Scarface almost looks silly, it's look and music IMO hasn't aged well. Not to mention some scenes are almost funny, like the climax with TM snorting directly from gigantic mountains of cocaine or his weird relationship with his sister.
Parents need to know that Scarface is extremely violent from start to finish and is not recommended to anyone under the age of 17. It has developed a cultlike following, especially among teenage males. Despite the main character's death due to his violent criminal behavior, his dramatic outbursts may appeal…
Scarface premiered in New York City on December 1, 1983, and was released on December 9 by Universal Pictures. The film grossed $45 million at the domestic box office and $66 million worldwide. Initial critical response was negative due to its excessive violence, profanity, and graphic drug usage.
The fact so many people like "Scarface" is testament to the intensity of Pacino's performance more than the intelligence behind it. In the DVD documentary, Pacino readily admits to the character being two-dimensional. For some, that's great.
Summary. Gangster movies, like the original Scarface from 1932, often faced censorship and bans due to their violent content and portrayal of mafia life. Censors believed that Scarface glorified violence, leading to changes in the film's ending and the addition of a prologue condemning gangsters.
“The picture had a fire to it,” the actor said in Al Pacino: The Authorized Biography, by Lawrence Grobel. “It was probably the most popular picture I ever made, but the reaction to it was stranger than any of my other films. That picture did something to me. It was a lot of movie.
At the end of the film Gina herself suggests Tony must indeed want her because he can't stand for another man to be with her. Tony has a genuine look of confusion on his face and even asks what she's talking about. Therefore he likely did not have sexual feelings towards her.
At the time of its premiere, some believed it portrayed Cubans, particularly those who fled during the Mariel boatlift to the United States in 1980, in a harsh light. That view persists today, decades later. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who is of Cuban heritage, said Scarface misrepresented the Cuban community.
His sister is stated to be around 19 or 20 in the film, and Al Pacino was in his early forties when he played Tony. What with how actors frequently play characters younger than themselves and taking into account Tony's sister's age, it can be assumed that Tony is in his early to mid thirtie...
Eventually, Manny falls in love with Tony's sister, but the latter harshly warns him to stay away from her. Tony later finds the two together and shoots and kills Manny in a fit of rage, not knowing that he had recently married Gina. He was portrayed by the only actual Cuban-American in the main cast Steven Bauer.
For his breakout role as Michael Corleone in 1972's The Godfather, Al Pacino was reportedly paid $35,000. This relatively small salary was due to him being a relative unknown at the time he was cast, though the fact that the movie launched his career most likely more than made up for the lack of upfront payment.
“Scarface,” which opened Dec. 9, 1983, made money at the box office but wasn't immediately profitable. However, in the 36 years since, the film has been embraced as a classic. The project started as a 1930 pulp novel by Armitage Trail, inspired by gangster Al Capone, whose nickname was Scarface.
Scarface (1983) - The Chainsaw Scene: Brian De Palma's Scarface features one of cinema's most gruesome scenes, where Tony Montana witnesses a man being dismembered with a chainsaw. The scene's explicit violence was shocking for its time, pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable in mainstream cinema.
According to the source, the primary reason for Scarface: Empire getting axed in 2008 was too many other open-world games in development at Activision at that time. "It was pretty devastating to lose over two years of effort on what would have been a pretty cool game," a former Radical developer said.
Coming from Cuba to Miami as a refugee, ex-convict Tony Montana used his greed, desire, and ambition to build an empire that is estimated at $900 million.
But Silva truly made his film mark as the silent assassin known as "The Skull" in 1983's "Scarface." As Pacino's cocaine-filled drug lord Tony Montana rages at an army of would-be killers filling his body with bullets, "The Skull" wordlessly walks behind Montana and shoots him in the back with a shotgun.
De Palma's Scarface eventually became a cult classic but took a while to get there; it didn't receive any Oscar nominations though it did score a Razzie for De Palma for directing.
Melfi, Tony Soprano's Therapist. Though their relationship was short-lived, this Tony Soprano mistress was probably one of the most influential on the mafioso's psyche.
Frank Lopez sent two hitmen to kill Tony after he made a deal to work with Alejandro Sosa behind his back, and after saying he could no longer give him orders.
At first Elvira wants nothing to do with Tony, seeing him as a nuisance. After Tony begins to amass more power within the drug world, he promises her that he will treat her better than Lopez. Realizing that she has developed feelings for him, Tony asks Elvira to marry him.
Scarface faced controversy over its content and received an X-rating, sparking a protest against film censorship. The film also faced setbacks during filming, including objections from the Cuban community in Miami.
No completely unaltered version was known to exist until the limited-edition set of Scarface (1983) was released on October 15, 2019. Audience reception was positive, but censors banned the film in several cities and states, forcing Hughes to remove it from circulation and store it in his vault.
