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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
James Toback (writer)
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Release Date:
23 August 1978 (France) more
Genre:
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
User Comments:
An educated look at the underside of life. more (16 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Principle photography on "Fingers" took only 19 days. more
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Angel of the Morning more

FAQ

Soundtrack : what's the name of the pianist who plays Bach's toccata (BWV914) ?
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
An educated look at the underside of life., 8 April 1999
Author: Doctor_Bombay from Lucas Buck, NC

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.

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