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Blood Diamond (2006)

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Release Date: December 8, 2006
On DVD: March 20, 2007
Genre: Action, Drama
Running Time: 138 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence and language.
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

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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Grade: B 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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