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Summary:

Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer--an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe--and Solomon Vandy--a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories 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. While in jail for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon--who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields--has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen, an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

Table of Contents:

• Caught in revolution's net
• Conflict zone statistics
• Danny negotiates
• Give it to me
• Hidden stones
• Meeting Maddy
• Soldiers and captives
• Colored by blood
• Soldier of the revolution
• Get over yourself
• Freetown siege
• Shooting to kill
• Using each other
• Unhappy reunion
• His only chance
• Little bang-bang
• Drive to survive
• Good intentions
• Painful history
• Child soldier's target

• Parting company
• After skinning
• Master
• Searching for Dia
• Father forsaken
• Kill them all
• Deadly digsite
• I am your father
• Take your boy home
• Real story now
• Solomon negotiates
• Third World's voice/Coda
• End credits.

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Contributors:

Zwick, Edward , film director, film producer

Weinstein, Paula , film producer

Herskovitz, Marshall , film producer

King, Graham, 1961- , film producer

Gorfil, Gillian , film producer

Leavitt, Charles , screenwriter

Mitchell, C. Gaby , screenwriter

DiCaprio, Leonardo , actor

Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- , actor

Connelly, Jennifer , actor

Kuypers, Kagiso , actor

Vosloo, Arnold , actor

Coleman, Antony (Actor) , actor

Mbhena, Benu , actor

Lukola, Anointing , actor

Harewood, David , actor

Wallace, Basil , actor

Mistry, Jimi, 1973- , actor

Sheen, Michael , actor

Collins, Stephen, 1947 October 1- , actor

Mwine, Ntare Guma Mbaho , actor

Essandoh, Ato , actor

Serra, Eduardo, 1943- , director of photography

Rosenblum, Steven , editor of moving image work

Howard, James Newton , composer

Weil, Dan , production designer

Dickson, Ngila , costume designer

Okun, Jeffrey A. , visual effects supervisor

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) , presenter, production company

Virtual Studios , production company

Spring Creek Productions , production company

Bedford Falls Company , production company

Initial Entertainment Group , production company

Warner Home Video (Firm) , publisher

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English, French, or Spanish; subtitles in French or Spanish.

Subjects:

Conflict diamonds — Sierra Leone — Drama

Diamonds — Sierra Leone — Drama

Smugglers — Sierra Leone — Drama

Child soldiers — Sierra Leone — Drama

Fishers — Sierra Leone — Drama

Sierra Leone — Drama

Sierra Leone — History — Civil War, 1991-2002 — Drama

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Genres:

Motion pictures

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

War films

Action and adventure films

Fiction films

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anointing Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen, Stephen Collins, Ntare Mwine, Ato Essandoh.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by Steven Rosenblum ; music by James Newton Howard ; production designer, Dan Weil ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun.

General Notes:

Closed-captioned in English
Description based on: Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Wide screen.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with director Edward Zwick [audio feature]; theatrical trailer (2 min.); Disc 2: [Featurettes] Blood on the stone / written and presented by Sorious Samura (51 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Becoming Archer (9 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Journalists on the front line (6 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Inside the siege of Freetown (11 min.) -- Music video "Shine on Em" by Nas (3 min.).

Audience:

MPAA rating: Rated R; for strong violence and language.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BLO 2006 DVD

ISBNs:

1419851845
9781419851841

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 085391152996
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 115299 (container)
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 111762 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: 115299 (disc 2)

OCLC Numbers:

77564707