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The Safdie Brothers are experts at creating heart-attack-inducing films and Uncut Gems is no exception! Adam Sandler gives the performance of his career as well as newcomers Kevin Garnett and Julia Fox. Learn how Josh and Benny Safdie aim to tie their stories closely to reality and why they had to rewrite their script 160 times.

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Uncut Gems is a 2019 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bronstein. The film stars Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Mike Francesa, Idina Menzel, and Eric Bogosian. The plot follows Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict in New York City's Diamond District, who gets in over his head with loan sharks and must retrieve an expensive gem he purchased in order to pay off his debts.

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