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

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Charles Leavitt (screenplay)
Charles Leavitt (story) and
C. Gaby Mitchell (story)
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Release Date:
8 December 2006 (USA) See more »
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Plot:
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations See more »
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A Hollywood movies tells an African story full of death and violence and presents it with impressive truth. See more (562 total) »


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Rated R for strong violence and language.
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143 min
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2.35 : 1 See more »
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (certificate #43118) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:15 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:16 (bw) | Greece:K-13 | India:A | Sweden:15 | France:-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | South Korea:15 (cable rating)
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Danny Archer has a tattoo of an African buffalo with two crossed arrows on his shoulder, this is the unit emblem of 32 Battalion sometimes called the "Buffalo Battalion".See more »
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Anachronisms: When Danny arrives to do business with Commander Zero, he encounters Rambo, who wears a Snoop Dogg Afroskull Tee under his military green shirt. This piece was fabricated by Alstyle Apparel & Activewear in 2004.See 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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607 out of 707 people found the following review useful.
A Hollywood movies tells an African story full of death and violence and presents it with impressive truth., 4 December 2006
Author: john_cberry from Canada

Because I lived in Sierra Leone, in fact in Kono, the diamond-mining area of the country, for three years, I had to see Blood Diamond as soon as it came out. It is an excellent movie. Although it was not filmed in Sierra Leone, it captures the reality of the country to a remarkable degree. There is a great deal of violence in this movie, but that violence is organic, realistic, fitting to what happened there. They even manage to convey the fact that the people are as astonished by this violence as we are; Sierra Leone used to be one of the safest countries in the world. The movie tells the facts about conflict diamonds quickly and accurately. DiCaprio's performance is impressive, certainly the best by him I've ever seen: he is totally believable as a white African. Jennifer Connelly's role is much smaller but she makes the most of it. Djiman Housou has enormous physical presence as the brave Mende fisherman. This movie just gets so many things right that the few places it departs from reality are entirely forgivable. I would heartily recommend this movie to everyone; it is the best Hollywood movie I've seen in years.

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