Blood Diamond (2006)
- During the filming of Blood Diamond, Leonardo DiCaprio improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
- The incredible score for Blood Diamond was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller directed by Edward Zwick. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Danny Archer, a Rhodesian-born diamond smuggler operating in Sierra Leone during the 1999 civil war, who forms an uneasy alliance with Solomon Vandy, played by Djimon Hounsou, a Mende fisherman separated from his family and enslaved by Revolutionary United Front rebels in the diamond mines. When Archer learns that Solomon has hidden an enormous pink diamond of extraordinary value, he offers to help Solomon find his captured son in exchange for the stone, while American journalist Maddy Bowen, played by Jennifer Connelly, seeks to expose the conflict diamond trade.
Leonardo DiCaprio's Afrikaans accent and physically committed performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and Djimon Hounsou's Solomon โ a man of quiet dignity fighting to preserve his family against impossible odds โ earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The film brought international attention to the conflict diamond industry and contributed to public support for the Kimberley Process certification scheme. Blood Diamond earned $171 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.





