One of James Woods’ best performances was in the overlooked late summer of 1992 film, Diggstown. Woods plays a “good con man” in lieu of just another small-time hustler putting on the con of his life in sleepy, southern, boxing and gambling crazed Diggstown. The clip below features a nice compilation of some of the best scenes from the film. It is definitely worth checking out. Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, and a young Heather Graham all deliver great performances as well.
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Definitely an underated film, but of course I love all films with boxing anyway! The last fighter, Torres, was played by Alex Garcia, who was a pretty good fighter:
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=1575&cat=boxer
Chess, ever see Fast Walking? Woods affects sleazy so naturally! lol
I would have liked to see Tores tear Palmer apart at the end…would have made for a very different ending.
Oliver Platt was also great in his role in the movie.
nice chess thanks, will check it out, you have good video recommends… just rewatched videodrome the other day. woods’ was excellent in this.