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The Resource Blood diamond, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group, an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paul Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick

Blood diamond, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group, an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paul Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick

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Summary
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Note
Special features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer
Isbn
9781419845673
Instance
Label
Blood diamond
Title
Blood diamond
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group, an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paul Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by, Steven Rosenblum ; music by, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Dan Weil ; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language
Language note
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1995.9.S87
LC item number
B5663 2007
PerformerNote
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1964-
  • 1961-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • DiCaprio, Leonardo
  • Hounsou, Djimon
  • Connelly, Jennifer
  • Sheen, Michael
  • Vosloo, Arnold
  • Gorfil, Gilian.
  • Herskovitz, Marshall
  • King, Graham
  • Roodt, Darrell
  • Weinstein, Paul.
  • Zwick, Edward
  • Leavitt, Charles
  • Mitchell, C. Gaby
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
  • Virtual Studios
  • Spring Creek Productions
  • Bedford Falls Company
  • Initial Entertainment Group
Runtime
143
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  • Videodiscs
  • Diamonds
  • Smugglers
  • Pesca
  • Diamantes
  • Sierra Leone
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Blood diamond, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group, an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paul Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Special features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1057834
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Isbn
9781419845673
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 085391117629
  • 085391117698
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 111762
  • 111769
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1057834
  • (OCoLC)77564709
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Blood diamond, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group, an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Gilian Gorfil, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paul Weinstein, Edward Zwick ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick
Publication
Note
Special features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1057834
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (143 min.)
Isbn
9781419845673
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 085391117629
  • 085391117698
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 111762
  • 111769
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1057834
  • (OCoLC)77564709
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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