Danny Archer(Leonardo DiCaprio)
“Blood Diamond” should have been shot in Sierra Leone. May 30, 2007 by Abdul Kargbo. Apparently, some people are upset that Blood Diamond gave a negative portrayal of Sierra Leone. I think it’s ridiculous for people to argue over whether or not the movie is positive or negative. However, I completely agree that it would have been right to film in Sierra Leone to atleast bring to them a share of positive media exposure seeing as the story that made way for ‘Blood Diamond’ came from that country. Blood Diamond opened on December 8, 2006 in the United States and Canada in 1,910 theaters. The film ranked at #5 on its opening weekend, accumulating $8,648,324, with a per theater average of $4,527. The film's five-day gross was $10,383,962. Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite the script again; by the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well. Against this historical backdrop, Blood Diamond, set in Sierra Leone in 1999, tells the story of the intersecting lives of Danny Archer, an Anglo ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, Solomon Vandy, a fisherman from Sierra Leone, and Maddy Bowen, a American reporter. The film begins with an RUF raid of Solomon's village. This action-packed Hollywood film with the star Leonardo Di Caprio was nominated for five Academy Awards, and has brought the issue of blood diamonds to a much wider audience across the world. An African native, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), captured by the RUF and forced to pan for diamonds, finds a large pink diamond. He hides it in his toe and buries it. Later, he meets up with diamond trader Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), who sees the diamond as his passage out of Africa. Together, Danny and Solomon attempt to dig up the diamond and sell it, but Danny doesn't count on the fact that Solomon is more concerned about the fate of his family than he is about the diamond. Blood diamond aka 'conflict diamond', refers to a diamond typically mined in Africa and sold in order to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or to support a warlord's activity. Later, he meets up with diamond trader Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), who sees the diamond as his passage out of Africa. Together, Danny and Solomon attempt to dig up the diamond and sell it, but Danny doesn't count on the fact that Solomon is more concerned about the fate of his family than he is about the diamond. The civil war served as the background for the 2006 movie Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly. During the end of the movie Lord of War, Yuri Orlov (played by Nicolas Cage) sells arms to militias during the civil war. The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002) began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. A Contrarian View Philippe Diaz and his documentary The Empire in Africa acknowledge the plight of the people in Sierra Leone, but blames the makers of the movie Blood Diamond of following the official view on the conflict.  Blood Diamond: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, released on December 19, 2006 by Varese Varèse. Sarabande it was composed By James Newton, howard and won The soundtrack of The year at the 2008 CLASSICAL Brit. awards Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite the script again; by the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well. Blood Diamond is a 2006 American-German political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite the script again; by the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well. According to a National Public Radio (NPR) program in October 2006, the Diamond Council tried to persuade Blood Diamond 's director, Edward Zwick, to add a disclaimer to the film that would cite the Kimberley process and note that Sierra Leone's civil war was long over. This action-packed Hollywood film with the star Leonardo Di Caprio was nominated for five Academy Awards, and has brought the issue of blood diamonds to a much wider audience across the world.
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