So Fine (film)

So Fine
Italian film poster
Directed by	Andrew Bergman
Produced by	Mike Lobell
Written by	Andrew Bergman
Starring	Ryan O'Neal Jack Warden Mariangela Melato Richard Kiel Fred Gwynne
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	James A. Contner
Edited by	Alan Heim
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 25, 1981 (1981-09-25)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million

So Fine is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Andrew Bergman. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Ryan O'Neal was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Actor of the Decade.

At Chippenango State College (fictitious), Bobby Fine (Ryan O'Neal) is a professor of English, who learns during a meeting with Chair Lincoln of the English Department (Fred Gwynne) that he is a candidate for tenure at the college. During the meeting, Fine impresses Lincoln by responding in kind to an obscure line from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Another professor, David Rounds, is amazed, and Bobby explains that with his father in the dress business, he'd always liked the play.

Meanwhile, in New York City, Bobby's father, Jack Fine (Jack Warden) walks into luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman attempting to steal customers with an arm-load of his own company's dresses before he is chased out by the manager (Michael Lombard). Back at his office, Jack checks in with his staff, and it becomes clear that his company, Fine Fashions, has excess inventory, poor designs, and high debt. When a buyer for another company (Jessica James) visits the office, Jack reluctantly arranges a sexual liaison with her to secure a sale. Adding to Jack's woes, he receives a phone call summoning him to a meeting with the imposing Mr. Eddie (played by the 7 foot Richard Kiel), a powerful loan shark and gangster holding a loan note on a $150,000 loan taken out by Jack, which has grown to a $1,500,000 debt. During the meeting, Jack confesses he can't pay the note, and Eddie instructs him that he will both take over the Fine Fashions business and kidnap Jack's son and force him to run it.