Blood Diamond
A promotional film poster for Blood Diamond
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
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Editing by	Steven Rosenblum
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	December 8, 2006 January 26, 2007
Running time	138 min
Country	United States
Language	English, Mende, Krio, Afrikaans
Budget	$100 million
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Blood Diamond is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 adventure/drama/thriller film. It was co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance the conflicts. On January 23, 2007, it was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Edward Zwick (born October 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director and film producer. ... Marshall Herskovitz (-) is an American film director. ... Graham King (born 19 December 1961) is an English Academy Award-winning film producer. ... Edward Zwick (born October 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director and film producer. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), The Beach (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs... Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former child model. ... Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated Beninoise actor, dancer and fashion model. ... Michael Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is an award-winning Welsh actor, known for his work on stage and film, best known for his portrayal of Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears 2006 British film The Queen. ... Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African/American actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. ... This article is about James Howard, the composer. ... Warner Bros. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Mende language () is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia. ... See also the Keriu language and Krio Dayak language of Indonesia. ... Look up Wiktionary:Swadesh lists for Afrikaans and Dutch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Edward Zwick (born October 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director and film producer. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), The Beach (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs... Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former child model. ... Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated Beninoise actor, dancer and fashion model. ... Panning for diamonds in Sierra Leone. ... This article is about the gemstone. ... Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people, which is sometimes characterized by physical violence. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Plot

Set in the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces.^[1] The film portrays many of the atrocities including rebels cutting off people's hands to stop them from voting in upcoming elections. Combatants Government of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Army Kamajors / South African mercenaries Nigerian-led ECOMOG forces United Kingdom Revolutionary United Front Armed Forces Revolutionary Council West Side Boys Liberia Commanders Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Samuel Hinga Norman Valentine Strasser Solomon Musa Tony Blair Foday Sankoh Johnny Paul Koroma Charles Taylor The...

The film begins with the capture of Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman, by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels. Separated from his family, Solomon is enslaved to work in the diamond fields under the command of Captain Poison (David Harewood). The RUF use the diamonds to fund their war effort often trading them directly for arms. While working in the RUF diamond fields as a forced laborer, Solomon finds a large diamond of rare pink colouring. Moments before government troops launch an attack, Captain Poison sees Solomon hiding the diamond. Captain Poison is injured in the attack before he can get the stone, and both he and Solomon are taken to prison. “Kidnapper” redirects here. ... Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated Beninoise actor, dancer and fashion model. ... The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel army that fought a failed ten-year insurrection in Sierra Leone, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. ...

Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white mercenary from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), trades arms for diamonds with a RUF commander. He was imprisoned when smuggling the diamonds into neighboring Liberia. His smuggling-beneficary was a South African mercenary named Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo), who is in turn employed by South African diamond company executive Van De Kaap (Marius Weyers). Coetzee is Archer's former commander in 32 Battalion, the most decorated unit of the South African Border War made up of Angolan and Rhodesian soldiers and white South African officers. Archer is desperate for a way to repay Colonel Coetzee for the diamonds he lost when he was thrown in jail. While in prison, he overhears Captain Poison ranting to Solomon about the discovery of the large diamond and makes plans to hunt down the stone. He arranges for Solomon's release from prison and offers to help him find his family in exchange for the diamond. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), The Beach (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs... Southern Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. ... Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African/American actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. ... 32 Battalion (sometimes nicknamed Buffalo Battalion or Os Terriveis - Portuguese for The Terrible Ones) was a highly decorated infantry battalion of the South African Army, composed of black and white officers and NCOs. ... Combatants Republic of Angola, Republic of Cuba, SWAPO, USSR, East Germany, Republic of Zambia Republic of South Africa, UNITA Scope of operations Operational Area: The South African Border War The South African Border War refers to the conflict that took place from 1966 to 1989 in South-West Africa (now...

Archer meets Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist covering the war and investigating the illegal diamond trade. Archer convinces Bowen to help him and Solomon find Solomon's family. They find his family in a UN refugee camp in Guinea inhabited by over a million refugees. But Solomon's son Dia has been kidnapped by the RUF and conscripted into becoming a child soldier. Archer says he will help Solomon get his son back if he helps him find the diamond. Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former child model. ... A Chinese Nationalist soldier, age 10, member of a Chinese division boarding planes in Myitkyina (Burma) bound for China, May 1944. ...

Archer and Solomon pretend to be journalists to accompany a convoy of journalists along with Bowen. The convoy is attacked and Archer, Solomon and Bowen escape and find their way to the South African mercenary force under Colonel Coetzee. There they learn of the attack force preparing to retake Sierra Leone. There they leave the camp while Bowen boards a plane that is carrying foreigners out of the conflict zone. After a demanding struggle, the men find the mining camp, again under RUF control, where Solomon discovered the large diamond. Here, Solomon is painfully reunited with his son Dia, who refuses to acknowledge him due to having been brainwashed by the rebels. The South African mercenary force, also after the diamond, dispatches the RUF rebels in a massive air strike; and, through a deal with Archer, forces Solomon into retrieving the stone. In a desperate battle, Archer kills Coetzee after realizing that they would have killed both Archer and Solomon upon locating the diamond. At this point Dia holds Archer and Solomon at gunpoint, but Solomon manages to convince him to side with them. A military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. ...

Archer realizes he has been shot, but he doesn't say anything and phones his pilot, Benjamin Kapanay, who demands that Danny dumps Solomon and Dia. Up on the top of the mountain (they are currently in the valley), there is an airstrip, and the group begins to make their way. It is a slow and painful process, and along the way Archer demands the diamond from Solomon. They begin to climb the mountain, whereupon Archer collapses and Solomon carries him up the mountain. Finally unable to continue due to a punctured lung, Archer gives Solomon the diamond and urges him to leave Sierra Leone to sell the diamond in London. With a CAR-15 carbine taken from the battle at the digging site, Danny shoots down the soldiers chasing them, and then makes a final phone call to Bowen, asking her to help Solomon as a last favor. With the help of Bowen, Solomon trades the diamond for a large sum of money and the reunification of his family: as Solomon's wife and children deplane from a Lear Jet at a London airport, he and Van De Kaap make the exchange. Bowen, who secretly photographs the deal, later publishes a magazine piece exposing the trade in "conflict" or "blood" diamonds. The film ends with Solomon addressing a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, describing his experiences. This refers to a real meeting that took place in Kimberley in 2000 and led to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which seeks to certify the origin of diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. CAR-15 is a common name applied to many carbine variants of the Colt AR-15 rifle (adopted by the USA as the M16 rifle) in both military and civilian service. ... C-GBFP - Adlair Aviation - Learjet 25 (LJ25) refueling at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada. ... The Big Hole, a prominent tourist attraction in Kimberley Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. ... The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is a process designed to certify the origin of diamonds from sources which are free of conflict. ...

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Track listing

1. Blood Diamond Titles (1:32)
2. Crossing the Bridge (1:41)
3. Village Attack (1:52)
4. RUF Kidnaps Dia (3:02)
5. Archer & Solomon Hike (1:55)
6. Maddy & Archer (1:56)
7. Solomon Finds Family (2:09)
8. Fall of Freetown (4:45)
9. Did You Bury It? (1:36)
10. Archer Sells Diamond (1:40)
11. Goodbyes (2:40)
12. Your Son is Gone (1:21)
13. Diamond Mine Bombed (4:31) )
14. Solomon's Helping Hand (1:11)
15. G8 Conference (2:36)
16. Solomon & Archer Escape (2:12)
17. I Can Carry You (1:30)
18. Your Mother Loves You (2:24)
19. Thought I'd Never Call? (3:56)
20. London (2:38)
21. Solomon Vandy (2:11)
22. Ankala - Performed by Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (4:12)
23. Baai - Performed by Emmanuel Jal with Abdel Gadir Salim (4:37)
24. When Da Dawgs Come Out to Play (Album Version) - Performed by Bai Burea feat. Masta Kent and Bullet Rhymes (3:19)

Controversies

De Beers maintains the trade in conflict diamonds has been reduced from 4% to 1% by the Kimberley Process. It has been suggested the company pushed for the film to contain a disclaimer saying the events are fictional and in the past; however, De Beers has denied this.^[2] The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is a process designed to certify the origin of diamonds from sources which are free of conflict. ...

More recently, the New York Post has reported Warner Bros. Pictures promised 27 child and teenage film extras, who were amputees, prosthetics upon completion of filming.^[2] Several months after the completion of filming, the prosthetics had not been supplied, and it was reported the studio told amputees they would wait until the December release of the film to maximize the public relation boost. In the meantime private charity Eastern Cape assisted in supplying prosthetics to the amputees.^[2] The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ... “WB” redirects here. ... A United States soldier demonstrates Foosball with two prosthetic limbs In medicine, a prosthesis is an artificial extension that replaces a missing part of the body. ... Capital Bhisho Largest city Port Elizabeth Premier Nosimo Balindlela Area - Total Ranked 2nd 169,580 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd 6,436,761 38/km² Languages Xhosa (83%) Afrikaans (9. ...

These allegations were countered by an article in L.A. Weekly where it was stated that Warner Bros. did not promise 27 children and teenage amputees prosthetics, but that the cast and crew raised between $200,000 and $400,000 to begin the "Blood Diamond Fund" which was then matched by Warner Bros. and "administered by a Maputo-based international accountancy firm under the supervision of Laws and João Ribeiro, the production managers in Mozambique.^[3] The L.A. Weekly is a weekly free paper in Los Angeles. ... Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...

The film comes in the midst of an upsurge in mass media promotion 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 non-fiction expose called The Heartless Stone. Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kɑn. ... Diamonds from Sierra Leone, often referred to as Diamonds Are Forever, was the first single from Kanye Wests second album, Late Registration. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division...

The film The Empire in Africa purports that the RUF was in fact fighting for the liberation of Sierra Leone and did not cause more abuse than the government and western armies.^[4]

Location filming

The film was shot on several locations in Africa such as South Africa's East Coast (Port Alfred), KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town. Other parts were filmed in Maputo as well as other parts of Mozambique.^[5] Port Alfred is a small town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - City 2,499 km²  (964. ... Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...

Reception

Blood Diamond was released to positive reviews, from both critics and audiences. Richard Roeper gave the film 4 stars, calling for it to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. It has a 63% 'fresh' rating on the Rotten Tomatoes film review website and as of August 2007, it has a weighted average of 8/10 on IMDB. Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959[1]) is a columnist/film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and, since September of 2000, has co-hosted Ebert & Roeper with fellow film critic Roger Ebert. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...

Awards and nominations

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• Nominated for Best Actor In A Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio
• Nominated for Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Djimon Hounsou
• Nominated for Best Sound Mixing
• Nominated for Best Sound Editing
• Nominated for Best Film Editing

Black Reel Awards: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), The Beach (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs... Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated Beninoise actor, dancer and fashion model. ... The Black Reel Awards began in 2000 and were designed to annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of African-Americans in feature, independent and television films. ...

• Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou (won)

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• Best Picture
• Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
• Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou

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• Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated)

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• Outstanding Motion Picture
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Djimon Hounsou (won)

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• Top Ten Films of the Year
• Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou (won)

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• Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama - Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated)

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• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated)
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Djimon Hounsou (nominated)

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Anachronisms and other inaccuracies

• In the first scene of the movie, the sun rises over the water. This would not happen on Sierra Leone as it is on the West coast of Africa. The movie being filmed on the East Coast would explain for this.
• The plane seen early in the movie, a Gippsland GA8 Airvan, was not available for export sale during the late 1990s when the film is supposed to take place.
• In a scene in London, a Mercedes articulated or 'bendy' London bus is seen in the background. Such vehicles were not introduced to London bus routes until 2004.
• In the scene in Kono, one of the child soldiers is seen with a Game Boy Advance SP, which was released in 2003.
• When Danny meets Colonel Coetzee in South Africa, advertisements for 3G networking can be seen.
• When Danny and Solomon were hiding in the bushes while the RUF soliders were driving by at night, they were playing Tupac Shakur's "When I Get Free."(originally released in 1996) This version of the song was from the 2001 album entitled Until the End of Time.
• When Danny arrives to do business with Commander Zero, he encounters Captain Rambo, who wears a Texas-coloured Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee under his military green shirt. This piece was fabricated by Alstyle Apparel & Activewear in 2004. Also with the help of this unique clothing he can be recognized later in Captain Poison's camp, revealing a casting goof.
• Throughout the movie, the vehicles are driven on the left side of the road. Sierra Leone drives on the right, while filming locations South Africa and Mozambique drive on the left.
• Despite the location filming in Africa, several North American birdsongs can be recognized in the soundtrack, including the Downy Woodpecker, Black-throated Green Warbler and Eastern Wood Pewee. These must have been mixed in by a sound engineer during later editing.
• Maddy sees a cheetah running near the jeep while she is travelling through Sierra Leone. Actually, there aren't cheetahs living nor reports that this species occurred ever in the country. It's also unlikely that Danny and Solomon could see elephants during their expedition to recover the pink diamond, unless those animals were near the border with Liberia.
• In another scene in London, towards the end of the movie, while Solomon is walking with Maddy, a second-generation Lexus RX can be seen passing by them. This second-generation Lexus RX wasn't introduced until 2004.
• In yet another scene in London, as Solomon is seen getting out of the buyer's car you notice that is the latest generation Bentley Arnage then while he was talking to Maddy, a 2005 Volkswagen Passat can be seen in the background, moving.
• The coordinates of the rebel camp that Danny Archer gave when he called in the air strike puts the camp somewhere in the Sudan on the other side of the African continent from Sierra Leone.

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DVD

The DVD was released in Region 1 format on March 20, 2007. Both a single-disc and a two-disc version are available. High Definition releases on HD DVD and Blu-Ray have also been released. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... HD-DVD disc HD DVD (for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data... Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu_ray Disc Association (BDA), which succeeds the Blu_ray Disc Founders (BDF). ...

References

1. ^ James Berardinelli. Blood Diamond review. Reel Views.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Studio Too Far Out On A Limb", New York Post, 2006-10-23. 
3. ^ Blood From Stones. LA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
4. ^ The Empire in Africa (2006).
5. ^ Leonardo DiCaprio shooting Diamond film in South Africa. Cape Town magazine. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

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External links

• Blood Diamond official site
• 32 Battalion VA official site
• De Beers official site
• 'SOS Children's Villages' with Leonardo DiCaprio. SOS Children's Villages, Maputo Village, Mozambique, Africa. The children help as extra actors in the film.
• Mining for Bling on Current TV

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Trailers

• Blood Diamond theatrical trailer at SierraLeone.com
• Blood Diamond theatrical trailer at Apple.com.

Reviews

• Blood Diamond at the Internet Movie Database.
• Blood Diamond reviews at Metacritic
• Blood Diamond discussion and poll at SierraLeone.com
• Blood Diamond at Rotten Tomatoes
• Blood Diamond - Review Online
• Blood Diamond Blu-ray Disc Review