Scarface (1983 movie)

Scarface
Scarface
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Directed by	Brian De Palma
Screenplay by	Oliver Stone
Based on	Scarface; by Armitage Trail; Scarface; by W. R. Burnett; Ben Hecht; John Lee Mahin; Seton I. Miller
Produced by	Martin Bregman
Starring	Al Pacino; Michelle Pfeiffer; Steven Bauer; Robert Loggia; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Jerry Greenberg; David Ray
Music by	Giorgio Moroder
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; Martin Bregman Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures;
Release dates	December 1, 1983 (New York City premiere); December 9, 1983 (United States);
Running time	169 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23.5–37 million
Box office	$66.4 million

Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written for the screenplay by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman. It stars Al Pacino. The story is about Tony Montana, a Cuban criminal who moves to Miami, Florida and creates his own cocaine business. It is a loose remake of the 1932 movie of the same name. The movie made $66.4 million.

Story

Tony Montana (Al Pacino) is a prisoner from Cuba who is coming to the United States on a boat to escape the oppressive Communist government. Once there, he works for Frank Lopez, a Miami drug lord.

Soon, Tony kills Frank and takes over his business. He also marries Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer), Frank's girlfriend who at first refused to go out with Tony because of Frank. Soon, Tony becomes very rich and powerful because of his growing cocaine empire. He meets Alejandro Sosa, a powerful Bolivian drug lord. Elvira later leaves Tony because she feels that despite all of their money and power, Tony's criminal lifestyle and drug problems make them losers.

Tony is eventually arrested for not paying taxes and even though he would be able to bribe some of the judges, he will still have to go to jail for three years. Sosa offers to have one of his contacts in the Justice Department write off Tony's charges if Tony helps kill a journalist who is going to make a speech against Sosa to the United Nations. One of Soza's men plants a bomb on the target's car, but when Tony sees the journalist's family inside it, he prevents the explosion of the bomb. Tony later visits his best friend, Manny (Steven Bauer), but when he sees his sister, Gina, with him, he kills him. Gina reveals that she and Manny got married a few days earlier and wanted to surprise Tony. Tony, feeling extreme guilt for killing his friend and ruining his sister's life, withdraws to his mansion and begins to snort large amounts of cocaine. Sosa gets angry and sends many men to Miami to kill Tony. When the men enter Tony's mansion, they kill Gina and most of his men. Angry and sad at the death of his sister, Tony singlehandedly kills many of Sosa's men in a major shootout. Tony is then shot in the back by an assassin with a shotgun, and falls into his fountain below, dead.

References

1 2 "Scarface (1983)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
↑ "Scarface". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Approved Running time 169m 41s
↑ Harmetz, Aljean (October 30, 1983). "MOVIE 'SCARFACE' RECEIVES X RATING". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
↑ "Inside 'Scarface's' Sometimes Rocky Road to Becoming a Classic". Variety. December 7, 2018. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
↑ Bailey, Jason (April 20, 2018). "Revisiting the Controversy Surrounding Scarface". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
↑ "Scarface (1983)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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[afi-1] 1 2 "Scarface (1983)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[2] "Scarface". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved May 13, 2015. Approved Running time 169m 41s

[3] Harmetz, Aljean (October 30, 1983). "MOVIE 'SCARFACE' RECEIVES X RATING". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.

[4] "Inside 'Scarface's' Sometimes Rocky Road to Becoming a Classic". Variety. December 7, 2018. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[revisit-5] Bailey, Jason (April 20, 2018). "Revisiting the Controversy Surrounding Scarface". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[BOM-6] "Scarface (1983)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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