Blood Diamond (2006)

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Charles Leavitt (screenplay)
Charles Leavitt (story) ...
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Release Date:

8 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Truth

Plot:

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Fisherman | Sierra Leone | Mercenary | Journalist

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 9	11:00 PM	USA
Thur. Dec. 10	10:00 AM	USA

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Danny Archer
Djimon Hounsou	...	Solomon Vandy
Jennifer Connelly	...	Maddy Bowen
Kagiso Kuypers	...	Dia Vandy
Arnold Vosloo	...	Colonel Coetzee
Antony Coleman	...	Cordell Brown
Benu Mabhena	...	Jassie Vandy
Anointing Lukola	...	N'Yanda Vandy
David Harewood	...	Captain Poison
Basil Wallace	...	Benjamin Kapanay
Jimi Mistry	...	Nabil
Michael Sheen	...	Rupert Simmons
Marius Weyers	...	Rudolf Van De Kaap
Stephen Collins	...	Ambassador Walker
Ntare Mwine	...	M'Ed
Bouba Badiane	...	Tupac T-Shirt
Ato Essandoh	...	Commander Rambo
Percy Matsemela	...	Commander Zero
Ronnie Nyakale	...	Digger 1
Tony Kgoroge	...	Troop Leader
Nick Reding	...	British DFID Minister
Klemens Becker	...	German Minister
Akin Omotoso	...	Peacekeeper
Chiméne Costa	...	Red Cross Worker
Dini Nondumo	...	Mende UN Worker
Grant Swanby	...	UNCHR Official
Tau Maserumule	...	R.U.F. Soldier #1
Adetokumboh M'Cormack	...	R.U.F. Trainer
Martin Abdul-Jabbar	...	Guinean Guard (as Martin Abdul Jabbar)
Gaurav Chopra	...	French Journalist
Karl McMillan	...	Aussie Journalist
David S. Lee	...	Cockney Journalist
Jonathan Pienaar	...	SA Cameraman
Sonni Chidiebere	...	Kamajoor Headman
Nnamdi Onyeiwu	...	Kamajoor
Nhlanhla Mavimbela	...	Child Soldier 1
Mfundo Pisani	...	Child Soldier 2
Phado Bahola	...	Child Soldier 3 (Indoc)
Thabang Mothle	...	Child Soldier 4 (Indoc)
Buhle Seya	...	Child Soldier 5 (Indoc)
Sizwe Makapela	...	Child Soldier 6 (Indoc)
Tyrone Keogh	...	SA Page
Winston Ntshona	...	Old Mende Man
Mduduzi Mabaso	...	Rebel 1
Nathaniel Ramabulana	...	Rebel 2 (as Nat Ramabulana)
Zenzo Ngqobe	...	Rebel 3
Mlungisi Hlophe	...	Rebel 4
Carol Behane	...	Mother at the Bridge
Nigel Harman	...	News Reporter
Clare Holman	...	News Reporter
Kedibone Tholo	...	Prostitute 1
Koketso Mojela	...	Prostitute 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irmelin DiCaprio	...	Woman at airport (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Ray Donn	...	Journalist (uncredited)
Karen Haacke	...	Van De Kaap's Wife (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward Zwick

Writing credits (WGA)
Charles Leavitt		(screenplay)
Charles Leavitt		(story) and
C. Gaby Mitchell		(story)

Produced by
Len Amato	....	executive producer
Kevin De La Noy	....	executive producer (as Kevin de la Noy)
Gillian Gorfil	....	producer
Josh Gummersall	....	associate producer (as Joshua Gummersall)
Marshall Herskovitz	....	producer
Genevieve Hofmeyr	....	supervising producer: South Africa
Philip Key	....	supervising producer: South Africa
Graham King	....	producer
Ben Waisbren	....	executive producer (as Benjamin Waisbren)
Paula Weinstein	....	producer
Edward Zwick	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Eduardo Serra		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steven Rosenblum

Casting by
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
Dan Weil

Art Direction by
Ray Chan		(supervising art director)
Daran Fulham
Peter Wenham		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Olivia Bloch-Lainé

Costume Design by
Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department
Chiara Allegrucci	....	first assistant makeup artist (as Chiara Allegruci)
Anni Bartels	....	crowd makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist: Leonardo DiCaprio (as Kathryn L. Blondell)
Judy Chin	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Connelly
Polly Earnshaw	....	makeup artist: Leonardo DiCaprio
Candy Ann Gibbons	....	makeup assistant
Sian Grigg	....	makeup artist: Leonardo DiCaprio
Debra Hare	....	makeup artist: second unit
Sallie Jaye	....	chief makeup artist
Charles Khoza	....	hair assistant
Sharon Martin	....	chief hairdresser
Anne Morgan	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Connelly
Justin Pitkethly	....	prosthetic department
Darren Robinson	....	assistant prosthetics supervisor
Amanda Ross-McDonald	....	makeup assistant: second unit
Kerry Skelton	....	makeup assistant
Zoe Tahir	....	hair stylist
Khandiz Towill	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production
Kevin Jenkins	....	unit manager
Nick Laws	....	production supervisor: Mozambique
João Ribeiro	....	production manager: Mozambique
Mahaveer Singh Shaktawat	....	assistant production manager: India
Alan Shearer	....	production manager
Dileep Singh Rathore	....	production manager: India
Susan Towner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Drew Bailey	....	second assistant director: second unit, off set
Dale Butler	....	second assistant director: South Africa
Gary Capo	....	second unit director
Del Chatterton	....	third assistant director: off set
Craig Ashton Collop	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Craig Collop)
Miranda Colman	....	second assistant director: second unit, off set
Miranda Colman	....	third assistant director: second unit
Chiméne Costa	....	assistant director: second unit, Mozambique
Kevin De La Noy	....	second unit director: splinter unit
Geoff Dibben	....	second assistant director: off set
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mickey Fonseca	....	third assistant director: off set, Mozambique
Xolani Gumbi	....	third assistant director: off set
Kazmer Harangozo	....	additional third assistant director
Sallie Anne Hard	....	second assistant director: UK (as Sallie Hard)
Gene Keelan	....	additional third assistant director
Brandon Lambdin	....	second assistant director
Ana Magaia	....	assistant director: Mozambique
Nuno Milagre	....	assistant director: Mozambique
Nilo Otero	....	first assistant director
Zolani Phakade	....	third assistant director: off set
David Pinkus	....	third assistant director: crowd, UK
Brett Robinson	....	third assistant director
Jacques Terblanche	....	additional third assistant director
Eddie Thorne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Marci Trout	....	third assistant director
Jerard van der Walt	....	additional third assistant director
Trish Wylie	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Philip Da Rocha Antunes	....	art department assistant
Mark Auret	....	location property master: South Africa/Mocambique
Desmond Bester	....	propmaker
Yann Biquand	....	draughtsman
William Boyes	....	stand-by propman
Jana Chovancova	....	art department coordinator
Jordan Crockett	....	draughtsman
Kirk Doman	....	stand-by props: second unit
Herman Etoka	....	prop dresser
Cuan Eveleigh	....	assistant stand-by propsman
Lyall Gardiner	....	hod stagehand
Andy Garner	....	sculptor
Nicholas Hampton	....	props storeman
Paul Hedges	....	property master
Michael Hyman	....	scenic foreman
Sarah Moudjebeur	....	assistant art director
George Ndlovu	....	chargehand
Tony Nicholson	....	assistant property master
Marion Picard	....	assistant set decorator
Clive Pollick	....	construction coordinator
Gigi Potter	....	construction administrator
Lionel Pouchard	....	concepts artist
Boris Rivett-Carnac	....	leading chargehand
Julio Scholze	....	props dresser
Christianna Serra	....	props dresser
James Lee Thorne	....	stand-by greens
Tobias Tomkins	....	production runner
Nick Turnbull	....	property master
Liz van den Berg	....	lead scenic artist
Lloyd Vincent	....	first stand-by props: UK

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor (as Chris Assells)
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lon Bender	....	supervising sound editor
Jonathan Chiles	....	second boom operator
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects editor
Blake R. Cornett	....	sound recordist
Jesse K-D. Dodd	....	foley mixer
Glynna Grimala	....	adr editor
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris Atkinson)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor (as Craig Jaeger)
Chris Jargo	....	adr editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Sam Jones	....	assistant sound engineer
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Daniel R. Kerr	....	field recordist
Arthur Kondouries	....	boom operator: second unit
Derek Mansvelt	....	sound mixer: second unit
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Barry O'Sullivan	....	boom operator
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Ivan Sharrock	....	production sound mixer
Damien Smith	....	foley artist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
John C. Stuver	....	dialogue editor (as John Stuver)
Matthew E. Taylor	....	additional sound
Jon Title	....	sound designer
Karen Vassar	....	backgrounds editor
Karen Vassar	....	sound effects editor (as Karen Vasser)
Gayle Wesley	....	first assistant sound editor
Kerry Dean Williams	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kevin Adcock	....	special effects technician
Beverly Austin	....	special effects buyer
Norman Baillie	....	special effects buyer: UK
Wesley Barnard	....	special effects technician
Clive Beard	....	special effects supervisor
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
David Brighton	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Rodney Burke	....	special effects technician
Neil Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Davin Dullisear	....	special effects foreman: South Africa (as Gavin Dullisear)
Manex Efrem	....	special effects lead senior technician
Raymond Ferguson	....	special effects supervisor (as Ray Ferguson)
Stuart Heath	....	special effects technician
Mark Howard II	....	special effects technician (as Mark Howard)
Tyrell Kemlo	....	special effects technician
Anthony Lennox	....	special effects technician
David Mahlangu	....	special effects technician
Danielle McAulay	....	special effects technician
Cordell McQueen	....	special effects supervisor: South Africa
Michael Nkosi	....	special effects technician
Anthony Parker	....	prosthetics sculptor
Lee Rider	....	special effects technician
Corina Rosca	....	speical effects office coordinator
Johnathon Steyl	....	special effects technician
Les Van Blerk	....	special effects technician
Edward Visage	....	special effects technician
Anton Voster	....	pyrotechnician
Anton Voster	....	special effects technician (as Anton Vorster)
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup
Steven Warner	....	special effects technician
Andy Williams	....	floor supervisor: first unit
Andy Williams	....	special effects supervisor (as Andrew Williams)
Janine Wyatt-Mair	....	special effects technician
Alan Young	....	lead senior technician
Simon Rose	....	lifecast maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Romulo Adriano Jr.	....	visual effects coordinator
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	lead digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Andrew Bardusk	....	visual effects: Chains
Alfred Berger	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works
Thomas Boland	....	visual effects producer (as Tom Boland)
Toma Bowen	....	digital artist: Flash Film Works
Chad Buehler	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Tony Clark	....	visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Ian Cope	....	visual effects
Tim Crosbie	....	visual effects: Rising Sun Pictures
Tim Everitt	....	compositing supervisor: Flash Film Works
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts
Mathias Frodin	....	digital compositor
William Gammon	....	digital effects artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Neil Greenberg	....	visual effects editor
Bruce Harris	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
James David Hattin	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood
Brian Jochum	....	titles producer
Melinda Jones	....	visual effects: Rising Sun Pictures
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
Mark Kenaston	....	digital artist
Jason Knight	....	digital compositor
Adam Kowalski	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Lincoln Kupchak	....	visual effects editor: Flash Film Works
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
George Macri	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Tom Martinez Jr.	....	rotoscoping artist
Fumi Mashimo	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
John R. McConnell	....	2D Compositor: Pixel Magic
Kelvin McIlwain	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Alex Meddick	....	visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor: Flash Film Works
Roger Nall	....	digital effects artist
Tim Nassauer	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works
Jeremy Nelson	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (as Jeremy A. Nelson)
Dan Novy	....	visual effects technical supervisor: Flash Film Works
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	visual effects supervisor
Kilou Picard	....	visual effects: Rising Sun Pictures
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Look Effects
Ben Roberts	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Robert Scifo	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts (as Bob Scifo)
Jens-Peter Sjøberg	....	visual effects
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor
Andrew Tucker	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
Mark van den Bergen	....	visual effects: Rising Sun Pictures
Beck Veitch	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Emily Wallin	....	visual effects producer: Flash Film Works
Ben Warner	....	lead digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
David S. Williams Jr.	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
Dan Wills	....	digital effects artist
Lisa Woodland	....	digital compositor
Kim Worrall	....	digital compositor
Dan Akers	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Jason Bond	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
John Coats	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Stuart Cripps	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Daniella Estrada	....	visual effects assistant: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Philip Fraschetti	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Lisa Garner	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Simon Herden	....	assistant visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures (uncredited)
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Sarah McLauchlan	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects consultant: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Don Myers	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Matthew A. Rubin	....	visual effects: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Karen Ruggero	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Benjamin Schneider	....	visual effects coordinator: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Ken Stranahan	....	visual effects consultant: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Andrew Turner	....	visual effects assistant: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Brian Ward	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Jerry Whitaker	....	digital compositor: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Ken Wilder	....	CG artist: Flash Film Works (uncredited)

Stunts
Wade Allen	....	fight trainer: Leonardo DiCaprio
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt double
Sy Hollands	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Lou Horvath	....	stunt rigger
Dan Hurst	....	stunt double (as Daniel Hirst)
Dan Hurst	....	stunt performer (as Daniel Hirst)
Paul Jennings	....	stunt coordinator
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	....	stunt double
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	....	stunts
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt double
Tom Struthers	....	stunt supervisor
Reg Wayment	....	fight arranger

Camera and Electrical Department
Darren Bailey	....	remote camera technician
Klemens Becker	....	camera operator
Jaap Buitendijk	....	still photographer
Sonny Burdis	....	best boy: UK
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Robert Dibble	....	assistant camera
Birgit Dierken	....	assistant camera
Steve Finberg	....	electrician: London
Chris Harker	....	grip
Zane Harrison	....	first assistant camera
Zane Harrison	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Zak Katz	....	video assist assistant
Stephen Lee	....	video assist operator: South Africa
Chaz Lyon	....	second assistant camera
Leigh Mackenzie	....	camera operator
Gavin McKenzie	....	video assist operator: Useful Companies, London
Karl McMillan	....	videographer
Guy Micheletti	....	key grip
Luis Olivares	....	video assist operator
Sarel Pretorius	....	Steadicam operator
Sarel Pretorius	....	camera operator: second unit
Tatum Roche	....	second assistant camera
David Smith	....	gaffer: UK
Michael Taylor	....	key video assist operator
Tom Taylor	....	central camera loader: UK
Derek Ueckermann	....	clapper loader: "a" camera

Casting Department
Monique Allen	....	extras casting supervisor
Luciano Silighini Garagnani	....	casting
Moonyeenn Lee	....	casting: South Africa
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Robyn Owen	....	casting associate
Yesi Ramirez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Libby Dempster	....	head textile artist
Rick de Souza	....	costumer
Rae Donnelly	....	costume supervisor
Sian Evans	....	costume extras supervisor
Jacomina Jankowitz	....	costume stand-by
Michelle Karavoussanos	....	head costume buyer
Liz McGregor	....	assistant costume designer
Ros Ward	....	costume buyer
Widaad Williams	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Gordon Antell	....	first assistant editor
Steve Bowen	....	digital film colorist
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Michael Eaves	....	digital film colorist (as Mike Eaves)
Bridgette Fahey-Goldsmith	....	assistant editor
Joe Finley	....	digital preview colorist
Alicia Gleeson	....	assistant editor
Christopher Hamilton	....	post-production assistant
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Jenny Hicks	....	post-production coordinator
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital film colorist
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Catherine Pantazopoulos	....	color timer: dailies
Arlyn Richardson	....	post-production coordinator
Cynthia E. Thornton	....	associate editor
Jan Yarbrough	....	on-line color timer
Todd Zongker	....	first assistant editor: avid
Ben Estrada	....	assistant digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
George Acogny	....	music supervisor
Pete Anthony	....	conductor: adult choir
Pete Anthony	....	conductor: orchestra
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Chris Bacon	....	technical score advisor (as Chris P. Bacon)
Chris Bacon	....	technical score engineer (as Chris P. Bacon)
Becky Bentham	....	score coordinator
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Jivan Gasparyan	....	musician: duduk (as Djivan Gasparyan)
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor: children's choir
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Robert Houston	....	assistant scoring engineer
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Julia Newmann	....	scoring intern
David Olson	....	music editor
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	technical score advisor
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	technical score engineer
Jim Weidman	....	supervising music editor
Mel Wesson	....	ambient music designer
Mel Wesson	....	music programmer
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	additional music mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Brian Baverstock	....	transportation coordinator
Laurie Dunn	....	transportation captain
Mark Hardy	....	transportation coordinator
Gerry Turner	....	unit transport manager

Other crew
Gerry Alfonso	....	first assistant accountant: Mozambique
Russell Allen	....	assistant production office coordinator
Simon Atherton	....	armorer
Richard Berkeley	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Andy Brunskill	....	body double: Mr. Di Caprio
Elaine Burt	....	production coordinator
Tina Caldeira	....	freight coordinator
Leah Chalk	....	health and safety
Marisa Clayton	....	post coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Ryan Coleman	....	assistant: Mr. Herskovitz
Luke Cornell	....	animal coordinator
Michael Da Rocha Antunes	....	production assistant
Lisa Davidson	....	production coordinator: Warner Bros.
Walmir De Almeida	....	production assistant
Pam Des Vigne	....	payroll accountant
Tommy Dunne	....	key armorer
Clinton du Preez	....	production assistant
Greg Eby	....	location accountant
Jake Edmonds	....	health and safety coordinator
Lynette Ely	....	assistant to production coordinator
Jane Fagan	....	assistant: Mr. DiCaprio
Ryan C. Fill	....	production assistant
Jessica Franks	....	key set assistant
Kurt P. Galvao	....	post-production technical consultant
Graham Geraghty	....	assistant to producer
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Alan Hausmann	....	armorer
Nion Hazell	....	assistant production coordinator
Kelly Helstrom	....	staff production coordinator
John Henn	....	unit assistant
Polly Hobson	....	assistant: Mr. Hounsou
Dan Hurst	....	boot camp instructor (as Daniel Hirst)
Jason Irizarry	....	security: Mr. DiCaprio
Thersius Kok	....	support staff: Mr. Zwick
Nick Komornicki	....	supervising armorer
Carol Kruger	....	production accountant: South Africa
Tyrone Kupritz	....	security: Mr. DiCaprio
Joline Laarman	....	housing assistant
Linda Labov	....	assistant: Ms. Weinstein
Francis Lambert	....	unit medic: UK
Jennifer Lambert	....	unit nurse
Jamie Lengyel	....	location finder: London
Etienne le Roux	....	pilot: Air Caravan
Paulo Luis	....	production assistant
Jacqueline Mahoney	....	voice looping
Sasha Markova	....	assistant: Ms. Connelly
Louise Martin	....	clearance coordinator
Kyla McFeat	....	assistant accountant
Karl McMillan	....	assistant: Mr. de la Noy
Jeroen Menssink	....	aerial coordinator: Hind
Linda Mgqobane	....	accounting assistant
Julian Milam	....	production assistant
Carolyn Milner	....	set production assistant: UK
Paul Mindel	....	floor runner: UK
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Alan Munro	....	main title design
Spud Murray	....	animal coordinator
Danilo Mussa	....	assistant location manager
John Nixon	....	armorer
Pieter Oosthuizen	....	production assistant
Ian Osborne	....	pilot: MI8
Denis O'Sullivan	....	assistant: Mr. King
Justin Owen	....	computer and video supervisor: Useful Companies
Sue Ann Perry	....	production secretary
Lance Peters	....	administrator: South African armory
Jason Potter	....	assistant accountant
Troy Putney	....	assistant: Mr. Zwick
Trevor Ralston	....	pilot: Hind
Hallam Rice-Edwards	....	production secretary: UK
Sorious Samura	....	film consultant
Michael Sharp	....	location consultant
David Sillery	....	assistant to armorer
Sheryl Sirmons	....	first assistant accountant
Mick Snell	....	location manager
Mark Somner	....	supervising location manager
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Claire Stewart	....	assistant production coordinator: UK
Jamie Stockley	....	animal trainer
Jim Stockley	....	animal trainer
Andrew Strachan	....	assistant production coordinator
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	script supervisor
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	synthesizer programmer
Katherine Tibbetts	....	production coordinator: UK
Gert Uys	....	aerial coordinator
Gert Uys	....	pilot
Janine van Assen	....	production coordinator
Matt Ward	....	account assistant
Reg Wayment	....	military advisor
Braam Wessels	....	co-pilot: MI8
Timothy Alexander West	....	production assistant
Nikki Wichmann	....	production secretary
Marc Wolff	....	aerial pilot
Brian Worsley	....	assistant: Bill Draper
Barney Wrightson	....	aerial operations assistant: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Tomoko Yamamoto	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Alvarado	....	production secretary: Los Angeles (uncredited )
Michael Bilog	....	post production accountant (uncredited)
Joby Stephens	....	additional set runner: UK (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Virtual Studios
• Spring Creek Productions
• Bedford Falls Productions
• Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) (in association with)
• Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG.

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pro 7 (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Taiwan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title and Art Studio (digital opticals)
• Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)
• Flash Film Works (visual effects)
• Illusion Arts (visual effects)
• Pixel Magic (visual effects)
• CosFX (visual effects) (as Cos FX Films)
• 11:11 Mediaworks

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Adacc  
• African Children's Choir  children's choir
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Getty Images  thanks
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Metro Voices  adult choir
• Modern VideoFilm  online facility
• Moonlighting Films  production services: South Africa (as Moonlighting Films)
• Moving Target  title design
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• On the Road  production services
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Also Known As:

Blood Diamond (Germany)
Okavango (USA) (original script title)
Diamante de Sangue (Brazil) (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Diamante de sangre (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Кровавый алмаз (Russia) [ru]
Blood Diamond (France) [fr]
Blood Diamond - Veritimantti (Finland) [fi]
Blood diamond - Diamanti di sangue (Italy) [it]
Kanli elmas (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Krwawy diament (Poland) [pl]
Le diamant de sang (Canada: French title) [fr]
Matomeno diamanti (Greece) [el]
Vereteemant (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

143 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Mende | Afrikaans

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (certificate #43118) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Norway:15 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:16 (bw) | Greece:K-13 | India:A | Sweden:15 | France:-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The pistol Danny Archer uses towards the end of the film is a Heckler & Koch USP.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The mercenary intervention in the Sierra Leone civil war (Executives Outcomes PMC) began in May, 1995 and ended in January, 1997. They were long since gone by the time of the RUF invasion of Freetown in January 1999 when the movie is set. It was actually a combination of British and UN troops who brought the war to an end in 2001. Possibly made deliberately to avoid associating EO with the fictional mercenaries, whose activities were much more sinister.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Solomon Vandy: Dia. Dia. Don't want to be late.
Dia Vandy: English boys don't go to school every day.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: 'Blood Diamond': Making an African Epic (#13.21)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Grab and Clap

Faithful to the Sierra Leone civil war, but just a small part of it, like Hotel Rwanda

I rate this a ten because I had the privilege of going to Sierra Leone after the war and participate in one of the war crimes trials there at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, created by the Sierra Leone government with the United Nations.

In a bit more than two and a half hours, the writers and directors have to tell the story of the civil war, keep it concise yet true, and tell it through the eyes of a few participants. Because the story line is so true, and the acting, writing, directing, locations, people, and photography are all superior, I must admit prejudice toward such a high rating. My local reviewer gave it a B+.

My exposure to the civil war and only some of the events of this movie were based on reading books, hundreds of witness statements, online material about the war, including the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Report, and listening to over 100 witnesses testify, and my trial was not even those of the RUF and AFRC, the really bad actors of the war, as the movie shows, pulling no punches. The accounts of atrocities are shockingly real. Tens of thousands had hands amputated, people were indiscriminately murdered, women raped or forced to marry, villages were burned, and children were kidnapped and forced to fight the war for both of the rebel factions (RUF and AFRC). Making a child a soldier is a war crime, and this movie artfully shows you why, without saying a word about it.

Sherman said, about our own Civil War, that "War is hell." But, African civil war is far different and atrocious because it inevitably leads to atrocities.

This fine work, with Hotel Rwanda, stands out as a film seriously attempting to explain the atrocities that Africans somehow can do to themselves.