Scarface

"The World is Yours"

Al Pacino is brilliant as Tony Montana in Scarface.

Directed by Brian DePalma in 1983, this movie has become a favorite classic gangster tale of power and greed.

The screenplay was superbly written by Oliver Stone and is the story of a determined Cuban immigrant who takes over a drug empire.

Read on to learn more about this awesome movie, including some great trivia that you may not have known. Vote for your favorite characters, see the original movie trailer, and finally let the world know how you feel about Scarface.

Why I Love Scarface

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I love gangster movies and I feel Al Pacino was at his best in this classic remake.

Scarface

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Scarface is a 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Antonio "Tony" Montana. A loose remake of the 1932 Howard Hawks gangster film of the same title, it tells the story of a fictional Cuban refugee who comes to Florida in 1980 as a result of the Mariel Boatlift.

Tony becomes a gangster against the backdrop of the 1980s cocaine boom. The film chronicles his rise to the top of Miami's criminal underworld and subsequent downfall in Greek tragedy fashion.

The film is dedicated to Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht, who were the writers of the original Scarface.
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Scarface (1983) Movie Trailer

This was our first glimpse of Scarface.

Scarface movie Trailer 1983 Al Pacino

Trailer of the Movie Scarface. From Brian de Palma. With Al Pacino as Tony Montana , steven bauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. Wetzeg&Co

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Tony Montana: In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

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Tony Montana: I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

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Tony Montana: Say hello to my little friend!

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The ending is fantastic!

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Scarface Trivia

In the final shootout sequence, Al Pacino grabs the gun by the barrel. Although only blanks were used, his hand was badly burned, and production had to be shut down for a few weeks.

The message on the blimp, "The World Is Yours", is the same message that appeared on a billboard in Scarface (1932).

This movie uses the word "fuck" 207 times in all. An average of 1.22 "fucks" per minute.

There was a huge controversy in the city of Miami during the making of the film over whether the producers should be allowed to shoot in the city. The Miami Tourist Board decided not to allow filming, as they were afraid the movie would discourage tourism to Miami, particuarly as it showed Miami's latest Cuban immigrants as gangsters and drug dealers.

In the chainsaw scene, the movie playing on TV is Earthquake (1974).

In the opening sequence with Tony Montana (Al Pacino) and the immigration officers, Charles Durning's voice has clearly been used to overdub an actor playing one of the officers. Another of the officers is dubbed by Brian De Palma regular 'Dennis Franz' . If you listen carefully, Al Pacino also had to overdub his own voice at three or four different points in the same scene.

The word "llello" is used by Tony Montana (Al Pacino) as a slang word for cocaine. This word was not in the script, and was ad-libbed by Pacino during the first drug deal scene (chainsaw scene), and Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film. Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent.
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