Der schwarze Diamant (2024)

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It's a brilliantly exhausting movie that gaffer-tapes us to motormouth New York gem dealer and degenerate gambler Howard Ratner... The thrill and despair of the addict are palpable. Content collapsed. Having looked at it closely, I'd say it's being over-valued.

During the game, Howard's creditors show up, with Howard trapping them in the security doors. When the game ends, Howard ends up winning $1.2 million, causing him to set the three men free. An enraged Phil then shoots Howard as well as Arno, with him and Nico then looting the store.

Uncut Gems is not a true story, but I don't blame anyone who thought it might be. That's because Uncut Gems feels like a true story, blending the lines between reality and fiction, thanks to the Safdie Brothers, who meticulously researched and recreated the real world surrounding Howard Ratner's fictional bet.

19 million USD

Uncut Gems / Budget

Adam Sandler wore false teeth and a fake dark mole on his right cheek for the role.

"f*ck" is said excessively throughout with the word being said a total of 560 times. Regularly used as part of normal conversation or in scenes full of arguing or yelling. More than half of its usage comes from Adam Sandler's character.

In 2012, Howard Ratner runs the KMH jewelry store in New York City's Diamond District. A gambling addict, he struggles to pay off his debts, including $100,000 he owes to Arno, a loan shark.

So he agrees to buy the opal directly from Ratner for $175,000 ahead of Game 7. Desperate to climb out of his financial hole, Howard takes the cash and hands it through a window to his girlfriend Julia to prevent the goons in his waiting room from snatching it away.

Howard calls Arno angry at him claiming to discount the "expensive" water from the debt, he also is having an affair with an irresponsible employee of him, called Julia, who lives in an apartment Howard's paying.

There are two different price estimates for the Opal from Uncut Gems. At first, Sandler expected the Opal to go for $1 Million Dollars at auction. Much to his displeasure, the Auction House appraises the stone to be around $150,000. This is a wide disparity.

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Snubbed by Oscars, Adam Sandler wins big at Independent Spirit Awards for Uncut Gems. Sandler acknowledged the Oscars' "quote, unquote 'snub'" during a rip-roaring speech. Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY.

The ending of Uncut Gems

Howard sells the opal to him but, via the camera, sees Arno and his thugs at the entrance of his store. Right then, he makes a swift and bold decision: he gives Julia the money Garnett gave him and lets her leave the office.

In that regard, Uncut Gems isn't just the story of how a life can be unraveled by the neediness of greed, it's a broader look at how humanity ascribes value to the world around us and how it shapes not just our lives, but the systems we build.

It turns out, one of the workers in Sandler's shop was played by an actual, real-life jewelry dealer. On this week's episode, we speak with Maksud Agadjani, the founder and owner of TraxNYC, which sells a range of items, from traditional bracelets and necklaces to highly customized, 3D-printed items for celebrities.

He later founded the dress-maker Diamond's Run during the 1970s, based in the New York City Garment District. He designed for the business through the 1980s, until its sale in the 1990s for $110 million. During this time he spent much of his career working in The Hamptons.