Scarface

[1983, Movie]

Scarface: Review

Yes it's violent. Yes it's loaded with profanity. Yes it's long, and yes, Al Pacino's performance is wildly over-the-top. But excess is what it's all about: Director Brian De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone's remake of the 1933 Howard Hawks gangster classic refuses to back off and creates a seductive, wholly original vision that is both entertaining and shocking. Read the complete review for Scarface

Scarface: Cast & Details

Year: 1983
Rated R

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Cast
Al Pacino: Tony Montana
Steven Bauer: Manny Ray
Michelle Pfeiffer: Elvira
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Gina
Robert Loggia: Frank Lopez
Miriam Colon: Mama Montana

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Scarface: TV Guide News

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I love talking about movies, but I've never been able to organize movie-night get-togethers. So this is the next best thing: On Tuesdays I'm going to spotlight a DVD and suggest some virtual-discussion startersWe all know the drill: Sequels are never as good as the originals. And it's true, except when it isn’t: That's why I devoted a whole chapter of my book, Movie Lust: Recommended Viewing for Every Mood, Moment and Reason, over to remakes that defy conventional wisdom, including Jonathan Demme's 2004 version of The Manchurian Candidate (1962), What Price Hollywood (1932) and the musical remake A Star is Born (1954) and Brian DePalma's Scarface, which updated Howard Hawks' 1932 gangster drama Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (inspired by the rise and fall of Al Capone) to then-contemporary Miami.Scarface is newly available in a "Platinum Edition" whose additional features lean heavily to the jokey, reflecting the fact that over the course of some two decades the film has gone... read more
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