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Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, in turn based on the novel of the same name first published in 1930 by Armitage Trail.
Dec 9, 1983 · Scarface: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
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- Crime, Drama
- Brian De Palma
- 1983-12-09
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony...
- Brian De Palma
- R
- Al Pacino
Starving for a hearty slice of the exciting American Dream, the Cuban refugee and ex-convict, Tony "Scarface" Montana, winds up in the sun-drenched boulevards of President Jimmy Carter's Miami, after Fidel Castro's massive expulsion of Marielitos. There, a blood-soaked drug deal will pave the way for Tony's meteoric rise in the city's violent ...
Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral...
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- Brian De Palma
- R
- Al Pacino
Sep 28, 2003 · Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, a Cuban ex-con who rises to power as a drug lord in Miami. Roger Ebert praises Pacino's performance, the film's energy and its influence on American culture and cinema.
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"Scarface" understands this criminal personality, with its links between laziness and ruthlessness, grandiosity and low self-esteem, pipe dreams and a chronic inability to be happy. It's also an exciting crime picture, in the tradition of the 1932 movie.
