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Diamonds (1999) 5.3
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5.3/10 from 1,119 users
Metascore: 33/100
Reviews: 22 user | 30 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds. Director:John AsherWriter:Allan Aaron Katz |
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Title: Diamonds (1999)
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Harry Agensky
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| Dan Aykroyd | ... |
Lance Agensky
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| Corbin Allred | ... |
Michael Agensky
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| Lauren Bacall | ... |
Sin-Dee
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| Kurt Fuller | ... |
Moses Agensky
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| Jenny McCarthy | ... |
Sugar
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Mariah O'Brien | ... |
Tiffany
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| June Chadwick | ... |
Roseanne Agensky
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| Lee Tergesen | ... |
Border Guard
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| Val Bisoglio | ... |
Tarzan
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Allan Aaron Katz | ... |
Mugger
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Roy Conrad | ... |
Pit Boss
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| John Landis | ... |
Gambler
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| Joyce Bulifant | ... |
June
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| Liz Gandara | ... |
Roxanne
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Boxing champion Harry Agensky, the Polish Prince, now an elderly widower and a stroke victim, takes speech lessons and fears confinement in an old age home. He convinces his son Lance and grandson Michael to take him to Reno to look for diamonds he stashed, his payoff when he threw a fight years before. Lance doesn't believe the diamond story but wants a last trip with dad, and all three have father-son issues to work out. After some gambling, they head for a brothel where each needs psychological intervention from a prostitute. Then it's time to find out if the diamonds really exist and if a road trip together can strengthen familial bonds. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Hunting for buried treasure was never this much fun.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content, drug use and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
18 February 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
$7,837 (USA) (10 December 1999)Gross:
$81,897 (USA) (18 February 2000)Company Credits
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Written by Roy Turk, Lou Handman
Performed by Elvis Presley
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Forty-nine years before Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall starred together in Young Man with a Horn. See more »Soundtracks
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"Written by Roy Turk, Lou Handman
Performed by Elvis Presley
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I'm willing to bet that Kirk Douglas liked this project so much he decided to do it again with his own son and grandson. Diamonds is a story that finds Kirk in pursuit of some diamonds he hid away in the house of an old hoodlum friend in Reno, Nevada. Back in the day Douglas was a boxer by trade and this was a payoff for throwing a big fight back in the Fifties.
To make his pursuit more interesting he takes along one of his two sons Dan Ackroyd and Ackroyd's son, Corbin Allred. So three generations of the Agensky family go in pursuit of some diamonds.
Of course the trip is a bonding experience for all concerned. Ackroyd just went through a bitter divorce with Allred's mother and he's been estranged from Douglas for several years.
I found Diamonds to be a pleasant film, entertaining and in a few instances quite touching. The Agensky family outing also included a visit to a bordello run by Madam Lauren Bacall.
Before she married Humphrey Bogart, Bacall was an acting student in New York with Kirk Douglas and she persuaded him to come to Hollywood. Back in 1951 they co-starred in Young Man With a Horn so 48 years later they're back together on the screen. They're scenes are precious.
With Diamonds I think Kirk was trying to send a message that all stroke victims aren't helpless. His scene with fellow former boxer Val Bisoglio as the two old ring enemies meet are a delight and later how he obtains his quest proves that while his speech is impaired he hasn't lost one single marble.
Later on Kirk Douglas did It Runs In the Family with son Michael and grandson Cameron. But I kind of like this one better.