Time for a long connect 
B takes his alias after events surrounding A . B established X which shot to worldwide (in)fame because of C . C compared X to D . An important characteristic of D was used by actor E in one of his roles Y . To complete the connect , E holds a unique achievement Z which has a lot to do with A .
Solve for all .
A
B
C
D
E
Donald Defreeze ( B ) takes his nickname ‘Cinque Mtume’ from Joseph Cinque , the leader of the slave rebellion aboard ‘Amistad‘ ( A ) . Defreeze founded the Symbionese Liberation Army ( X ) which beacme world (in)famous for the kidnapping of media-heiress Patty Hearst ( C ) . She compared SLA to Charles Manson ( D ) [ as seen in South Park ] . The fact that Manson never blinked ( Y ) was used by Anthony Hopkins ( E ) for his character Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ . Hopkins is the only actor to recieve 2 Oscar nominations for playing the part of an American President ( Z ) – Richard Nixon in Nixon and John Quincy Adams in Spielberg’s ‘Amistad’ ( A ) .
Full credits to all who got 6 or more correct – Johny Walker , Nishanth Raman , Arun Hiregange , Arun AS , Ijaz Aslam , Rithwik , Hadi and Anil Raghavan . Half credits to Jithin , Abhi and Incognito .
[P.S . - Ive got confirmation that E is Alan Dobie indeed . Apologies to everyone . Points to everyone who've mentioned Dobie/Hopkins . And thanks to Arun Hiregange and Anil Raghavan for the clarification ]
X: Symbionese Liberation Army
A: Amistad
C: Patty Hearst
Rest no idea
A- Joseph Cinqué
B -Donald DeFreeze
C- Patty Hearst
D- Charles Manson
A – Amistad revolt
B – Donald DeFreeze (Cinque)
C – Patty Hearst
D – Charles Manson
E – Anthony Hopkins (??)
X – Symbionese Liberation Army
Y – Hannibal Lecter
Z – Two Academy Award nominations for playing US President
I think E is Alan Dobie as Prince Andrei in War and Peace
A: Joseph Cinque taking over Amistad.
B: Donald DeFreeze
C: Patty Hearst
D:
E:
X: Symbionese Liberation Army
Y:
Z:
A – Events surrounding the revolt by African captives in La Amistad
B – Donald DeFreeze alias Field Marshal Cinque
X – Symbionese Liberation Army
C – Patty Hearst
D – Charles Manson
E – Anthony Hopkins
Y – Dr. Hannibal Lector(Hannibal Lector hardly blinks in the movie, a trait of Manson)
Z – Hopkins has received two Best Actor Academy award nominations for portraying a United States President(Nixon and Amistad)
Joseph Cinque leader of the (A) Amistad rebellion -> (B) Donald David DeFreeze of (X) Symbionese Liberation Army called himself General Cinque -> SLA abducted (C) Patty Hearst -> (D) Charles Manson -> (E) Alan Dobie in his role (Y) -> (Z)
Couldnt get Y & Z.
A – The slave rebellion in the ship Amistad led by Joseph Cinqué
B – Donald DeFreeze
C – Patty Hearst
D – Charles Manson
E – Anthony Hopkins
X – Symbionese Liberation Army
Y – Hannibal Lecter
Z – Two Academy award nominations for portraying American Presidents – John Quincy Adams (Amistad) and Richard Nixon (Nixon)
A – Rebellion in Amistad
B – Donald de Freeze(alias Field Marshal Cinque)
C – Patty Hearst
D – Jack the ripper
E – Anthony Hopkins-
Z – only actor to recieve 2 Oscar nominations for playing US President)-John Quincy Adams in Amistad
X – Symbionese Liberation Army
Y – Hannibal Lector
Donald DeFreeze aka Cinque Mtume (B) took this name from Joseph Cinqué, the reported leader of the slave rebellion which took over the Spanish slave ship Amistad in 1839 (A) and he is also the founder of Symbionese Liberation Army (X) which became internationally notorious for kidnapping media heiress Patty Hearst,(C) abducting the 19-year-old as she and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Steven Weed, sat relaxing in their Berkeley, California home amd Hearst compared SLA to most terrfic serial killer ever Charles Manson (D) who inspired Antony Hopkins (E) to create some of Hannibal Lectre’s (Y).Hopkins also have acted in the movie ” La Amistad ” by Spielberg in 1997 and he potrays the US President John Quincy Adams.With this he became the first person to received 2 Academy Award nominations for playing a United States President, having previously been nominated in 1995 for playing Richard Nixon in Nixon (Z).
Captain ! Great Question
A-La Amistad Revolution
B-Donald DeFreeze, a.k.a. “General Field Marshal Cinque”
C-Patty hearst X-Symbionese Liberation Army
D-Charles Manson
E-Anthony hopkins
Y-Silence of Lambs[he noticed that Manson very rarely blinked when giving an interview, and strived to do the same when on camera.]
Z-Oscar nomination for portraying John Quincy Adams(Amistad)…Presidents of the united states [Nixon too]
a)joseph cinque/amistad
b)donald defreeze
c)patty hearst
d)charlie manson
x)symbioneese liberation army
e)alan dobie
100% sure that is not Anthony Hopkins. Look at his eyes.