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Mood:
- RoughStylizedCaptivatingSuspensefulExciting
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Plot:
- Criminal HeroesGangstersBlind AmbitionDrug DealingRise and FallRise To the TopAmbitionCrimes more...
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Genres:
- CrimeAction
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- Miami
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedCultModern Classic
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Style:
- EpicSagaGory
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- Remake
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- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Drugs/AlcoholNudityProfanityStrong Violent Content
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Scarface, 1983
English, Spanish
USA
Profile of Scarface
The mood of Scarface is stylized, captivating, and rough. The plot centers around blind ambition, a rise to the top, and drug dealing. It is a crime and action movie. Stylistically, Scarface is a saga, is epic, and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Miami. Scarface happens in the 1980s. It is a remake. The movie is known for being a cult favorite, a modern classic, and critically acclaimed. Scarface is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes strong violent content, drugs/alcohol, and nudity.
Summary of Scarface
Brian De Palma's blood-and-sun-drenched saga of a Cuban deportee's rise to the top of Miami's cocaine business has become something of a popular classic since its release; it's been referenced in rap songs and subsequent gangster movies and quoted the world over. Despite this lovefest with the dialogue, the film's brutal violence and lack of positive characters still make it controversial and disliked by certain critics. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and incestuous desire for his kid sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) prove his undoing. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Tony's neglected coke-addicted trophy wife, and Steven Bauer is his concerned friend. F. Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, and Paul Shenar are some of Tony's sleazy business partners and potential killers. Oliver Stone wrote the expletive-packed screenplay, based on Howard Hawks's 1932 version--which was ostensibly about Al Capone and starred Paul Muni and George Raft. The synth-heavy Giorgio Moroder score expertly evokes the drug-fueled decadence of 1980s Miami, and De Palma provides several of his elaborate set pieces, including a horrific showstopper in a motel room with a chain saw.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 1 December 1983 |
| Runtime: | 170 min |
Cast and Crew
as Tony Montana
as Elvira Hancock
as Manny Ribera
as Gina Montana
as Frank Lopez
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Variety
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
The New York Times
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- by: Vincent Canby
Users Reviews
- 01.July.2011
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- by: Bert
- Bert rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 30.July.2010
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- by: Steve
- Steve rated this movie10/10Must See
