Blood Diamond

Set in war-torn Sierra Leone, a fisherman and a mercenary join forces with an American journalist to find a rare pink diamond, facing obstacles and risking their lives along the way, ultimately leading to the reunion of the fishermans family and exposing the criminal diamond trade. Blood Diamond is a 2006 English-language Adventure Drama motion picture featuring Leonardo Dicaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, Kagiso Kuypers and Scott Wickes. Bedford Falls Productions in association with Virtual Studios and Initial Entertainment Group. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King, Paula Weinstein and Alexzander Breault-boucher. Blood Diamond is written by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell and it is directed by Edward Zwick. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Blood Diamond was released on 4th January 2007 and takes a screen time of 143 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Blood Diamond was made on a budget of $100 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $171 million. Cinematography was done by Eduardo Serra and editing by Steven Rosenblum. The music was composed by James Newton Howard.