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Jennifer Connelly Joins The Blood Diamond Source: The Hollywood Reporter
October 12, 2005
Jennifer Connelly is in talks to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in director Edward Zwick's dramatic thriller The Blood Diamond at Warner Bros. Pictures, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The African adventure is set in Sierra Leone circa 1999, a time when the nation was in the midst of a horrific civil war. DiCaprio plays the role of a smuggler who specializes in the sale of "blood diamonds," also known as "conflict diamonds" -- the precious stones used to finance rebellions, privateers and terrorists.
When the smuggler encounters an indigenous Mende farmer whose young son has disappeared into the RUF's army of child soldiers, the two men's fates become linked.
The story is by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell, with a screenplay by Leavitt and Zwick (The Last Samurai) & Marshall Herskovitz.
The studio is aiming to begin shooting early next year and is eyeing locations in Africa.
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Stephen Collins Seeks Blood Diamond Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 31, 2006
Stephen Collins (7th Heaven) has joined the cast of Blood Diamond, the Leonardo DiCaprio action-drama Ed Zwick is directing for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The story centers on a poor African farmer, played by Djimon Hounsou, who gets caught up in a conflict between an U.S. diamond smuggler (DiCaprio) and the syndicate that controls the local diamond mining industry. Collins plays an ambassador.
Stephen Collins Seeks Blood Diamond Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 31, 2006
Stephen Collins (7th Heaven) has joined the cast of Blood Diamond, the Leonardo DiCaprio action-drama Ed Zwick is directing for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The story centers on a poor African farmer, played by Djimon Hounsou, who gets caught up in a conflict between an U.S. diamond smuggler (DiCaprio) and the syndicate that controls the local diamond mining industry. Collins plays an ambassador.
Release Date: December 8, 2006 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Edward Zwick Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz Genre: Action, Drama MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and language) Website:Blood Diamond
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, James Purefoy, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins, Michael Sheen
Plot Summary: 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), a South African mercenary, 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 that can transform their lives.
While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon—who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields—has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory. More than a search for a valuable diamond, the journey could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
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