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Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
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Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Overview

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Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Charles Leavitt (screenplay)
Charles Leavitt (story) ...
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Release Date:

8 December 2006 (USA) more

Tagline:

Truth more

Plot:

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations more

User Comments:

Faithful to the Sierra Leone civil war, but just a small part of it, like Hotel Rwanda more (549 total)


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Blood Diamond (Germany)
Okavango (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

143 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa more


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Trivia:

Djimon Hounsou plays Solomon Vandy, a Mende tribesman. In the movie Amistad he plays the role of Cinque, chief of the Mende tribe. more

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Continuity: When Archer gives Solomon Maddy's business card it is tattered enough to fold in half. In the shot showing Solomon receiving the card from Archer it isn't folded anymore. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Solomon Vandy: Dia. Dia. Don't want to be late.
Dia Vandy: English boys don't go to school every day.
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Movie Connections:

References Apocalypse Now (1979) more

Soundtrack:

Solemn Prayer more


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176 out of 262 people found the following comment useful.
Faithful to the Sierra Leone civil war, but just a small part of it, like Hotel Rwanda, 8 December 2006
10/10
Author: forhall from United States

I rate this a ten because I had the privilege of going to Sierra Leone after the war and participate in one of the war crimes trials there at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, created by the Sierra Leone government with the United Nations.

In a bit more than two and a half hours, the writers and directors have to tell the story of the civil war, keep it concise yet true, and tell it through the eyes of a few participants. Because the story line is so true, and the acting, writing, directing, locations, people, and photography are all superior, I must admit prejudice toward such a high rating. My local reviewer gave it a B+.

My exposure to the civil war and only some of the events of this movie were based on reading books, hundreds of witness statements, online material about the war, including the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Report, and listening to over 100 witnesses testify, and my trial was not even those of the RUF and AFRC, the really bad actors of the war, as the movie shows, pulling no punches. The accounts of atrocities are shockingly real. Tens of thousands had hands amputated, people were indiscriminately murdered, women raped or forced to marry, villages were burned, and children were kidnapped and forced to fight the war for both of the rebel factions (RUF and AFRC). Making a child a soldier is a war crime, and this movie artfully shows you why, without saying a word about it.

Sherman said, about our own Civil War, that "War is hell." But, African civil war is far different and atrocious because it inevitably leads to atrocities.

This fine work, with Hotel Rwanda, stands out as a film seriously attempting to explain the atrocities that Africans somehow can do to themselves.

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