Adam Sandler-fronted film Uncut Gems gave indie film disrtibutor A24 its biggest box office haul this weekend, according to Variety.
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The film is an absolute ride, and it combines veteran actors like Sandler with newcomers like The Weeknd, Kevin Garnett, and Julia Fox. Fox plays Howard's girlfriend (also named Julia). It's her very first film role, but she's known the directors, Josh and Benny Safdie, for years. We got to ask her all about the film ahead of its wide release. [There are spoilers for Uncut Gems ahead.]
I heard this role is partially based on you! How did the part come about?
"I've just been friends with the
Adam Sandler-fronted film Uncut Gems gave indie film disrtibutor A24 its biggest box office haul this weekend, according to Variety.
LOS ANGELES — The holiday box office proved fruitful for a wide variety of movies as overall ticket sales reached $200 million over the weekend — a 6.3% boost from last year.
Julia Fox had a completely different line of work before her breakout performance in “Uncut Gems.”
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Adam Sandler has won multiple awards for his starring role in the critically acclaimed crime thriller, Uncut Gems. According to the film’s directors, Josh and Benny Safdie, their work on JAY-Z’s 2017 “Marcy Me” music video played a role in their “courtship” of Sandler.
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Josh and Benny Safdie have quickly established themselves as modern cinema’s Masters of Anxiety. The brothers’ work—including their 2017 botched-robbery caper Good Time and this month’s Uncut Gems, which stars Adam Sandler as a fast-talking diamond dealer who thrives on making the worst possible decisions—is often as frantic as a 911 call.
Adam Sandler was hesitant to portray a gambling addict in his new film, "Uncut Gems," until his wife encouraged him to do it.
One of the most anticipated films of the year is Uncut Gems, a thriller written and directed by the Safdie Brothers and starring Adam Sandler, who is doing his once-a-decade return to acting critics enjoy. In a further bit of catnip for art school shitheads like myself, Daniel Lopatin, the electronic artist also known as Oneohtrix Point Never, provides the film's score — and it's out today in conjunction with the film's release in select theaters (it goes wide on December 25).
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