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RIVER OF DIAMONDS (1981)

To gain possession of a cache of perfect diamonds, a freelance surveyor must win the trust of a man with a mysterious past who knows the secrets of the volcanic Mercury island. The diamonds rest in an underwater cavern, but a curse on the island has kept treasure seekers at bay.

JACK OF DIAMONDS (1976)

A suave cat burglar and his two accomplices plan the daring heist of a priceless diamond necklace from a Paris bank.

Aladdin: Diamond in the Rough

DIAMONDS

Review By ROGER EBERT

"Diamonds" is a very bad movie and a genuinely moving experience. As the story of three generations of menfolk who go looking for long-lost diamonds and find hookers with hearts of gold, it is unbearable junk. As a demonstration of Kirk Douglas' heart and determination, it is inspiring.

James Bond is looking for his pal and ours, SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and seems rather more determined than usual. After some cloned misdirection, 007 returns to London to be reassigned to a diamond smuggling operation (which he considers beneath his super-agent talents). He takes the role of Peter Franks, a known diamond courier/smuggler, and meets up in Amsterdam with Tiffany Case, a most attractive and world-wise person, as well as being the next link in the diamond smuggling chain.

What are diamonds made of? How are they related to volcanism? What are indicator minerals?

ALADDIN

An animated feature about a street-smart young thief in the mythical city of Agrabah who meets and falls in love with the Sultan's beautiful daughter, Jasmine, a liberated young lady who seeks to escape her present lifestyle. Help comes when the evil vizier, Jafar, plots to get a magic lamp for his own rise to power, and decides he needs Aladdin, a true "diamond in the rough," to seek the lamp in the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin and his friend, the monkey Abu, gain the lamp and the wisecracking Genie inside for themselves. The Genie changes Aladdin into a prince so he can woo the princess, but the deception fails to impress Jasmine. As his true self, however, he uses his cunning and courage, with the help of the Genie, to defeat Jafar and his evil plans, in the end earning a princely title and the princess.

Tuesday, May 05, 1998

Titanic knockoffs
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One necklace, three possible price-tags: $19, $198, $2.2 million.
An unlicensed replica of a necklace featured in the movie "Titanic" is at the center of a dispute among 20th Century Fox, its licensee J. Peterman Co. and SCI Suarez Corp., a direct-mail company.
Fox and Peterman sued Suarez on Monday in federal court, claiming the company is selling an illegal knockoff of, well, a knockoff.
Fox says it obtained a trademark on the necklace -- a blue, 75-carat diamond solitaire encircled by a row of 84 white diamonds -- and sold the rights to J. Peterman, which hawks replicas at stores, in a catalog and on the Internet.
In the film, the ficticious necklace, dubbed "Heart of the Ocean," or "La Coeur de la Mer," is thrown in the ocean. A copy featuring real gems -- substituting a 170-carat sapphire for the rare blue diamond in the film -- was created by a British jeweler and was sold for $2.2 million in March. J. Peterman's version sells for $198.
The Suarez knockoff -- it's called "Jewel of the Sea" -- goes for $19. The company claims no official link to the film, though its ads feature a look-alike of "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio.