Blood Diamond (2006) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 8, 2006
On DVD:	March 20, 2007
Genre:	Action, Drama
Director:	Edward Zwick
Writer:	Charles Leavitt, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Cast:	Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, James Purefoy, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins, Michael Sheen
Studio:	Warner Brothers
Official site:	blooddiamondmovie.com
Running Time:	138 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong violence and language

Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be—until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives.

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Leonardo DiCaprio already wowed audiences once with The Departed, but can he do it a second time within the span of three months? From Edward Zwick, the director of The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall and Glory, comes Blood Diamond, an in-your-face look at the mining of so-called conflict diamonds in Africa.

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