(Morgan gives the last clue.) John Quincy Adams & Martin Van Buren were characters in this 1997 film in which I starred with Djimon Hounsou
The 
New Republic, Stanley Kaufmann, December 22, 1997 ... And this is a film in 
which John Quincy Adams, played by Anthony Hopkins as a wise old ... "Amistad" 
boasts a star-spangled cast that includes Nigel Hawthorne as pro-slavery 
President... [DOC] [TLE] Amistad (1997) - IMDb [PAR] Drama  About a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the 
northeastern ... With Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, 
Morgan Freeman.