Release Date
December 8, 2006
DVD Release Date
March 20, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
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Cast
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Running Time
138 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violence and language
Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, "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 and their circumstances are as different as any can beāuntil their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives.
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MOVIE REVIEW
Leonardo DiCaprio already wowed audiences once with The Departed,
but can he do it a second time within the span of three months? From Edward
Zwick, the director of The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall and Glory,
comes Blood Diamond, an in-your-face look at the mining of so-called
conflict diamonds in Africa.
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