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Uncut gems / A24 presents ; an Elara picture ; produced by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard ; written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie ; directed by Josh & Benny Safdie.

Director-approved special edition.

[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2021]

©2021

2 videodiscs (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

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DVD video

region 1

auditory captions

This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has finally come in as long as he can stay one step ahead of a wife who hates him, a mistress who can't quit him, and a frenzy of loan sharks and hitmen closing in on him. Wrapping a vivid look at the old-school Jewish world of Manhattan's Diamond District within a kinetic thriller, Uncut Gems gives us one of the great characters in modern cinema: a tragic hero of competing compulsions on a shoot-the-moon quest to transcend his destiny.

A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.

MPAA rating: R; for pervasive strong language, violence, some sexual content and brief drug use.

Criterion collection ; 1101

Criterion collection ; 1101.

Wagers -- Drama.

Compulsive gamblers -- Drama.

Middle-aged men -- Drama.

Jewelers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Collecting of accounts -- Drama.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Crime films.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Safdie, Benny, film director, screenwriter.

Safdie, Josh, film director, screenwriter.

Bronstein, Ronald, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Bear-McClard, Sebastian, film producer.

Rudin, Scott, 1958- film producer.

Bush, Eli, film producer.

Sandler, Adam, actor.

Menzel, Idina, actor.

Fox, Julia (Actress), actor.

Stanfield, LaKeith, 1991- actor.

Garnett, Kevin, 1976- actor.

Bogosian, Eric, actor.

Hirsch, Judd, actor.

Richards, Keith Williams, actor.

Francesa, Mike, 1954- actor.

Aranbayev, Jonathan, actor.

Fisher, Noa, actor.

Weeknd, 1990- actor.

Lopatin, Daniel, composer (expression)

Khondji, Darius, director of photography.

A24 (Firm), presenter.

Elara Pictures, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.

Wide screen (2.39:1).

Special edition: audio commentaries ; interviews ; documentaries from 2019 and 2020 on the making of the film and soundtrack ; screen tests ; Goldman v. Silverman: a 2020 short film ; deleted and extended scenes ; trailer.

Original score, Daniel Lopatin ; edited by Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie ; director of photography, Darius Khondji.

Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch, Keith William Richards, Mike Francesa, Jonathan Aranbayev, Noa Fisher, Abel Tesfaye.

DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; wide screen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 surround.

English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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