Blood Diamond

About

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Credits

Directed by

• Edward Zwick

Written by

• C. Gaby Mitchell
• Charles Leavitt

Produced by

• Edward Zwick
• Genevieve Hofmeyr
• Darrell James Roodt
• Paula Weinstein
• Josh Gummersall
• Marshall Herskovitz

Music by

• James Newton Howard

Cinematography

• Eduardo Serra

Edited by

• Steven Rosenblum

Cast

• Leonardo DiCaprioas Danny Archer
• Djimon Hounsouas Solomon Vandy
• Jennifer Connellyas Maddy Bowen
• Kagiso Kuypersas Dia Vandy
• Arnold Voslooas Colonel Coetzee
• Antony Colemanas Cordell Brown
• Benu Mabhenaas Jassie Vandy
• Anointing Lukolaas N'Yanda Vandy
• David Harewoodas Captain Poison
• Basil Wallaceas Benjamin Kapanay
• Jimi Mistryas Nabil
• Michael Sheenas Simmons
• Marius Weyersas Van De Kaap
• Stephen Collinsas Ambassador Walker
• Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwineas M'Ed
• Ato Essandohas Commander Rambo
• David S. Leeas Cockney Journalist
• Percy Matsemelaas Commander Zero
• Klemens Beckeras German Minister
• Grant Swanbyas UNCHR Official

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