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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305907152
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305907153
Label: Miramax Films
Manufacturer: Miramax Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 15635
Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 2000
Editorial Review:
Description:
Ths funny and touching comedy hit features Kirk Douglas (OSCAR, GREEDY) and Dan Aykroyd (BLUES BROTHERS 2000, GHOSTBUSTERS) in a shining cast of great stars! Harry Agensky (Douglas) is a feisty ex-boxing champ who shows that he still has some punch left when he talks his son (Aykroyd) and grandson into taking a road trip from Canada to Reno, Nevada! There, the trio takes up the search for 13 missing diamonds that Harry was promised for throwing a fight years ago! With sexy Jenny McCarthy (SCREAM 3, BASEKETBALL) and the legendary Lauren Bacall (THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES) adding to the already high-spirited hilarity, don't miss your chance to come along for this trio's wild comedy adventure.
Amazon.com:
In an effort to bond with his son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd) agrees to help his father, Harry (Kirk Douglas), a former boxer now hampered by a stroke (as Douglas is in real life), hunt down some diamonds he was given by a crooked boxing promoter but had to hide for reasons that don't exactly make sense. The three generations drive to Reno in a convertible (driving with the top down in winter, for some reason), where they win at gambling and decide to blow the money at a nearby whorehouse, where Lauren Bacall is the madam and Jenny McCarthy is one of the 'girls.' Lessons are learned, honor is regained. Every clichéd scene of Diamonds is written and played in such broad strokes (er, so to speak) that it's impossible to really connect with the characters; they don't have enough substance that you can grasp them as people. It's particularly difficult to watch Kirk Douglas--an actor who's spent his life playing thorny, galvanizing characters--being mined for cheap, easy sentiment. Get one of his older movies instead; get Paths of Glory or Out of the Past or Gunfight at the O.K. Corral or Spartacus or even 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, any one of which is a thousand times the movie Diamonds is. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - 4 White Brilliant, Some Fancy Yellow, Some Pink & Champage
This is not a story about diamonds but a beautiful story about the father and son's bonding. It begins with the old dad played by Kirk Douglas, who always brags about having a dozen of magic diamonds hidding somewhere, worth millions of dollars. None of his children believes him. Until someday, his grandson listens and excites about it. He drags his dad (played by Dan Aykroyd) to help his grandfather to find those diamonds. Adventure begins. Throughout the journey, they not only fix up but also strengthen ... Read More
Rating:  - "A Family Project!"....
This review refers to the DVD edition(Miramax) of "Diamonds"...
Thoroughly entertaining, more then a bit sentimental, and highly enjoyable, "Diamonds" is a gem of a film. It's a charming comedy that will have you smiling from beginning to end. Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, and Corbin Allred are three generations of the Agensky men who take you on an adventure you won't soon forget.
Lance(Aykroyd) and the teenage Michael(Allred) are a father and son who's relationship is in dire need of ... Read More
Rating: - Touching story about a father ,his son, & his son's son
This movie is about a old boxer played by Kirk Douglas(Oscar,Greedy), and his son Dan Aykroyd(Blues Brothers 2000,Ghostbusters). The old boxer father wants to give his sons some diamonds. They end up on a road trip from Canada to Reno,Nevada. The grandpa takes along Aykroyd's son on the road trip .Upon arriving they go to a brothel run by Lauren Becall)The Mirror Has Two Faces). All of the men each have a girlin the brothel For fans of Dan Aykroyd he is shirtless several time he displaying his hairy chest ... Read More
Rating: - JENNY McCARTHY IS A DIAMOND OF HER OWN
THIS MOVIE HAD EVERYTHING LAUGHS,TEARS,WONDERFUL CAST,GREAT SCRIPT.I THOUGHT KIRK DOUGLAS MADE A GREAT RETURN AFTER SUFFERING THAT STROKE.DAN AKROYD DID A GREAT JOB.JENNY McCARTHY WAS EXCELLENT SHE PROVED SHE CAN ACT.WISH I COULD GIVE IT 10 STARS
Rating: - Kirk Douglas in a triumphant return
Kirk Douglas is one of the all time great leading men in the last century. At 83 and having suffered a stroke, I'm sure no one ever thought he would be acting again. Think again. Douglas is back, and although he is hampered somewhat by the effects of the stroke, he is as feisty, energetic and dramatically potent as ever.
Douglas plays Harry, the patriarch of a three-generation family in this bittersweet comedy exploring the relationships between a father, his son and his grandson. Harry is seen ... Read More
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