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Overview
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Writer:
James Toback (writer)
Release Date:
23 August 1978 (France)
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Tagline:
A powerful film about sex, music and violent crime. more
Plot:
A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan shark father and his mentally disturbed Jewish concert pianist mother. full summary | add synopsis
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Debt Collector
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Piano
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Pianist
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Mental Illness
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Loft
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(19 articles)
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
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50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
(From The Movie Fanatic. 2 September 2009, 4:17 AM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 2 September 2009, 4:17 AM, PDT)
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 1) - Spotlight on French Cinema
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An educated look at the underside of life.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Harvey Keitel | ... | Jimmy Fingers |
 | Tisa Farrow | ... | Carol |
 | Jim Brown | ... | Dreems |
| Michael V. Gazzo | ... | Ben |
 | Marian Seldes | ... | Ruth |
 | Danny Aiello | ... | Butch |
 | Ed Marinaro | ... | Gino |
| Georgette Mosbacher | ... | Anita (as Georgette Muir) |
 | Tanya Roberts | ... | Julie |
| Carole Francis | ... | Christa |
| Lenny Montana | ... | Luchino |
| Vasco Valladeres | ... | Luchino's Son |
 | Tony Sirico | ... | Riccamonza (as Anthony Sirico) |
| Tom Signorelli | ... | Italian Prisoner |
 | Dominic Chianese | ... | Arthur Fox |
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90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
France:-16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Canada:R |
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1979) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Australia:R
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Principle photography on "Fingers" took only 19 days.
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Quotes:
Jimmy Fingers:
What if I want a slice of pizza?
Luchino: Can't you read the signs outside? We don't sell sliced pizza.
Jimmy Fingers: What if I wanted 60 slices of pizza?
Luchino: You deaf? No slice pizza! Take it on the arches!
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Luchino: Can't you read the signs outside? We don't sell sliced pizza.
Jimmy Fingers: What if I wanted 60 slices of pizza?
Luchino: You deaf? No slice pizza! Take it on the arches!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
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Soundtrack:
Angel of the Morning
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Soundtrack : what's the name of the pianist who plays Bach's toccata (BWV914) ?more
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Many times over the years James Toback has been referred to as ‘brilliant', and a good deal of those times the film ‘Fingers' is mentioned in the same sentence.
It stands right there with Resevoir Dogs, Bad Lieutenant, and Mean Streets-all Harvey Keitel films which have over the years gotten far more applause than they did earlier..
Actually the premise is just enough unique: the concert pianist from the wrong side of the tracks, the carefree and confused collector for his bookie father.
Toback's dialogue is very raw, but it is on target for the very raw world he describes.
Michael Gazzo gives one of his best performances ever as Keitel's father.
Not to be missed, but if you look to Toback to recreate this magic with his later efforts, ‘The Pick-Up Artist' or `Exposed', don't waste your time. Even his recent `Two Girls and a Guy' might have been `Two Mil Down the Drain' without the superb performance of Robert Downey Jr.