![]() ![]() That he can still achieve something greater than he actually is, so that he can prove that he belongs, kind of like in Rocky III. It always centered around one character who was doing everything he can to prove that he’s still got it. Ronnie got involved almost immediately after that, and then the script started to take the beginning of its shape. ![]() The first iteration of the script was somewhat episodic and unfocused - it was centered around our father and his boss. Me and my brother wrote the first version of the script, which was very much inspired by our nostalgic attraction to the types of stories that our dad would tell all the time, pulp-driven stories. The project started in 2009, after we finished a movie called Daddy Longlegs. So how did you get Adam Sandler in this movie? I know it was a long road. Our conversation, which has been edited and condensed, follows. I met Josh and Benny in New York City a few weeks before the film’s release to talk about how they signed Adam Sandler to their movie, casting Garnett, and how the movie changed over its decade in development. You can’t help but root for Howard - while wanting to grab him by the throat and shake some sense into him - and for the Safdies, whose command of their craft is pure pleasure to watch. It’s a thoroughly fun thrill ride, a perfect study of a man who’s both an eternal optimist and an irrepressible screw-up. He ends up in hot water when he lends an opal to Celtics player Kevin Garnett (who plays himself) for good luck before a game, then starts pawning possessions to bet on the outcome.ĭirected by brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, who drew on stories they heard from their father to make the film, Uncut Gems boasts the same heart-pounding intensity of their 2017 film Good Time, but with a bit more polish and panache. ![]() Adam Sandler turns in the performance of his career as Howard Ratner, a jewelry dealer in New York’s Diamond District who’s always on the hunt for the next big deal. Uncut Gems is a feature-length panic attack, in the best way. ![]()
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