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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Suspense films Adventure films War films Action and adventure films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Thriller Adventure War Drama Teatro |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward Zwick; Charles Leavitt; C Gaby Mitchell; Paula Weinstein; Marshall Herskovitz; Graham King; Gillian Gorfil; James Newton Howard; Leonardo DiCaprio; Jennifer Connelly; Djimon Hounsou; Jimi Mistry; Michael Sheen; Arnold Vosloo; Stephen Collins; David Harewood; Basil Wallace; Benu Mbhena; Ntare Mwine; Ato Essandoh; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Virtual Studios.; Spring Creek Productions.; Bedford Falls Company.; Initial Entertainment Group.; Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 1419851845 9781419851841 |
| OCLC Number: | 77564707 |
| Language Note: | In English, Français, or Español, with optional subtitles in English, Français, or Español; closed-captioned in English. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Disc 1: Special features: Commentary with director Edward Zwick [audio feature]; theatrical trailer (2 min.). Disc 2: Special features: [Featurettes] Blood on the stone / written and presented by Sorious Samura (51 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Becoming Archer (9 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Journalists on the front line (6 min.) -- Blood Diamond: Inside the siege of Freetown (11 min.) -- Music video "Shine on Em" by Nas (3 min.). |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by Steven Rosenblum ; music by James Newton Howard ; production designer, Dan Weil ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun. |
| Cast: | Leonardo DiCaprio (Danny Archer), Jennifer Connelly (Maddy Bowen), Djimon Hounsou (Solomon Vandy), Jimi Mistry (Nabil), Michael Sheen (Simmons), Arnold Vosloo (Colonel Coetzee), Stephen Collins (Ambassador Walker), David Harewood (Captain Poison), Basil Wallace (Benjamin Kapanay), Benu Mabhena (Jassie Vandy), Ntare Mwine (M'Ed), Ato Essandoh (Commander Rambo). |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Rated R; for strong violence and language. |
| Description: | 2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo ; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.40:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions. |
| Contents: | Caught in revolution's net -- Conflict zone statistics -- Danny negotiates -- Give it to me -- Hidden stones -- Meeting Maddy -- Soldiers and captives -- Colored by blood -- Soldier of the revolution -- Get over yourself -- Freetown siege -- Shooting to kill -- Using each other -- Unhappy reunion -- His only chance -- Little bang-bang -- Drive to survive -- Good intentions -- Painful history -- Child soldier's target -- Parting company -- After skinning -- Master -- Searching for Dia -- Father forsaken -- Kill them all -- Deadly digsite -- I am your father -- Take your boy home -- Real story now -- Solomon negotiates -- Third World's voice/Coda -- End credits. |
| Other Titles: | Blood diamond |
| Responsibility: | 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. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 206378 |
Abstract:
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer - an ex mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in jail for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen, an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
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