Release Date
December 8, 2006
DVD Release Date
March 20, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Running Time
138 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence and language
What is Blood Diamond about?
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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MOVIE REVIEW
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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