Diamonds (1999)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

John Mallory Asher

Writer:

Allan Aaron Katz (written by)

Release Date:

18 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

Hunting for buried treasure was never this much fun.

Plot:

Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds.

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Prostitute | Brothel | Road Trip | Road Movie

Cast

Kirk Douglas	...	Harry Agensky
Dan Aykroyd	...	Lance Agensky
Corbin Allred	...	Michael Agensky
Lauren Bacall	...	Sin-Dee
Kurt Fuller	...	Moses Agensky
Jenny McCarthy	...	Sugar
Mariah O'Brien	...	Tiffany
June Chadwick	...	Roseanne Agensky
Lee Tergesen	...	Border Guard
Val Bisoglio	...	Tarzan (as Val Bisiglio)
Allan Aaron Katz	...	Mugger
Roy Conrad	...	Pit Boss
John Landis	...	Gambler
Joyce Bulifant	...	June
Liz Gandara	...	Roxanne

Also Known As:

Der Gauner mit dem Diamantenherz (Germany) (TV title)
Sundowning (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content, drug use and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Polish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) | USA:R (original rating) | UK:15 | Germany:12 (w) | Spain:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Donner Lake, Tahoe National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

A lovely film about fathers and sons

The scenes between Dan Aykroyd and Kirk Douglas where they are working through Dan's disappointment that Kirk was not a better father are fantastic! Every man who has ever been disappointed in his father should watch the old post stroke Kirk Douglas telling his son "I never kicked you in the ass, and I'm proud of that. My father beat me and I didn't beat you and that was a great thing." Maybe the definition of growing up is learning that your parents were children once, and they were hurt and disappointed and did not get enough from their parents, and that we are just all in this together, trying to find love. Maybe I am not a grown up until I have cried for the pain and disappointments my own mother and father have had in their lives, even though they also disappointed me.

It is just lovely to know that even in a movie I never heard of, that never really made it, I can find such moments of genuine humanity.