Diamond Men (2000)

A thirty-years traveling diamond salesman must mentor a brash young replacement when his company downsizes him.

Director:

Dan Cohen

Writer:

Dan Cohen

Stars:

Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Forster	...	Eddie Miller
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Bobby Walker
Bess Armstrong	...	Katie Harnish
Jasmine Guy	...	Tina
George Coe	...	Tip Rountree
Kristin Minter	...	Cherry (as Kristen Minter)
Shannah Laumeister	...	Amber
Nikki Fritz	...	Fran
Paul Price	...	Carl
Douglas Allen Johnson	...	John Ludwig (as Doug Johnson)
Jeff Gendelman	...	Brad
Katie Rimmer	...	Priscilla
Kateri Walker	...	Melody
Kathleen Conner	...	Angel
Melissa Greenspan	...	Krystal

Storyline

After 30 years on the road, a veteran jewelry salesman is forced to show his young replacement the tricks of the trade, but when the kid introduces him to the ladies of the "Altoona Riding Club," the old dog is introduced to a whole new set of "tricks."

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Plot Keywords:

mentor | diamond | mentor protégé relationship | animated tattoo | brothel | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Half Fast Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Altoona Riding Club

Filming Locations:

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artist View Entertainment, DMC Films, Half Fast Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Bobby Walker: I'll tell ya, the girls in these shitholes, they got nothing better to do. It's not like they're living in Harrisburg or something.
Eddie Miller: I got a lot of good customers in these "shitholes". What do you think you're gonna do, waltz in there and somebody's gonna hand you an order? Who's gonna buy from you?
Bobby Walker: Your customers are gonna buy from me.
Eddie Miller: MY customers?
Bobby Walker: Yeah, they said they were going to give them to me.
Eddie Miller: Oh, that's not how it works. They can't give you my customers. Same way you can't give me your ...

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Soundtracks

"Berlucci"
Written and Performed by Lord Hill
Courtesy of Lord Hill

User Reviews

Robert Forster Is God

The great Robert Forster stars along side Donnie Walhberg (who almost stole the show in Band of Brothers) in this great dialogue orientated film about two salesmen moving from town to town selling diamonds. As its a road movie with only two characters we need great writing, performances and directing - with Diamond Men we get all this and more. It isn't easy to sum up this film, you have to watch it, but beware because it is very low-budget, however this is the kind of movie that should get the good place on the shelf in your local video shop, as compared with the bottom shelf like it got in my shop. So far I've watched this film more than most Blockbusters this year.

If you're just discovering Mr Forster I would recommend American Perfekt, Jackie Brown, Vigilante and a few more. Very classy film.

The road movie lives on...