Blood diamond / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Virtual Studios ; a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production ; in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Gillian Gorfil ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick ; in association with Lonely Film Productions.

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An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: to recover a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son who was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forc...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Virtual Studios
Spring Creek Productions
Bedford Falls Company
Initial Entertainment Group
Lonely Film Productions
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Weinstein, Paula
Zwick, Edward
Herskovitz, Marshall
King, Graham, 1961-
Gorfil, Gillian
Leavitt, Charles
Mitchell, C. Gaby
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Connelly, Jennifer
Hounsou, Djimon, 1964-
Mistry, Jimi, 1973-
Sheen, Michael
Vosloo, Arnold
Collins, Stephen, 1947 October 1-
Harewood, David
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:Widescreen edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Conflict diamonds > Drama.
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.
Pesca > Sierra Leone > Teatro.
Diamantes > Sierra Leone > Teatro.
Feature films.
Conflict diamonds.
Diamonds.
Draft.
Fishers.
Smugglers.
Sierra Leone.
1991 - 2002
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
War films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Thriller > Feature.
Adventure > Feature.
War > Feature.
Drama.
History.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Thriller
Adventure
War
History.
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: to recover a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son who 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:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: optional audio commentary by director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CP3 D0077784 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language.
ISBN:9781419845673
1419845675
Credits:Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by Steven Rosenblum ; music by 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 2.40:1, letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins, David Harewood.