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November 8th 2006 05:26
Blood Diamond is a 2006 film by Edward Zwick, the Academy Award-winning director of Glory and The Last Samurai. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to so-called conflict diamonds, which are usually mined in war zones and are sold to finance the conflicts. It will be released into America on December 8th and the UK on January 26th, 2007. The Australian release date is January 18th.
Set in '90s Sierra Leone, a time of chaos and civil war, 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 as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a priceless diamond which can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns Solomon - who was torn from his family and forced to toil in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men go on a dangerous journey through rebel territory, a journey which could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
The film comes in the midst of an upsurge in public awareness of the conflict diamond trade, also highlighted in the media by rapper Kanye West in his song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", a VH1 documentary about current conditions in Sierra Leone called "Bling", and a novel-length expose called "The Heartless Stone".
De Beers Group, which controls the vast majority of the diamond trade, has expressed reservations the film will reduce public demand for diamonds. De Beers maintains the trade in conflict diamonds has been reduced from 4% to 1% by the Kimberley Process and it has been suggested the company pushed for the film to contain a disclaimer saying the events are fictional and in the past.[1] The De Beers diamond cartel has denied this.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Produced by: Gillian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick
Written by: Charles Leavitt
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: North America - December 8th, 2006; Australia - January 18th, 2007; UK - January 26th, 2007
Rating: USA - R; strong violence and language.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Blood Diamond (film).
Set in '90s Sierra Leone, a time of chaos and civil war, 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 as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a priceless diamond which can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns Solomon - who was torn from his family and forced to toil in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men go on a dangerous journey through rebel territory, a journey which could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
The film comes in the midst of an upsurge in public awareness of the conflict diamond trade, also highlighted in the media by rapper Kanye West in his song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", a VH1 documentary about current conditions in Sierra Leone called "Bling", and a novel-length expose called "The Heartless Stone".
De Beers Group, which controls the vast majority of the diamond trade, has expressed reservations the film will reduce public demand for diamonds. De Beers maintains the trade in conflict diamonds has been reduced from 4% to 1% by the Kimberley Process and it has been suggested the company pushed for the film to contain a disclaimer saying the events are fictional and in the past.[1] The De Beers diamond cartel has denied this.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Produced by: Gillian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick
Written by: Charles Leavitt
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: North America - December 8th, 2006; Australia - January 18th, 2007; UK - January 26th, 2007
Rating: USA - R; strong violence and language.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Blood Diamond (film).
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