Blood diamond / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Bedford Falls Productions ; Initial Entertainment Group ; Spring Creek Productions ; Virtual Studios ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Darrell Roodt, Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick.

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Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) Bedford Falls Productions (Firm) Initial Entertainment Group Spring Creek Productions Virtual Studios Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Gorfil, Gillian Herskovitz, Marshall King, Graham, 1961- Roodt, Darrell Weinstein, Paula Zwick, Edward Leavitt, Charles Mitchell, C. Gaby DiCaprio, Leonardo Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- Connelly, Jennifer Kuypers, Kagiso Vosloo, Arnold Coleman, Antony Mbhena, Benu Lukola, Anointing Harewood, David Wallace, Basil Mistry, Jimi, 1973- Howard, James Newton
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English, French or Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Edition:	Special edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Smugglers > Sierra Leone > Drama. Fishers > Sierra Leone > Drama. Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002 > Drama. Diamonds > Sierra Leone > Drama. Draft > Sierra Leone > Drama. Sierra Leone > Drama. Feature films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Action and adventure films. War films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Action and adventure films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.
Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer ; Disc 2: "Blood on the stone" featurette; "Becoming Archer" featurette; "Journalism on the front line" featurette; "Inside the siege of Freetown" featurette; "Shine on Em" music video by Nas. Videorecording.
Call Number:	PN1995.9.S87 B5663 2007 VideoDVD CP3 D0077658 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language.
ISBN:	1419851845 9781419851841
Credits:	Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Dan Weil ; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun.
System Details:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Cast:	Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anoiting Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry.