Diggers

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Rating: R

Starring:

Paul Rudd as Hunt

Maura Tierney as Gina

Lauren Ambrose as Zoey

Shannon Barry as Lisa

Andrew Cherry as Anthony

Ron Eldard as Jack

Django Gilligan as Wally

Josh Hamilton as Cons

Ken Marino as Lozo

Sarah Paulson as Julie

Alex Pickett as Frankie Jr.

Jonny Pickett as Jon Jon

Scott Sowers as Bill

Special Features:

Deleted Scenes/Outtakes with Commentary

Higher Definition: Diggers Episode

Commentary with Director, Katherine Dieckmann and Writer/Actor, Ken Marino

Other Info:

Widescreen (1.77:1)

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Running Time: 90 Minutes

Synopsis:

The following is from the official DVD description:

“A funny, heartfelt story about a tightly-knit group of friends, who try to maintain their small-town way of life in the face of enormous changes in 1970s Long Island. Hunt (Paul Rudd) and his best friends Frankie Lozo (Ken Marino), Cons (Josh Hamilton) and Jack (Ron Eldard) are hard-living clam diggers whose livelihoods are threatened by an encroaching corporation, forcing them to consider new directions in life.”

“Diggers” is rated R for language, drug use and some sexual content.

Mini-Review:

After seeing Paul Rudd in “Anchorman,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Knocked Up, I’ve become a fan of his. I also like Maura Tierney and Ron Eldard from “ER.” So it was a lot of fun seeing them all together in “Diggers.” It’s an interesting character drama set in the ’70s. While it’s not slapstick comedy like you might expect from Rudd, there are a lot of funny moments in it. Many of them come from Ken Marino as Lozo and Sarah Paulson as Julie. Lozo is a man of conflicting sides. One second he’s yelling about his kid’s behavior, the next he’s laughing about their antics. One minute he’s swearing, the next he’s yelling at his kids for repeating him. Rarely has a character embodied yin and yang better than Lozo.

Despite the great cast and funny moments, “Diggers” is a character drama that will appeal more to indie film fans than general audiences. The movie is rather slow, frequently melancholy, and flat out boring at times. It’s very obvious that this film is a personal story to the writer since it highlights such an obscure profession as clam digging. But this ends up making it more indie fare than anything.

I’d recommend “Diggers” to fans of Paul Rudd or any of the other actors in this film. Fans of character dramas and indies will get a kick out of it, too.

I can’t comment on any of the bonus features included on this DVD. They weren’t on the copy sent to me.

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