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efilmcritic.com - : I rented Diggstown, interested mainly for the cast and boy was I in for a shock. Yeah, it has a few of the requisite throwaway sports cliches, but it's so well done, you won't care. Directed with a knowing hand by Michael Ritchie (of the also underrated movies The Survivors, Wildcats and The Golden Child), it's the story of two con men (Woods and Oliver Platt) attempting to set up a huge boxing tournament in an unfriendly litle town. Dern's character basically owns the whole town, but the stakes start piling up, and the subplots are connected to the boxing plot cleverly. more...
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