They also consulted with the Avianne and Co. Uncut Gems filmed exteriors on location, recreated a jeweler’s shop on a sound stage and used real dealers and jewelers as extras. It’s a setting they were intimately familiar with as their father once worked in the district.
One of the most astonishing elements of the anxiety inducing plot is how the Safdies used authentic aspects of life on 47 th Street to tell the story. There is a lot of borrowing from Peter to pay Paul or in the case of Sandler’s character there are about 10 Peters and Pauls. Through the transaction the film lifts the veil on how dealers without cash can get it. His main hustle involves an uncut Ethiopian opal and the Celtic’s Kevin Garnett (playing himself). The adrenaline-fueled film from directors Josh and Benny Safdie, stars Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a 47 th Street dealer, who is running countless schemes simultaneously and doing major gambling on the side. Uncut Gems captures a certain side of The Street to absolute perfection. It’s an old world place with lots of grit and a language all its own. The shops and exchanges are open to the public, but mainly The Street is for the trade. In the rabbit warren of back offices there are bench jewelers making pieces for the big houses and doing little repairs. It comprises the Diamond District and dealers who sell everything from authentic vintage treasures and gems to findings and fake Rolexes.
“The Street” is located between 5 th and 6 th Avenue, but the actual geography spills over into other blocks surrounding the main action. If you are in the jewelry business in New York, at one point or another, you have found yourself on 47th Street, the heart of the jewelry district. ‘Uncut Gems’ Captures the Beat of 47th Street Adam Sandler is a jewelry dealer running countless schemes
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