Diggers

[rducasey]

I got this response today from Magnolia Home Entertainment on Diggers. So what does that mean, we are already at late 2006. Is this DVD and not Theatre release?

Thank you for your interest in Diggers. A release date has not yet been determined for this title. However, it is scheduled to release in mid-late 2006. Please follow up for release date in the coming months.



Best Regards,



Magnolia Home Entertainment

[mlm828]

Not very informative, were they? At least you got a response.

Mini-rant follows: Why is it that any information about RE's projects is so hard to come by? It's not national security, people! Just release the @#$%&* movie -- and the Blind Justice DVD!

Rant over. We now return to our regularly-scheduled discussion. Thank you.

[Katryna]

rducasey said:

I got this response today from Magnolia Home Entertainment on Diggers. So what does that mean, we are already at late 2006. Is this DVD and not Theatre release?

Thank you for your interest in Diggers. A release date has not yet been determined for this title. However, it is scheduled to release in mid-late 2006. Please follow up for release date in the coming months.



Best Regards,



Magnolia Home Entertainment

Only 31 days left in 2006! I found this post on the IMDb Diggers message board a few days ago.

Re: Toronto Film Fest 06
by marcindark (Fri Nov 3 2006 08:33:25)

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I don't have a firm date, but I've heard they're looking to release it nationwide in early Spring. A friend worked on the dialogue editing and sound for DIGGERS.

[anna]

IMDB shows it going into limited release in April, 2007.

[rducasey]

anna said:

IMDB shows it going into limited release in April, 2007.

Karma to you Anna. You are always the first to know these things. Thanks for the info.

[Katryna]

anna said:

IMDB shows it going into limited release in April, 2007.

Karma from me, too. Thanks for the update!

[Deleted]

FYI:

Just came across this. I have no idea how accurate the information is.

Diggers movie video with Ron Eldard IN THEATERS APRIL 2007 LIMITED Four Long Island friends follow in their respective families' footsteps and become clam diggers in this touching comedy. Starring: Josh Hamilton

www.edhat.com/sbfilm007/onemovie.cfm?onetitle=Diggers

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From Ken Marino, producer of Diggers:

it's coming out April 20th.

[bjobsessed]

FINALLY!!!

[mlm828]

According to the HDNet Films site, the company is connected with the Landmark Theatres chain, and their films are shown in all of the Landmark theaters. This may be good news for those (like me) who live in a city where Landmark has theaters.

Here's a link to Landmark's web site: www.landmarktheatres.com/
No mention of Diggers there yet.

[egw]

mlm828 said:

According to the HDNet Films site, the company is connected with the Landmark Theatres chain, and their films are shown in all of the Landmark theaters. This may be good new for those (like me) who live in a city where Landmark has theaters.

That wouldn't be where I live.
Wish Ron was in something more mainstream.
EGW

[rducasey]

Here is a positive review of the film Diggers from the Toronto Film Festival. At the end it had a 3 out of 4 star rating, but it did not show up when I transferred it. The reviewer says, "teeming with superb performances", and I am sure Ron's is one of those.



Diggers
Directed by Katherine Dieckmann
USA/87 MINUTES/CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Diggers is a low-key yet thoroughly entertaining drama revolving around the residents of a small fishing community, the majority of whom earn a living working as clam diggers. Director Katherine Dieckmann - working from Ken Marino's screenplay - generally doesn't concern herself with plot, choosing instead to emphasize the lives and foibles of the film's central characters. As such, Diggers is the sort of slow-going movie that essentially demands a patient viewer; the characters ultimately become vivid and real, and one can't help but sympathize and empathize with their respective problems. With a cast that includes Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, and Josh Hamilton, the film is teeming with superb performances - though screenwriter Marino deftly steals each one of his scenes and consequently establishes himself as a charismatic and talented performer in his own right. Dieckmann's eye for detail results in a distinctly authentic vibe, and although the inclusion of so many characters ensures that some get the short shrift in terms of satisfying arcs, there's simply no denying the overall effectiveness of the film.

out of

[Duchess of Lashes]

If you visit the following link, www.magpictures.com/presskits.aspx you can download a Diggers press kit directly from Magnolia pictures. Has a nice little collection of screencaps, although this is the only other one with our favorite blond dude - wearing bell bottoms and smoking no less!!!!! Imagine that!!




and straight from Magnolia, at this link, a list of the release dates and locations - FINALLY - although when they said limited release, judging by what is listed here, they REALLY meant it!

www.magpictures.com/dates.aspx?id=f5942b0e-93c2-4a31-aa74-5edd5a4628da

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Awesome. What's really neat is my brother's summer house is right there as well and I stood on that very dock that they are all on! I LOVE LIVING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

Notice the dates? Uh, HULLO, NEW YORK???!!!!

Oh, and to add: it was filmed at the Silly Lilly, a tackle and bait, boat rental place; I spoke with the owner who was so lovely and took me around and spent quite a bit of time with me.

[bjobsessed]

Cool! Thanks so much for the links, Lori. I can't download the production notes at the moment, but hopefully that will work later.

Strange that NY was left off the list.