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Diggers: A Quietly Charming Slice of Life

BuzzSugar — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:23:12 PDT

Diggers is less like a movie than a moment, a few minutes of poking your head into someone else's life. It's a small, quiet movie where nothing much happens, but its subtle charms make it worth a look - especially because it's already available on DVD.

Diggers focuses on a ragtag group of of clam diggers growing up on Long Island in 1976. It's a hardworking but mostly comfortable life - until a big corporation starts encroaching on their turf. In the midst of the storm is Hunt (played with a quiet sweetness by Paul Rudd), a slacker-digger who oversleeps one morning and later finds his father, whom he was supposed to dig with that day, dead in the water. The death prompts Hunt and his friends - the angry Frankie (Ken Marino, who also wrote the movie), lowbrow pot dealer Cons (Josh Hamilton), and ladies' man Jack (Ron Eldard) - to re-examine their own lives, so

read more For Hunt, that means developing a flirtation with Zoey (Lauren Ambrose), a city girl visiting Long Island. It's clear that Hunt isn't completely resigned to the digger life - he's also a wannabe artist who takes black-and-white Polaroids of everything - and Zoey encourages Hunt's desires to escape. I'm not quite sure what to make of Zoey; she's written like a city sophisticate, but Ambrose plays her as something more suspicious, like she's hiding a whole history we don't really ever see. But it hardly matters, because at its heart, Diggers is a buddy film. I couldn't help being reminded of Beautiful Girls, another movie about a clan of old friends. In Diggers, the guys are so used to being around each other that their greeting is the finger and their banter is sharp but old-sweatshirt comfortable. Their dramas are small but not insignificant, and that's what ultimately makes Diggers feel real. Photos courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

Movie Preview: Diggers

BuzzSugar — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:00:35 PDT

We all know about my deep affection for Paul Rudd, "The State," and most things "Six Feet Under"-related. So I am loving the trailer for Diggers, a drama that a) focuses on a character played by Paul Rudd, b) was produced by David Wain and written by Ken Marino, both from "The State," and c) stars "Six Feet Under"'s sassy redhead Lauren Ambrose. Count me in!

The film is only out in limited release this Friday before moving into DVD release the following Tuesday, May 1. IMDB calls it a "coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them." The trailer, however, is a lot more intriguing than that. You can check it out and tell me what you think if you

DiggersList Makes Finding DIY Deals a Snap With New National Coverage

Elka Karl — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:00:00 PST

If you're a DIYer, chances are you've spent a fair amount of time combing through Craigslist's seemingly endless list of items. And while I love the site, those of us looking for a more streamlined approach can save time spent online by using DiggersList. Starting today, the website is expanding to nationwide coverage. This means that any US homeowner looking can buy, sell, or donate home improvement material.

“We’ve received a flood of requests, all over the country, to open up new cities. So we have decided to fast-forward our plans and bring DiggersList to the entire country ahead of schedule,” said Matt Knox, CEO and cofounder of DiggersList, explaining the new expansion.

The redesigned DiggersList uses geo-locating technology, such as that found on your iPhone, to determine a visitor's location and show them discounted home improvement items available in their area. Add to this the site's growing national relationship with Habitat for Humanity ReStores - discount home improvement stores that sell donated items to fund the nonprofit’s philanthropic home-building mission - and DIY home renovators can rest assured they're getting a deal they can feel good about.

I found FSC-certified canary wood flooring (seen in the stair photo) on the site for a discounted price, and am now wondering how it would look in a storage space we're looking to renovate in our home. The site is chock-full of other great items, too, from dining tables to gardening supplies. Want to look for or post an item on DiggersList? It's a free and quick process. Try it out here.

Turn Your Clutter into Flowers For Earth Day With DiggersList

Elka Karl — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:00:32 PDT

Is your home cluttered with extra furniture and home improvement items? Don't toss them - post them on DiggersList and get rewarded with a package of wildflower seeds sent to your home.

Next week, in celebration of Earth Week, DiggersList will be giving away free wildflower seeds to the first 1,000 people who post something for sale on the site. This “post and plant it forward” campaign gives all of us a good reason to finally clean out our garages and closets. And at the same time, it will encourage us to sow some seeds in our yards or gardens.

The campaign starts this Sunday. On Sunday, click on the orange “Post Free” button at the top of the DiggersList homepage. Then follow the easy directions, and you will then receive your packet of wildflowers in the mail. So get posting, and then get planting! Learn more about the campaign on DiggersList.

Celebrate Tax Day With Our Best Love and Money Content!

Annie Scudder — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:00:28 PDT

Don't panic. Taxes aren't due until April 18 this year! Procrastinate - or celebrate having them finished already - by checking out some of our favorite stories on love and money!

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