Diggstown is a movie directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Bruce Dern. It also features Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Michael Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director Michael Ritchie is also the name of an English college student in East Sussex who is famous for writing three novels for teenagers about teenage life. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Louis Gossett Jr. ... Bruce MacLeish Dern (born Winnetka, Illinois, June 4, 1936) is an American actor. ... Heather Graham on the cover of Life magazine Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American film and television actress. ... Oliver Platt as The West Wings Oliver Babish Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film and television actor. ... Randall Tex Cobb (born May 7, 1950 in Abilene, Texas) is an American prizefighter from Texas. ...
Gabriel Caine (Woods) is a brilliant con man, out to make a killing in local boxing. He travels to Diggstown, where they take two things very seriously: their boxing and their betting.
Diggstown," the latest sweet science crowd pleaser with James Woods and Louis Gossett Jr., represents Hollywood at its cynical, Pavlovian worst, and all the more so because of the considerable panache with which it has been pulled off.
Diggstown, it seems, is a hick town where the only thing anybody ever does is box.
The bet is too juicy for Gillon to pass up; it's also far too expensive for either man to lose, so both sides immediately start working around the rules to rig the match, paying fighters to dive for the cash and hiding aces up their sleeves.
"Diggstown" is a comeback of sorts for Ritchie too, with Woods as the locomotive.
The brutality of the "Diggstown" fights is mitigated by their air of make-believe and self-mockery, although there are two, inexcusably mood-killing lapses, both unnecessary events dealing with non-boxing violence.
The movie may not be everyone's tasteful cup of tea, but as canny, mass-appeal entertainment with two-dimensional characters, it is a refreshingly plebeian pitcher of beer.
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