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Blood Diamond (2006) 8.0
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Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 619 user | 238 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. Director:Edward Zwick |
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Cast
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| Djimon Hounsou | ... | ||
| Jennifer Connelly | ... | ||
| Kagiso Kuypers | ... | ||
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Antony Coleman | ... |
Cordell Brown
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Jassie Vandy
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Anointing Lukola | ... |
N'Yanda Vandy
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| Jimi Mistry | ... | ||
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Rupert Simmons
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Rudolf Van De Kaap
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| Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | ... |
M'Ed
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A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. Written by Miist
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Release Date:
8 December 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$100,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,471,104 (UK) (26 January 2007)Gross:
$57,366,262 (USA) (6 April 2007)Company Credits
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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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Written by Rufus Khoza, Joseph Magotsi, Ronnie Majola and 'Nathan Dambuza Mdledle' (as Nathan Mdledle)
Produced by Jean Hebrail
Performed by Angélique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Razor & Tie Entertainment
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Did You Know?
Trivia
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 »Goofs
The mercenary intervention in the Sierra Leone civil war (Executives Outcomes PMC) began in May, 1995 and ended in January, 1997. They were long since gone by the time of the RUF invasion of Freetown in January 1999 when the movie is set. It was actually a combination of British and UN troops who brought the war to an end in 2001. Possibly made deliberately to avoid associating EO with the fictional mercenaries, whose activities were much more sinister. 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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"The Retreat Song (Jikele Maweni)"Written by Rufus Khoza, Joseph Magotsi, Ronnie Majola and 'Nathan Dambuza Mdledle' (as Nathan Mdledle)
Produced by Jean Hebrail
Performed by Angélique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Razor & Tie Entertainment
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What does it take to turn someone into a killer? The answer is different for each character involved in this movie. For some it is survival. For others it is the hope of escape from a life of hell. For some it is family. For others it is greed. Caught in the middle of it all are the children who have such little desire to kill for any reason that they must be brainwashed into becoming the instruments of their masters who claim to offer freedom.
Every few years an action movie comes along that has amazing depth. Terminator 2 and The Matrix are such movies, and so is Blood Diamond. It is full of characterizations we've seen before, but it's the interaction that raises this film above the masses. Each character has an agenda that forces him or her to distrust everyone else. The paths that some relationships take to develop trust are believable, while others are equally believable in remaining eternally antagonistic. And through it all is the realization that while some characters may change their methodology and morals, none ever change their dreams. Each character fights for the goal to the bitter end. Such is human nature, and such is the conflict of Blood Diamond, the conflict of Africa. In the end, we are left to wonder if peace can ever be attained in such a world. And somehow we are left believing that maybe it can.