: The film contains 408 F-bombs , ranking it among the top 10 most profane films in history, just behind The Wolf of Wall Street .
: The Safdie brothers first approached Adam Sandler in 2012, but his team rejected the script. They then considered Sacha Baron Cohen and Harvey Keitel . Diamanti grezzi 2019
: During a kidnapping scene, the first-time actors beating up Sandler accidentally choked him. Because Sandler was so "in character," they didn't realize he was actually tapping out until the stunt coordinator intervened. : The film contains 408 F-bombs , ranking
: The unique, angular house used for Howard's family home was also used as Freddie Mercury's house in Bohemian Rhapsody . : During a kidnapping scene, the first-time actors
The 2019 film (titled Diamanti grezzi in Italian) is a high-tension crime thriller directed by Josh and Benny Safdie . It follows Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a Jewish-American jeweler in New York's Diamond District, who risks everything on a rare Ethiopian black opal to settle his gambling debts.
: The film is loosely based on the Safdies' father, who worked as a runner in the Manhattan Diamond District for a man actually named Howard.