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Andy Garcia’s Crime Drama ‘Diamond’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics
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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Diamond”, Andy Garcia’s noir crime drama, after its Cannes Film Festival debut. The agreement gives the independently produced film a major distributor, though a release date has not yet been announced, and concludes a project Garcia says took nearly 20 years to develop.
Garcia wrote, directed and stars as Joe Diamond, a man with a traumatic past whose exceptional observational skills help solve crimes beyond the LAPD’s reach. The cast includes Vicky Krieps, Brendan Fraser, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Demián Bichir and LaTanya Richardson Jackson; Garcia also composed the original score with Arturo Sandoval. Sony’s deal excludes France, Germany, Italy and the CIS, while CineSon and several partner companies produced and financed the film.
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In short
- Sony Pictures Classics acquired Andy Garcia’s “Diamond”.
- Garcia wrote, directed and stars in the noir drama.
- No release date has been announced.
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Diamond”, Andy Garcia’s noir crime drama, following its debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
- 4 months ago Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Diamond”, Andy Garcia’s noir crime drama, after its Cannes Film Festival debut.
Explained simply
Andy Garcia is an American actor and filmmaker known for films including The Untouchables and the Ocean’s trilogy. Diamond is a crime drama he has written, directed and leads, centred on a man drawn into investigations because he notices details that others miss.
The film is described as noir, a style of crime story often involving moral uncertainty, danger and characters shaped by troubled pasts. Its main character, Joe Diamond, has experienced trauma and works on cases outside the usual scope of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Sony Pictures Classics is a specialist film distributor that releases independent and international cinema. A distribution deal determines how and where a film can reach audiences, although rights can be divided between different countries.
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