It’s not hard for a villain to be underrated, but someone like Bruce Dern is hard to ignore since every role he’s in he tends to bring a bit of that snarky attitude to bear and leaves you wondering just how much he’s got left in the tank, so to speak. The part he played in Diggstown as John Gillon for instance was perhaps one of the best parts in the whole movie. He wasn’t an aggressive bad guy that would come out and simply break you down, he was the cerebral bad guy that would use any and every
Bruce Dern: An Underrated Actor Who Nailed the Villain Role in Diggstown...
Bruce Dern: An Underrated Actor Who Nailed the Villain Role in Diggstown...
- 6/28/2018
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
by Nick Schager
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by Kevin James' Ufc comedy Here Comes the Boom.]
It's hustler versus hustler in the main event of Diggtsown, Michael Ritchie's underrated 1992 boxing comedy (based on Leonard Wise's novel) about the ever-entertaining art of the con. In a small Georgia enclave known as Diggstown, due to its being home to legendary fighter Charles Macum Diggs (Wilhelm von Homburg), virtually everything is owned by John Gillon (Bruce Dern), a businessman in a light blue suit and flashing a giant, cocky smile who intends to soon hand the reigns of his empire over to son Robby (Thomas Wilson Brown). That plan, however, is rudely interrupted by the arrival of professional con man Gabriel Caine (James Woods), recently paroled and motivated by inside information about Gillon from a Diggstown-hailing inmate known as Wolf (Randall "Tex" Cobb) to visit the area in order to pull off a grand scheme. Caine's release from jail after helping another pal break out,...
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by Kevin James' Ufc comedy Here Comes the Boom.]
It's hustler versus hustler in the main event of Diggtsown, Michael Ritchie's underrated 1992 boxing comedy (based on Leonard Wise's novel) about the ever-entertaining art of the con. In a small Georgia enclave known as Diggstown, due to its being home to legendary fighter Charles Macum Diggs (Wilhelm von Homburg), virtually everything is owned by John Gillon (Bruce Dern), a businessman in a light blue suit and flashing a giant, cocky smile who intends to soon hand the reigns of his empire over to son Robby (Thomas Wilson Brown). That plan, however, is rudely interrupted by the arrival of professional con man Gabriel Caine (James Woods), recently paroled and motivated by inside information about Gillon from a Diggstown-hailing inmate known as Wolf (Randall "Tex" Cobb) to visit the area in order to pull off a grand scheme. Caine's release from jail after helping another pal break out,...
- 10/14/2012
- GreenCine Daily
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