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<html> <head> <title>12 Years a Slave</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> 12 Years a Slave (30-Aug-2013) <img src="t.12y-1.jpg" height=220 width=148 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right> Director: <a href="/people/572/000380429/">Steve McQueen</a>Writer: John RidleyBased on a book: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupKeywords: <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"></div>Biographical drama tells the story of an antebellum-era free black man's abduction and sale into slavery. ABSTRACT Solomon Northup, a free black man from Saratoga Springs, New York, is lured to Washington, D.C. in 1841 with promises of a tantalizing job offer and subsequently abducted. Sold into slavery, Northup is forced to work on a Louisiana plantation for twelve years until a chance encounter with a white abolitionist from Canada leads to his freedom after New York state officials decide to intervene. Won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay; nominated for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/634/000274809/">Benedict Cumberbatch</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>BBC's Sherlock Holmes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000129291/">Paul Dano</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Little Miss Sunshine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000275140/">Garret Dillahunt</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Burt Chance on Raising Hope</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000131737/">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dirty Pretty Things</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000280554/">Michael Fassbender</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Centurion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000024522/">Paul Giamatti</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>John Adams</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000380427/">Lupita Nyong'o</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>12 Years a Slave</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000110515/">Sarah Paulson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Down with Love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000025613/">Brad Pitt</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ocean's Eleven</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000025227/">Alfre Woodard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>K-PAX</td> </tr> </table> REVIEWS<table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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