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A Fistful of Fingers

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Wikipedia article




'A Fistful of Fingers' is a 1995 British Western comedy film about a cowboy who follows a wanted man who caused the death of his horse Easy. It was written and directed by Edgar Wright in his feature-length directorial debut.

Cast



*Graham Low as No-Name

*Oli van der Vijver as The Squint

*Nicola Stapleton as Floozy

*Martin Curtis as Running Sore

*Jeremy Beadle as Himself

*Neil Mullarkey as Stand Up Comedian

*Dan Palmer as "Pile-On" Kid

*Mark Sheffield as Calamity Keith

*Edgar Wright as Cheesy Voiceover Artist/Two Bit Farmer Cameo

*Quentin Green as Jimmy James

*Toby Kendrick as Outlaw

Release



It opened at the Prince Charles Cinema on 24 November 1995, and debuted in the United States 20 years later at the Cinefamily in Los Angeles as a midnight movie.

The film was never commercially available on home video in either country, although Wright said in 2015 that he hoped to "finally release it [...] with a commentary and everything".

Reception

Derek Elley of 'Variety' said the film showed, "more wit and invention than most of its no-budget Brit saddlemates." 'Time Out' said, "Wright may not be in the class of Robert Rodriguez, but he has talent", and said the film was, "Best seen after a couple of beers." Nick Allen of 'RogerEbert.com' called it, "...delightfully dorky, irreverent and scrappy, the exact kind of project a young filmmaker would make if they just wanted to make fellow nerds laugh and were pretty good at doing so." Ethan Anderton of 'SlashFilm' said, "What makes [the film] so delightful is that it's a spaghetti western send-up that respects the genre as much as it makes fun of it." Stark of 'Pornokitsch' said, "As a Western, it's good fun, and as a debut, it's a hell of an effort." Ramsey Ess of 'Vulture' said, "While [the film is] missing many of the trademark editorial flourishes and camera tricks that would be adopted by the time 'Shaun of the Dead' came around, it's still a well-constructed, quickly paced piece of work."

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