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Blood Diamond (Two-Disc Special Edition) |
starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo
directed by: Edward Zwick
directed by: Edward Zwick
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391152996
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
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Label: Warner Home Video
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD115299D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Running Time: 143 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Leonardo DiCaprio puts a handsome face on an ugly industry: In parts of Africa, diamond mining fuels civil warfare, killing thousands of innocents and drafting preteen children as vicious soldiers. DiCaprio (The Departed) plays Danny Archer, a white African soldier-turned-diamond-smuggler who gets wind of a large raw jewel found by Solomon Vandy, a native fisherman (Djimon Hounsou, In America) recently escaped from enslavement by a brutal rebel leader. Archer offers a deal: He'll help Vandy find his war-scattered family if Vandy will share the diamond with him. Drawn into this web of exploitation is journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly, Little Children), who agrees to help if Archer will tell her the details of how conflict diamonds make their way into the hands of the corporations who sell them to the Western world. DiCaprio is compelling because he never flinches from Archer's utter ruthlessness; Archer ends up doing the morally justifiable thing, but only because his desperate greed has led him to it. Hounsou and Connelly, though saddled with all the moral and political speeches, rise above the cant and keep the movie's treacherously formulaic plot rooted in human characters. But in the end, the story won't stick with you as much as the dead stillness in the child soldiers' eyes; the horror of African civil strife refuses to be contained by Blood Diamond's uplifting message--and the movie is all the more potent as a result. --Bret Fetzer
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- amazingA fantastic film, leo delivers a fantastic performance, i was shocked by how fantastic this film is. A great movie.
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- Edward Zwick's best filmWow, after seeing this I just had to recommend it to everybody. The story is riveting and the acting is superb.(especially Djimon Hounsou) This is one of my favorite movies. I highly encourage everyone to buy it, or at least watch it.
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- Diamonds Are Forever Blemished"In America, it's bling bling. But out here, it's bling bang."
So says diamond hound Danny Archer, summing up in two sentences the vastly differing attitudes between American capitalism and third-world uprising in director Edward Zwick's (The Last Samurai) five-time Academy Award-nominated composition on greed, anarchy and its resulting desolation. "Blood Diamond" is a violently epic film, one that takes a cold hard look at the diamond trade and unveils the heinous business that is ... Read More
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- Engrossing MovieI absolutely love this movie and it battles a topic that is not talked about much, and that is the diamond trade in Africa where people get killed and maimed over these diamonds (hence the term blood diamond). This movie is fairly accurate in its portrayl of Africa and it will bring you to tears. It's an emotionally moving film that everyone must see. It is a nice added addition to any DVD collection.
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- Not very entertaining though enlightening...This movie was very well put together for what it is. It is almost a docudrama about present day Africa, exploitation of Africans by each other as much as anyone, and the diamond trade.
I have two problems with the movie. First, it was not entertaining to me. It was a too violent depiction of real life and, overall, it did not reflect much hope. Second, I found Leonardo's character's eventual compassion too little and too late to believe.
This movie was highly recommended ... Read More
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