Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

  • Director: Edward Zwick
  • Writer: Charles Leavitt,C. Gaby Mitchell
  • Countries of origin: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Language: English, Mende, Afrikaans
  • Release date: December 8, 2006
  • Runtime: 2h 23min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Diamond
  • "Blood Diamond" is a crime film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2005. The film is directed by Ed Zwick and starring Leo and Jennifer Lynn Connelly. 
    The film is based on the Civil War of The Republic of Sierra Leone in 1999. It tells the story of a lawbreaker, played by Leo, who was engaged in diamond smuggling in Africa. After meeting a reporter, his thoughts have undergone a major change, and finally A story that understands the true meaning of life and love.
    The film was nominated for seven awards including the Oscars and the American Golden Globes in 2007. 

    Details

    • Release date December 8, 2006
    • Filming locations Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Production companies Warner Bros., Virtual Studios, Spring Creek Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $100,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $57,377,916

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,648,324

    Gross worldwide

    $171,720,398

    Movie reviews

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    • By Octavia 2022-04-24 07:01:01

      Written on the occasion of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

      Blood Diamond is a movie that makes people feel very enjoyable to watch. There is no particularly big suspense, the war scenes are not very spectacular, and the love story is not touching, but it still makes people feel very good, want to see the end, don't want to stop . Although there is no love, no heroic plot, and no big scenes, he is very real, he is so real, we used to feel that we don't know Africa, and after watching this movie, we realized that we don't know Africa so much....

    • By Tara 2022-04-23 07:01:03

      bloody diamond

      After watching this film, you will have a different understanding of the phrase "Diamonds from South Africa". The
       film is very good. LEO can no longer find the green shadow on TITANIC when he was young. The image, the years have made him a lot of vicissitudes, full of stories.
       After seeing the Rwanda Hotel and the Blood Diamond, I don't think I have any idea of ​​going to Africa anymore. As the film says, the devil is a devil because he was born in hell.
       I am more concerned...

    • By Rasheed 2022-04-23 07:01:03

      Comment on blood diamonds

      There is always something worth changing for us. In the face of human nature, all desire and greed have become ugly. None of us have ever thought that the playthings in our hands may be exchanged for the lives of many innocent people, but even if we know, what can we do? After all, those are so far away from us. The famine of millions of people in Africa may not have caught my attention as much as a broken refrigerator at home, but that doesn't mean we're really just spectators. Everyone is...

    • By Amiya 2022-04-23 07:01:03

      this father

      This father loves his family very much, and this unintentional discovery made it all happen. When the bandits came, he settled his son and went to rescue his wife, and was finally captured. When he saw his wife and children again, and found that his son was not among them, his anger was like a wild beast. What he said to his son with a gun, I think he's a good negotiator. He did a great job of saving his son. Watching him take the kind of adventure to find his son, after seeing the son, the son...

    • By Ellen 2022-04-23 07:01:03

      When you find out it can all change

      This is a film that reveals the dark side of the diamond production and marketing chain in West Africa. The story in "Blood Diamond" takes place in Sierra Leone, a country of only 6.1 million people, most of whom believe in Islam, but this has not brought them peace and tranquility. Because of the abundance of diamonds, the blood of the strife stained the land red.

              In addition to the knowledge of "how natural diamonds go from wild places to the window of a civilized society",...

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    • By Murray 2023-09-26 21:25:37

      Not all about Africa. But Africans like this film, just like they all love...

    • By Julia 2023-09-20 19:48:26

      The success of American movies is that they can still create first-class story scripts even if they do not rely on classic best-selling novels. Secondly, their vision is far larger than that of China, Japan, South Korea, or any country in Europe, focusing on places that are simply unimaginable for ordinary people. But make it seem plausible. In the film, Leonardo's acting skills have almost reached the level of perfection. The accent of a white South African and a habitual mantra make the...

    • By Angela 2023-09-14 04:02:32

      Five stars are given to Leonardo and Hounsou, the performance is really in place, this role is very suitable for Leonardo, and there are those distinctive lines and accents in it, and this film combines human nature, desire, war, and money. , crime, etc., are all mixed together harmoniously. The transition is very natural, and there is no intention to express any feeling at all. After watching it, people can't help but resonate, and they will reflect on their own desires, which is very...

    • By Eloy 2023-08-08 23:28:30

      maybe next life...

    • By Desmond 2023-07-14 21:15:50

      There will always be brilliance of human nature and little love words. Any black man has enough to grab the show~ Jack is really good, and Jennifer has also become a competent vase...

    Movie plot

    The background of the "Blood Diamond" story is Sierra Leone during the civil war in the 1990s. The protagonist Danny Archer, a former mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandi, a fisherman. This is how two people who have different historical backgrounds and living environments should not have any intersection, but their destinies are closely linked by a rare pink diamond. In Africa, such a diamond can indeed change a person's...
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    Behind the scenes

    1. Leonardo DiCaprio was rushed to a hospital in South Africa by helicopter due to a fall during the filming.
    2. The South African Dibes Diamond Company is worried that the release of this film will affect the public's enthusiasm for diamond products. Because the premiere coincides with Christmas, "Can you imagine consumers seeing diamonds at Christmas time? And this is all because of something that happened in the past, and now there...
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    Film Background

    The African continent has long circulated a saying: "If you want long life, never touch the diamond)." In some African countries, diamonds are used by the military to buy armaments. The source of funds is also the reason for the continuous campaign. Every diamond produced in a war country is stuck with the blood of African miners or war victims. Therefore, the diamond here is called "blood diamond", which is the origin of the film's...
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    Lineup

    The film features two Oscar nominated Leonardo DiCaprio, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for "The Aviator", and Jennifer Connelly, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress winner. Germaine Hansue, who plays Solomon, had a wonderful collaboration with Russell Crowe in "Gladiator", let everyone remember his acting skills, and won an Oscar for his wonderful performance in "Into Heaven" Nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
    DiCaprio,...
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    About Shooting

    Although the film will be shot in Sierra Leone, Equatorial West Africa does not have the infrastructure to accommodate the crew, so it needs to find alternatives. In the end, the crew found an ideal location near Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The dense rainforest terrain provided the background for the three main sets of diamond mines, refugee camps and Benjamin's school in the film.
    The weather is the most troublesome...
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    Evaluation action

    As an action-adventure film, "Blood Diamond" has its obvious preaching significance. (Comment by "Xiamen Evening News") 
    The most successful aspect of the film is that it directly reported the most real Africa to all countries in the world from a seemingly reasonable but bloody perspective-a poor Africa with no more hope in sight. The film can be regarded as the Oscar's biggest competitive hot film in terms of artistic and commercial...
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    Movie quotes

    • [about her article about the war]

      Solomon Vandy: So when people in your country read it, they will come help, yes?

      Maddy Bowen: Probably not.

    • Commander Zero: You get something for me?

      Danny Archer: And yourself get something for me, huh?

      Commander Zero: You bring the plane come first.

      Danny Archer: Are you craze? You get to pay me first for them.

      [Commander Zero hands Danny a small bag of diamonds, Danny checks its content]

      Danny Archer: This no fine, huh? This no fine.

      Commander Zero: This no more you get!

      Danny Archer: Then your boys then can use one ol' rotten AK them against them government troops and their new weapons them, huh?

      Commander Zero: Maybe I could just kill you and take away what you bring back!

      Danny Archer: Then you get one more dead body instead of aeroplane way full with grenade launchers. So I think I go to them government then, huh? Them government, at least them go pay me, huh?

      Commander Zero: Wait, wait. Wait, my friend. This is the thing you want? Here.

      [Commander Zero pours diamonds from a can in Danny's hands]

      Commander Zero: So many I not know what do with them all. - Hey, Archer, next time, you bring satellite TV, eh? I wanna see Baywatch.

      Danny Archer: Ja. Ja, ja.

    • Maddy Bowen: The people back home wouldn't buy a ring if they knew it cost someone else their hand.