "State Rights", and they even ranted that their ancestors rebelled not because of Slavery, but because of the lack of respect of the Federal Government to the Rights of the States.
Part 2 of "1776" this scene. He finished what his father started. John Adams wanted everyone free. They settled to get the south on board for the Revolution but the "peculiar institution" existed. I love his attitude. Backs to wall, Van Buren and John C. Calhoune the loudest voices in the room still, Adams was as brash as his father. "Screw off, if we fight over it, bring it on. Let's settle this now" Unreal, the power and history behind this simple little story. So good. Such a powerful film.
@@Kai-tn4yx Well yes on the infrastructure, but Jackson supporters in congress and senate blocked him whenever they could, so much so that he could barely do anything since they were butthurt over Jackson losing the previous election.
Believe it or not, Anthony Hopkins received a nomination from the Academy Awards. He was competing against Burt Reynolds in “Boogie Nights”, Greg Kinnear in “As good as it gets” and Robert Forster in “Jackie Brown”. All of them were defeated by Robin Williams in “Good Will Hunting”
John Quincy Adams argued at length on two seperate days , 24th Feb. and 1st March 1841 ,to the Supreme Court on behalf of the Amistad captives. This is one segment of his argument.
@@jayteegamble No, these aren't the specific words from Adams' speech, which in real life lasted several hours. It's a rewritten compression of the speech, written either by David Franzoni or by Steven Zaillian... I'm not sure which.
Of course some historical details are imprecise, but still it is beautiful: no-one is an island, no-one is without room for improvement, no society is without it's flaws. Who deserves what and why is beside the point. The point is: choose between selflessness and selfishness. Accept when life and people say no to you yes, but don't let that stop you from believing in the potential for a society to be better than it once was. Freedom is not a prize to be won, it's a road we all walk down, often hardly, often slowly, often with obstacles, often with some parts of the road missing and in need of being put in, still we all have choices and we should respect and appreciate them and other people's, whatever our judgements. I think John Adams senior would have been proud of his son.
In my opinion, he resembles him because our DNA is finite. Meaning, there have been and always will be people in the entire human family that will resemble others down through the ages. I saw a woman on LinkedIn that resembles a woman who I personally know, but the woman I know is African American, but the woman on LinkedIn was from Nigeria. I had to look twice to be certain that it wasn't the woman who I personally know. The resemblance was just that striking.
One of the guys on the bench is former Supreme Court justice Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v Wade… I wonder how he’s coping with it… down in Hell. Great movie tho
But you all agreed with slavery at some point. It just suited political gain. In the UK it happened earlier. Be good the nation that didn't have slavery in the first place.
As in all the chapters of the history of mankind, not only heroes and villains were opposed to slavery. Cinqué, who had led the insurrection on the "Amistad" and was triumphantly released by a US court, tried to be a business man in the slave trade after his return to the African homeland. Spielberg's film does not report this.
The film never outright says that Cinque became a slave trader because there doesn't seem to be hard proof of that anywhere. What the film *does* say, however, is that Cinque came home to find his family gone... and that it's believed that they were sold into slavery. So, the film has a bittersweet conclusion. It says that slavery has no ending.
The thing that makes this clip so powerful was laid in the previous clip, when he started naming Founding Fathers of the United States. It reminded that here was one who knew the men he named, who walked with them and spoke with them and, in that regard, could be considered to be the last representative of that generation which lived through the American Revolution and, as such, was their spokesman. When you take this into account, it makes his statement foretelling the coming of the American Civil War much more powerful, as if, through him, they were saying "If civil war is needed to finish what we began, then let it come, and let it be the last battle of our Revolution."
I would also argue Quincy Adams was out last revolutionary president. The last president of the same spirit as the founding fathers, since him the presidents had been undeniably different. Partly because of how drastically Andrew Jackson changed politics.
I would think John Quincy Adams knew the Founding Fathers could of dealt with a divisive issue such as slavery but they were more concerned about uniting the country after the Revolution so they punted it away for future presidents to deal with. None of them of course could deal with slavery until Abraham Lincoln.
He was against slavery when he was in the House.
And he dad hated it too.
@@reesehendricksen1871 You're so right. The Jacksonian era really changed things...thank the heavens for someone as brave as Abe Lincoln to follow in JQA's footsteps. I read that Abe served with JQA directly in Congress, just for 3 months until he passed.
Interesting enough John Quincy Adams is the only president to serve in the House after his presidency when he died on February 23, 1848 he died in the Speaker's Room inside the Capitol Building. First term Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was assigned to the committee making the funeral arrangements for John Quincy Adams.
"And if it means civil war... then let it come. And when it does, may it be, finally, the last battle of the American Revolution."
That's my favorite part. It gives me chills every time.
what does it mean exactly tho
Me too.
@@Dann_yyyyy that everyone born in this magnificent country is afforded the rights that the founders fought a revolution against the mightiest empire in the world for.
@@Dann_yyyyy Fulfilling what the Declaration of Independence stated...."all men are created equal." Ensuring those freedoms and rights our founding fathers fought for was bestowed upon everyone and not just the few.
@@Dann_yyyyy: It means that slavery needed to be crushed in order for America to be as truly free a country as its Founding Fathers intended, and that if unraveling slavery meant taking the country to civil war, then it was worth going to war over. Now, in real life, the Amistad case was not directly connected to the start of the Civil War, which would not occur for a couple more decades. But in the context of this movie, it works powerfully.
they got the perfect person to play john quincy adams. he look just like him
Indeed he does. Hopkins himself remarked how much they resembled one another.
Look at pictures of james Buchanan. He looks more like him than john Quincy adams
Agreed although he should also play james Buchanan if it ever is a means for it. And alec baldwin as millard fillmore
Originally, Sean Connery was considered for the role.
John Quincy Adams was so intelligent he could grasp two languages by the age of 6. He accompanied his father in France to act as a translator. He owned a pet alligator and could swim the Potomac in an hour at the age of 58. He died a firsthand witness to the battle of bunker hill and the son of a Founding Father and President.
Sir Anthony Hopkins did this entire speech in the first take. One single take. When he was finished, Spielberg said, "You might prefer 'Tony,' but from now on I'm calling you 'Sir Anthony.'"
Surprising how this Court decision doesn’t have much weight in Political Science classes. You only hear of Dred v Scott. When Amistad is a precursor to that case.
*Dred Scott v. Sandford
Name of the guy is Dred Scott
Dred Scott was enacted in spite of the State Rights to decide on the issue. Wisconsin said so and opposed its application. Later on, the Reb States rebelled, they did not use the term "State Rights" in their declarations, they complained harshly of the disobedience of Northern States to obey the Federal Slave Fugitive Law. But 50 years after Civil War, the descendants of the Rebs were bitching about "State Rights", and they even ranted that their ancestors rebelled not because of Slavery, but because of the lack of respect of the Federal Government to the Rights of the States.
Because no one would make the case for slavery today, duh. Hardly Roe vs Wade
Most powerful words in the whole film
"it's all i have to say" drops the mike..
Part 2 of "1776" this scene. He finished what his father started. John Adams wanted everyone free. They settled to get the south on board for the Revolution but the "peculiar institution" existed. I love his attitude. Backs to wall, Van Buren and John C. Calhoune the loudest voices in the room still, Adams was as brash as his father.
"Screw off, if we fight over it, bring it on. Let's settle this now"
Unreal, the power and history behind this simple little story.
So good.
Such a powerful film.
Me encanta este actor, Anthony Hopkins...pero desearía ser escuchado en español.
@@azucenapereira9256
There is a video of this on RUclips with Spanish dubbing. Check it out.
I love the camera pans to show the bust of John Adams looking over John Quincy Adams’ shoulder as a proud father watching his son.
John Quincy might have been a mediocre President. But he was one of our greatest statesmen and a fantastic lawyer like his father.
certain issue's he was ahead of his time.
He was quite good as president. Improved the infrastructure, paid down the debt, protected Native Americans from abuse etc.
@@Kai-tn4yx Well yes on the infrastructure, but Jackson supporters in congress and senate blocked him whenever they could, so much so that he could barely do anything since they were butthurt over Jackson losing the previous election.
wow another epic performance by Sir Anthony Hopkins!
Probably his best performance.
He's the best.
Literally the best.
If there was one I had to choose.
Anthony Hopkins is good at this
Sir Anthony Hopkins was nominated for an Oscar for this performance. He should have won because it was an extremely powerful role.
He played Nixon and I think he'd be an amazing james Buchanan. He looks like him more than john Quincy Adam's imho
I want the scene that a men is just standing in a boat saying : FIRE
I can't stop crying. From watching this rn...
This was oscar worthy
The film was nominated for 4 Oscars, including one for Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Believe it or not, Anthony Hopkins received a nomination from the Academy Awards. He was competing against Burt Reynolds in “Boogie Nights”, Greg Kinnear in “As good as it gets” and Robert Forster in “Jackie Brown”. All of them were defeated by Robin Williams in “Good Will Hunting”
Everyone's praising Antony Hopkins for his performance... But I'd like to praise the writers who wrote this speech.
it was written by John Quincy Adams.
@@jayteegamble It was not.
Was it?
John Quincy Adams argued at length on two seperate days , 24th Feb. and 1st March 1841 ,to the Supreme Court on behalf of the Amistad captives.
This is one segment of his argument.
@@jayteegamble No, these aren't the specific words from Adams' speech, which in real life lasted several hours. It's a rewritten compression of the speech, written either by David Franzoni or by Steven Zaillian... I'm not sure which.
I love it when quincy takes the notes off the lawyers side as well ?
One of my favourite movies. Based on facts, great cast.
John Quincy Adams: "Its all I have to say."
Me: Why am I expecting a mic drop sound effect?
A wonderful speech. Best part of the movie.
Anthony Hopkins has been 75 years old for 40 years.
Of course some historical details are imprecise, but still it is beautiful: no-one is an island, no-one is without room for improvement, no society is without it's flaws. Who deserves what and why is beside the point. The point is: choose between selflessness and selfishness. Accept when life and people say no to you yes, but don't let that stop you from believing in the potential for a society to be better than it once was. Freedom is not a prize to be won, it's a road we all walk down, often hardly, often slowly, often with obstacles, often with some parts of the road missing and in need of being put in, still we all have choices and we should respect and appreciate them and other people's, whatever our judgements.
I think John Adams senior would have been proud of his son.
Well said! 👍💯
What an incredible speech. Breath taking.
Then let it come... Damn right..
Love Anthony. My hero...and a fellow AA member.
I like that he looks at the bust of his dad as he starts his speech
What A SPEECH!!!!!!!
I rented this movie when it came out. Had some horrific scenes.
Who’s here in 2021?
who we are IS who we were!
Antony Hopkins was old even back in 1997
In my opinion, he resembles him because our DNA is finite. Meaning, there have been and always will be people in the entire human family that will resemble others down through the ages.
I saw a woman on LinkedIn that resembles a woman who I personally know, but the woman I know is African American, but the woman on LinkedIn was from Nigeria. I had to look twice to be certain that it wasn't the woman who I personally know. The resemblance was just that striking.
check out the book "Liberty, the god that failed"
Sounds Marxist to me.. no thnx. Usually involves a godless nation that thinks there is equality without freedom. which does not exist.
Me gustaria ver esta pelicula en espanol. Alguien podria subirla por favor. Gracias.
Magnifico filme.
He's predicting the Civil War
Was the story of Amistad true?
Yes definitely
Gentleman from Braintree, Massachusetts.
Nope. It angers - putting barriers in the way of a search for ancestors. Not good enough for THIS world? Well Thanks a bunch.
do you have the link for the full movie of La amistad?
Excellent ....
Your father will be so proud of you
Subtitles are terrible!
Did he really say tha?, was there a court recorder? Or is that dramatization?
did ya look it up?
Damn.
One of the guys on the bench is former Supreme Court justice Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v Wade…
I wonder how he’s coping with it… down in Hell.
Great movie tho
This case should have been the Juneteenth. They were the first freed slaves.
More like the first battle of the Civil War!
Is Amistad name is "James Amistead Laffay"?
No its a old Spanish word for friendship
But you all agreed with slavery at some point. It just suited political gain. In the UK it happened earlier. Be good the nation that didn't have slavery in the first place.
Jesus loves you and he wants you to repent and to spread the word of God
As in all the chapters of the history of mankind, not only heroes and villains were opposed to slavery. Cinqué, who had led the insurrection on the "Amistad" and was triumphantly released by a US court, tried to be a business man in the slave trade after his return to the African homeland. Spielberg's film does not report this.
I checked on this a little, and although it's true this was a rumor going around at the time, I have yet to find any substantial evidence on it.
The film never outright says that Cinque became a slave trader because there doesn't seem to be hard proof of that anywhere. What the film *does* say, however, is that Cinque came home to find his family gone... and that it's believed that they were sold into slavery. So, the film has a bittersweet conclusion. It says that slavery has no ending.
There’s no hard proof of this though. It was a rumor
Zastrzeliliscie kogoś kto powiedział wam prawda prosto w ryj ,my mężczyźni i nasz strach .
It's the same thing as watching that Godzilla movie from 1998. There's the symphony behind Godzilla. Why? Just ...... why???!!!!!
And threre's the music to make sure the watcher 'gets it'. I hate the dumbing down of this.....