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    Fingers (1978)

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    Jimmy “Fingers” Angelelli (Harvey Keitel) is the son of ageing New York loan shark Ben Angelleli (Michael V. Gazzo) and a brutal repo man himself, but Jimmy wants more from life than threatening people for repayment.

    A self-taught pianist, he has visions of performing at Carnegie Hal – although his passion for the piano seems more indicative of neurosis (his concert pianist mother is already in a mental hospital) than of any real possibility for a concert career.

    Jimmy seems to be playing the piano in numerous scenes but the camera shows only glimpses of his hands actually touching the keys. In each of these scenes, a tape recorder unspools mysteriously in the background while he plays.

    Suspicion that Jimmy only thinks he can play the piano is confirmed when he auditions for a recital at Carnegie Hall. And so the viewer realises that here is a man who is even crazier than he already appears.

    Other evidence of his madness includes his habit of carrying a tape recorder wherever he goes, subjecting everyone within earshot to blaring renditions of Summertime, Summertime by The Jamies and other 1950s classics.

    Jimmy is a sexual active daredevil who can’t resist the thrill of the chase – most of the time he’s attracted to women but sometimes to men – and everything in his twisted psyche conspires to shift his focus away from his dream.

    There’s awkward sex, graphic violence, a little bit of rape and a vigorous rectal exploration.

    The sex and violence in the film were heavily cut by the British Board of Film Censors when Fingers was first released in the UK in 1979.

    Jimmy “Fingers” Angelelli
    Harvey Keitel
    Carol
    Tisa Farrow
    Dreems
    Jim Brown
    Ben Angelelli
    Michael V. Gazzo
    Ruth
    Marian Seldes
    Butch
    Danny Aiello
    Gino
    Ed Marinaro
    Anita
    Georgette Mosbacher
    Julie
    Tanya Roberts
    Christa
    Carole Francis
    Luchino
    Lenny Montana
    Luchino’s Son
    Vasco Valladeres
    Riccamonza
    Tony Sirico
    Arthur Fox
    Dominic Chianese
    Pianist
    James Fields
    Carmine
    Frank Pesce
    Patrolman Levy
    Zack Norman
    Esther
    Jane Elder
    Dr Fry
    Murray Moston
    Leonard
    Henry Judd Baker
    JR
    Charles Polk
    Sam
    Sam Coppola
    Dr Schwartz
    Joe De Kama

    Director
    James Toback

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