Blood Diamond [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director Edward Zwick's frantic adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) discovered an extraordinary rough stone of immeasurable value. Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in Sierra Leone and Archer learns that Vandy has safely hidden the diamond in a place where no one would ever suspect, the pair enlist the aid of disillusioned American journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) in recovering the treasure that has the power to save Vandy's family and provide the desperate Archer with a much-needed chance for redemption. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Color
• Subtitle: French, English, Spanish
• Features:
  • Commentary by director Edward Zwick
  • Focus Points: featurettes and production diaries
  • Blood On the Stone: follow a Diamond's path from the Ground to the Store
  • Becoming Archer: profiling Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Journalism on the Front Line: Jennifer Connelly on Women Journalists at War
  • Inside the Siege of Freetown: Edward Zwick on One of the movie's pivatal sequences
  • Nas Shine on 'Em music video
  • Theatrical trailer

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Leonardo DiCaprio)
•     Nominated Best Editing - 2006 (Steven Rosenblum)
•     Nominated Best Sound Editing - 2006 (Lon Bender)
•     Nominated Best Sound Mixing - 2006 (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

• Black Reel Awards

•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

• Broadcast Film Critics Association

•     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Leonardo DiCaprio)
•     Nominated Best Picture - 2006
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

• Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association

•     Nominated Best Picture - 2006

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 2006 (Leonardo DiCaprio)

• Las Vegas Film Critics Association

•     Won Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)
•     Nominated Best Picture - 2006

• National Board of Review

•     Won Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)
•     Nominated Best Picture - 2006

• Satellite Awards

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 2006 (Leonardo DiCaprio)

• Screen Actors Guild

•     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Leonardo DiCaprio)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

• Washington D.C. Film Critics Association

•     Won Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

• Women Film Critics Circle

•     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Djimon Hounsou)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Edward Zwick

• Producer:

  Marshall Herskovitz, Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Greg Jacobs, Gillian Gorfil, Graham King

• Screen Story:

  Charles Leavitt

• Screenwriter:

  Charles Leavitt

• Screen Story:

  C. Gaby Mitchell

• Cinematographer:

  Eduardo Serra

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  George Acogny

• Composer (Music Score):

  James Newton Howard

• Editor:

  Steven Rosenblum

• Production Designer:

  Dan Weil

• Supervising Art Director:

  Raymond Chan, Peter Wenham

• Art Director:

  Daran Fulham

• Co-producer:

  Kevin de la Noy

• Supervising Producer:

  Philip Key, Genevieve Hofmeyr

• Associate Producer:

  Josh Gummersall

• Executive Producer:

  Kevin de la Noy, Len Amato, Benjamin Waisbren, Len Arnato

• Costume Designer:

  Ngila Dickson

• Set Decorator:

  Olivia Bloch-Laine

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Ivan Sharrock, Jon Title

• First Assistant Director:

  Nilo Otero

• Camera Operator:

  Klemens Becker, Mike Proudfoot

• Sound Mixer:

  Andy Nelson

• Casting:

  Victoria Thomas, Moonyeenn Lee

• Sound Mixer:

  Anna Behlmer

• Production Manager:

  Joao Ribeiro, Alan Shearer

• Musical Performer:

  Youssou N'Dour

• Visual Effects:

  Illusion Arts

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Lon Bender

• Department Head Hair:

  Sharon Martin

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

  Jeffrey A. Okun

• Second Unit Assistant Director:

  Mathew Dunne

• Second Unit Director:

  Gary Capo

• Production Supervisor:

  Nick Laws

• Special Effects Coordinator:

  Neil Corbould

• Department Head Makeup:

  Sallie Jaye

• Second Unit Director:

  Kevin de la Noy

• Visual Effects:

  Flash Film Works, Pixel Magic

• Conductor:

  Gavin Greenaway

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Paul Jennings

• Conductor:

  Pete Anthony

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Ray Ferguson

• Second Unit Camera:

  Leigh Mackenzie

• Visual Effects:

  Rising Sun Pictures

• Script Supervisor:

  Jane-Ann Tenggren

• Costumes Supervisor:

  Sian Evans

• Second Unit Assistant Director:

  Eddie Thorne

• Special Effects Coordinator:

  Cordell McQueen

• Associate Editor:

  Cynthia Thornton

• Visual Effects Producer:

  Tom Boland

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Andy Williams

• Musical Performer:

  Metro Voices

• Hair Styles:

  Zoey Tahir

• Aerial Photography:

  Adam Dale

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Clive Beard

• Gaffer:

  John McKay

• Costume/Wardrobe:

  Zoe Harvey

• Title Design:

  Moving Target

• Visual Effects Editor:

  Neil Greenberg

• Musical Performer:

  African Children's Choir

• Properties Master:

  Paul Hedges

• Unit Production Manager:

  Susan Towner

• Production Accountant:

  Marge Rowland

• Location Manager:

  Johan van Huyssteen, Peter Currey

• Post Production Coordinator:

  Arlyn Richardson

• Second Assistant Director:

  Brandon Lambdin, Dale Butler

• Second Unit Camera:

  Sarel Pretorius

• Visual Effects:

  COS FX Films

• Properties Master:

  Mark Auret

• Construction Coordinator:

  Clive Pollick, Renato Chagas

• Costumes Supervisor:

  Philippa Lingard, Rae Donnelly

• Costume/Wardrobe:

  Shahida April, Natasha Stevens, Nadia Botha, Widaad Williams, Promise Mgoduka, Hazel Adams

• Second Unit Makeup:

  Debra Hare

• Fights Choreographer:

  Reg Wayment