How Jay-Z Connected the Oscar Hopefuls of Uncut Gems

The song “Marcy Me,” a poetically rhythmic Jay-Z track where the billionaire mogul reminisces about his time living in the Marcy Projects of Brooklyn raps, “Streets is my artery, the vein of my existence.” It’s an apt line to describe Howard Ranter (Adam Sandler), a fast-talking jewelry store owner in New York’s Diamond District who has to hustle the streets to crawl out of a life crashing around him.

But it’s more than lyrics that link Jay-Z to the movie Uncut Gems,

Adam Sandler’s a New York Jeweler in Big Trouble in First Uncut Gems Trailer

We’ve been waiting for this trailer. A24 has released the first full look at the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems, which stars Adam Sandler as New York jeweler Howard Ratner who is comfortable—perhaps too comfortable—with risk. Howard makes a series of major bets that he thinks will lead to him making a major windfall. This being a Safdie Brothers’ film, however, means that Howard’s in for a very rude awakening.

Check out the new trailer here:

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The First Teaser for Uncut Gems Reveals Adam Sandler in Safdie Brothers’ Latest Anxiety Attack

A Safdie Brothers movie is not for the faint of heart. Then again, it is for the kind of person who loves bold, original filmmaking—someone okay, perhaps even happy with—having all sorts of conflicted feelings about the protagonist and his aims. Someone who can stand being a little (okay, a lot) anxious during a film.

Their last movie, Good Times, starred Robert Pattinson as Connie Nikas, and troubled young man whose insane journey to free his younger brother from jail was one of 2017’s most ambitious,