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Historical basis. The conspiracy underlying the plot of the film is loosely based on the Business Plot, an alleged conspiracy to oust President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Valerie is under constant supervision by Tom and Libby, who claim that she suffers from a nerve disease and epilepsy. It is later revealed that they were poisoning Valerie to keep her compliant.
Weak Plot!! The movie Amsterdam is beautifully written and directed by David O. Russell, and often reminded me of Wes Anderson's movie style. The plot however is weak and without much depth but the description of each character is very sharp.
The Committee of Five. The committee consisted of two New England men, John Adams of Massachusetts and Roger Sherman of Connecticut; two men from the Middle Colonies, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York; and one southerner, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
Amsterdam was inspired by the real-life conspiracy known as the Wall Street Putsch, an alleged plot by a cabal of business tycoons to oust Franklin D. Roosevelt by coup and install a corporate-friendly dictator fashioned after Mussolini and Hitler. It's dire stuff, but Russell approaches it with a seriocomic lilt.