Scarface: The Shame of a Nation, American gangster film, released in 1932, that is loosely based on the rise of Al Capone. It was an early success for both director Howard Hawks and actor Paul Muni.
Nevertheless, the question remains: Was there a real Scarface? The truth is that Tony Montana is a fictional character created by Oliver Stone. Stone drew inspiration from real-life criminals and drug dealers to shape Tony Montana's character, but ultimately he remains a fictional character.
The 1983 version of Scarface also had its dose of controversy, as it was criticized for its excessive violence, profanity, graphic drug usage, and the portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers – but unlike the 1932 version, all of this is a lot more understandable as De Palma's adaptation is a lot more ...
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.
It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, in turn based on the 1930 novel by Armitage Trail. It tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives penniless in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and becomes a powerful drug lord.
Robert De Niro did not want to star in it and John Travolta rejected the role of Manny, the right-hand-man of the main character, Tony Montana. Sidney Lumet resigned from directing it and predicted a flop of biblical proportions.
Why did Al Pacino not want Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface?
“He was probably more intense back then, or I think it was maybe the nature of the project, and he didn't particularly want me for the part,” Pfeiffer acknowledged.
There's too much expertise, too much sheer love of movie-making up there on the screen for Scarface to be deemed a failure. But the director's failure to follow through makes this a too-long movie that comes up short.
Scarface was released in theaters on April 9, 1932. Hughes planned a grand premiere in New York, but New York censor boards rejected the showing of the film. State censorship boards in Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, and Kansas and citywide censorship boards in Detroit, Seattle, Portland, and Chicago banned the film as well.
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.
We do know that co-star Keanu Reeves famously took a pay cut of a few million in order to allow for the production to afford to bring Pacino on board. As a result, we imagine Pacino was most likely paid around $10 million for his role.
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.
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.
9. Incest: Tony has serious incestuous feelings for his sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) in this version, a plot element you might assume to be the creation of De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone.
We're talking glamorous gowns, stylish suits and awe-inspiring accessories as well as major hair […] Scarface was both Pfeiffer's big break in Hollywood and the beginning of her longtime friendship with Pacino.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/kəˈpoʊn/; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.
In contrast to Guarino and Camonte, who were Italian immigrants, Montana is a Cuban immigrant. According to Oliver Stone, Tony's last name was inspired by then-NFL quarterback Joe Montana, Stone's favorite player. A prequel novel, Scarface: The Beginning, written by L. A. Banks, was published in 2006.
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.
Tony then sees Gina in a night gown at the top of the stairs. Enraged that another man has obviously slept with his sister, Tony shoots Manny dead. Hysterical, Gina reveals to Tony that they had just been married and were going to surprise him.
