The 1997 movie Morgan Freeman couldn’t refuse: “This was a momentous undertaking”You can convince Morgan Freeman to make just about anything by waving enough money in front of his face, but when a script or a story catches his eye, he’ll do just about anything to be involved. In a rare turn of events, though, Freeman made two films in 1997 that he was equally invested in. In addition, he also ticked another name from his directorial bucket list when he collaborated with Steven Spielberg on Amistad. Having found the perfect part, the star was under no illusions that Amistad was a story that needed to be told. “You couldn’t help but see this was a momentous undertaking in terms of telling the story.”