Scarface

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Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface, wearing a dark pinstripe suit and holding a rifle with a grenade launcher, his face and hands bloodied, in an intense action scene.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface, wearing a dark suit and lighting a cigar with a flame, looking down slightly.

Steve Bauer as Manny Ribera and Al Pacino as Tony Montana sit at a beachside table with drinks and food in a scene from Scarface (1983).

Scarface

film by De Palma [1983]

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- Brian De Palma
  The 1980s and ’90s
  De Palma then made Scarface (1983), an over-the-top yet effective updating of Howard Hawks’s 1932 gangster classic. It traced the rise and fall of Tony Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban refugee who takes over Miami’s drug trade. The violent film, with a script by Oliver Stone, drew mixed reviews,…
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  De Palma then made Scarface (1983), an over-the-top yet effective updating of Howard Hawks’s 1932 gangster classic. It traced the rise and fall of Tony Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban refugee who takes over Miami’s drug trade. The violent film, with a script by Oliver Stone, drew mixed reviews,…
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- Scarface
  The Shame of a Nation
  …of Brian De Palma’s 1983 remake of the film, which starred Al Pacino, differs greatly from that of the original, though both share the subplot of the main character’s obsessive relationship with his sister.
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  …of Brian De Palma’s 1983 remake of the film, which starred Al Pacino, differs greatly from that of the original, though both share the subplot of the main character’s obsessive relationship with his sister.
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- Oliver Stone
  …including Conan the Barbarian (1982); Scarface (1983), which was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer; and Year of the Dragon (1985). He returned to directing with Salvador (1986), which he also wrote. In the film, a journalist (played by James Woods) documents the atrocities…
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  …including Conan the Barbarian (1982); Scarface (1983), which was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer; and Year of the Dragon (1985). He returned to directing with Salvador (1986), which he also wrote. In the film, a journalist (played by James Woods) documents the atrocities…
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