Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems (2019)

Timing: 2:16 (136 min)

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Video 12

Photo 122

Actors and characters

Release date

2019-08-30

Country

United States

Production

A24, Scott Rudin Productions, IAC Films, Sikelia Productions, Elara Pictures

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Crime

Budget

$19 000 000

Revenue

$50 023 780

Website

https://a24films.com/films/uncut-gems

Director

Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

Actors

Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch, Keith William Richards, Mike Francesa, Jonathan Aranbayev
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Scenario

Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

Producer

Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Irfaan Fredericks, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Anthony Katagas, David Koplan, Oscar Boyson

Operator

Darius Khondji

Composer

Daniel Lopatin

Artist

Audition

Francine Maisler, Eléonore Hendricks, Jennifer Venditti

Editing

Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Mary Beth Minthorn
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• Initially, the Safdie brothers wanted to film this movie even before the 2017 crime drama 'Good Time', but these plans were hampered by funding difficulties. Shortly thereafter, Robert Pattinson, whom they didn't know, contacted them and told them he had seen a picture of actress Ariel Holmes from their 2014 film 'Heaven Knows What' on the internet. After a personal meeting with Pattinson, the Safdie brothers began writing the screenplay for 'Good Time' with this actor in mind. The film premiered in Cannes, was successful, and the brothers began receiving calls from Hollywood with offers to film a superhero action movie, but the brothers rejected all these offers and instead found funding to film 'Uncut Gems'.
• After watching the drama 'Good Time', Adam Sandler's wife, Jackie Sandler, read the screenplay for this film and convinced him to agree to the role.
• The role of Yussi is played by a true jeweler, Maksud Agajani, who was involved in a scandal with rapper 6ix9ine in 2018 over a $25,000 bracelet, which, according to him, the performer never paid for.
• Adam Sandler’s character’s house is the same one that served as Freddie Mercury’s home during the filming of “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
• The work of photographers Danny Sanchez and Eduard Gyubelin is shown at the beginning and end of the film (shots with opal).
• The character Arno (Eric Bogosian) is named after Soviet composer Arno Babajanyan.
• For the role, Adam Sandler wore false teeth and glued a fake mole onto his right cheek.
• To elicit natural reactions from the actors to Kevin Garnett accidentally breaking a jewelry store window, the Safdie brothers rigged the glass with a small charge so that it would shatter at the right moment. The actors were unaware of when this would happen, resulting in genuine reactions.
• After watching the drama 'The Good Time,' Adam Sandler's wife read the script for this film and convinced him to agree to the role.
• After watching the drama "Uncut Gems", Adam Sandler’s wife read the script for this film and convinced him to accept the role.
• Adam Sandler's character's house is the same one that served as Freddie Mercury's home during the filming of "Bohemian Rhapsody".