Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language.|||adult
Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Spring Creek/Bedford Falls production in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; produced by Gillian Gorfil, Paula Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Graham King ; story by Charles Leavitt and C. Gaby Mitchell ; screenplay by Charles Leavitt ; directed by Edward Zwick.
Widescreen presentation.
Special features: commentary by director Edward Zwick; theatrical trailer.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo.
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by Steven Rosenblum ; music by James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Dan Weil ; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun.
DVD; Dolby Digital surround 5.1.
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Surround 5.1), French (Dolby Surround 5.1) or Spanish (Dolby Surround 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
