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Movies About Diamonds Leave Lasting Memories

Diamonds have served as a great inspiration to many people from jewelry lovers and fashion conscious people to investors and even movie writers. In the entertainment industry, diamonds have been the focus of several old and new movies which have become box office hits. Thanks to the star-studded cast and a great storyline, those films drew a lot of international attention.

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Diamonds Are Forever

One of the hit films that centered on the very previous stone is “Diamonds Are Forever.” By its title alone, one can tell that the 1971 movie is about diamonds. The movie is the seventh of the James Bond series and the sixth one starring Sean Connery in the title role of M16 agent.

Shot mostly in Las Vegas hotels, the film is based on the 1956 novel of Ian Fleming and focuses on James Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler in order to get into a smuggling ring. Bond later discovers that his former opponent, responsible for the death of his wife, plans to use the South African diamonds to put up a giant laser satellite that would be utilized to hold the world to ransom.

Other filming locations included the Los Angeles International Airport, Universal City Studios, Pinewood Studios,Dover and Southhampton all in London, France, Amsterdam and Germany. The movie earned $43 million in the U.S. and $116 million worldwide.

The movie title “Diamonds Are Forever” can be attributed to the popular marketing slogan of an internationally renowned diamond brand. For people unfamiliar about the origin of this famous line, it was actually the world’s largest diamond producer, the De Beers Group, that used this slogan in its marketing campaign. The advertising line “A Diamond is Forever” was coined in 1947 by a young copywriter by the name of Frances Gerety and was named the best advertising slogan of the 20th century by Advertising Age magazine in the year 2000.

Blood Diamonds

The latest film on diamonds is the “Blood Diamonds” produced by Warner Brothers and directed by Edward Zwick. The movie revolves around a South African mercenary named Danny Archer played by famous Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio and a Mende fisherman, Solomon Vandy played by Djimon Honsou.

Both Archer and Vandy are African whose fates crossed when they got involved in a common goal to retrieve a rare pink diamond. Set in the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone, the movie begins with Archer in prison for smuggling. He then learns that Solomon who was taken from his own family and forced to work in the diamond fields has discovered and hidden a rare rough diamond.

Meanwhile, an American journalist Maddy Bowen played by Jennifer Connelly helped Archer and Vandy in their pursuit to find that extraordinary stone. Their journey would take them through the territory of the rebels just to save the life of Solomon’s family.

The film was first shot on location in Port Edward, South Africa then moved to Maputo, Mozambique and eventually in Cape Town, South Africa. Parts of it were also filmed in the busy business environment of London. The filming of the movie in South Africa was a blessing to many young African students and residents who served as extras in the “Blood Diamonds.” Eight school children had an unforgettable experience playing the role of amputees and acting with the Hollywood stars. Their roles were crucial in depicting the horrible outcome of the fighting in Sierra Leone that was funded by money from blood diamonds. During the fighting, hundreds of people decided to cut off their arms and legs to keep them from joining the civil war.

The Diamond of Jeru

The Australian film “The Diamond of Jeru” was actually released for the U.S. cable TV in 2001. Based on the Louis L’Amour novel, the movie relates the story of an American atomic scientist from Los Alamos, New Mexico and his wife, John and Helen Lacklan, who embark on a risky journey in search of diamonds in the Borneo river in the year 1955. For their journey, the couple hires an expat war veteran to serve as their guide whom they also fired later on.

John Lacklan played by Keith Carradine is a restless man bored with his marriage. To keep his spirit alive, John and his wife thought of going to Borneo to search for a diamond that would fill up the empty space in Mrs. Lacklan’s wedding ring.

Cameo roles

Apart from Diamonds Are Forever and Blood Diamonds, there are other movies wherein diamonds played an important role. This is enough proof of the connection between the movie industry including its stars and diamonds.

Loose Diamonds used in the movies are usually the subject of robberies involving female stars. In 1955, there was Grace Kelly in “To Catch a Thief” and in 1963, there was Claudia Cardinale in “The Pink Panther.” Other films featuring diamonds in robberies are “A Fish Called Wanda” in 1988 and “Topkapi” in 1964.

While those aforementioned films showed successful heists involving diamonds, there others that showed movie fans when attempted robberies fail. This happened in the films “Reservoir Dogs” by Quentin Tarantino released in 1990 and in Guy Ritchie’s “Snatch” in 2001.

Although some people may think that the diamonds used in movies are not genuine, the truth is many movie scenes actually featured the real stones. An example was in the 1932 film titled “Night After Night” where in one scene, a girl remarked to the character of Mae West “Goodness! What diamonds!”

Meanwhile in the 1953 film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” Marilyn Monroe actually a 25.9 carat pear-shaped canary diamond called the Moon of Barada. It was in this movie that Monroe sang “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”

Another film, the 1952 “Tarzan’s Savage Fury featured Jane played by Dorothy Hart wearing a 68 carat Transvaal diamond. Of course, who could ever forget the rare diamonds of actress Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor owns more of this precious stone than any other Hollywood star. Most of her multi-million dollars worth of diamond jewelry were gifts from ex-husband Richard Burton.

Apart from Taylor, other actresses known for their diamonds are Lana Turner, Mae West and Marlene Dietrich.