Diggers R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 1, 2007
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Scott Sowers, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Sarah Paulson, Josh Hamilton, Maura Tierney & Ken Marino | |
Directed by | Katherine Dieckmann | |
Screenwriting by | Ken Marino | |
Composition by | David Mansfield | |
Produced by | Jason Kliot, Anne Chaisson & Joana Vicente | |
Director of Photography: | Michael McDonough | |
Executive Production by | David Wain, Todd Wagner & Mark Cuban |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 7/10 --
It is wholly Good. A pity that it doesn't have any real desire to be Great.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Rating: 4.5/5 --
A very detailed portrait of a time and place that is about to change forever. This is a Long Island of 1976 in someone's memory, like a faded Polaroid in an old shoebox.
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CinemaBlend
Smart and sensitive.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
Intimate '70s indie drama won't interest kids.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 3/10 --
Diggers is all shell and no neck and belly.
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ReelzChannel.com
Rating: B --
As befits a heartfelt ode to working-class values, Diggers puts in lots of hard, honest work that finally pays off in a wholly predictable yet unexpectedly moving conclusion.
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AV Club
Rating: 4/6 --
The larky spirit of camaraderie lingers long after the haze of the film's many passed joints dissipates.
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Time Out
Product Description:
DIGGERS, a coming-of-age film set in 1970s Long Island, New York, follows the fortunes of four working-class friends, Hunt (Paul Rudd), Jack (Ron Eldard), Cons (Josh Hamilton), and Lozo (Ken Marino). The men are the last generation of independent clam-diggers, and are slowly being pushed out by a corporation that has settled in the area. The twin threats of job loss and possible financial instability shake up the isolated world they live in, and tension starts to build for everyone. Although it's clear that they all share the burden of continuing their heritage as clam-diggers, each has their own identity: Jack is the perpetual playboy, Lozo is the family man, Cons is a free-spirit philosopher, and Hunt is a photographer. But when his father dies while on the job, Hunt is struck by the reality of his own mortality. After a few heart-to-hearts with his friends and his sister Gina (Maura Tierney), and a romantic fling with a visiting young and trendy Manhattanite, Zoey (Lauren Ambrose), Hunt becomes enlightened, and reminded that his life is his own.
While the film's plot is minimalist, DIGGERS (which was written by Marino) provides incredibly rich characters, and really captures their struggles and emotionally driven qualities. It helps that the material is delivered by an outstanding ensemble cast that also includes Sarah Paulson as Julie, Lozo's wife. The heady dramatic material of the film is frequently offset by healthy doses of comic relief, which are sprinkled in when necessary, adding further shades to director Katherine Dieckmann's impressive cinematic palette.
While the film's plot is minimalist, DIGGERS (which was written by Marino) provides incredibly rich characters, and really captures their struggles and emotionally driven qualities. It helps that the material is delivered by an outstanding ensemble cast that also includes Sarah Paulson as Julie, Lozo's wife. The heady dramatic material of the film is frequently offset by healthy doses of comic relief, which are sprinkled in when necessary, adding further shades to director Katherine Dieckmann's impressive cinematic palette.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 4,327
- UPC: 876964000833
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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