Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou Best Film Editing - Steven Rosenblum, A.C.E. Best Sound Mixing - Production Mixer: Ivan Sharrock, Re-Recording Mixers: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer Best Sound Editing - Lon Bender

Winner:
National Board of Review - One of the Year’s 10 Best Films
National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor, Djimon Hounsou


Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, “Blood Diamond” is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman.  Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life…or end it.  Solomon, who has been taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields, finds the extraordinary gem and hides it at great risk, knowing it could provide the means to save his family.  Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds for arms, knows a diamond like this is valuable enough to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the cycle of violence and corruption in which he has been a willing player.  Enter Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an idealistic American journalist who is in Sierra Leone to uncover the truth behind conflict diamonds.  With Maddy’s help, Archer and Solomon embark on a dangerous trek through rebel territory to find and recover the valuable pink diamond.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek / Bedford Falls production, in association with Initial Entertainment Group.

This film has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "strong violence and language".

Running Time: 150 minutes