Scarface

• English • Italian Budget $800,000 Box office $600,000 After Hughes purchased the rights to Trail's novel, Hughes quickly selected Hawks to direct and Hecht to write the film's screenplay. Beginning in January 1931, Hecht wrote the script over an eleven-day period. Scarface was produced before the introduction of the The Shame of a Nation. The censors believed the film glorified violence and crime. These changes delayed the film by a year, though some showings retained the original ending. Modern showings of the film have the original ending, though some DVD releases also include the alternate ending as a feature; these versions maintain the changes Hughes and Hawks were required to make for approval by the Hays Office. No completely unaltered version was known to exist until the limited edition set of Audience reception was positive, but censors banned the film in several cities and states, forcing Hughes to remove it from circulation and store it in his vault. The rights to the film were recovered after Hughes's death in the 1970s. Alongside Scarface is regarded as one of the most significant and influential gangster films. Scarface was added to the Scarface as the sixth-best gangster film. It was remade as the 1983 film of the same title starring Contents • 1 Plot • 2 Cast • 3 Production • 3.1 Development • 3.2 Writing • 3.2.1 Ties to Capone • 3.3 Casting • 3.4 Filming • 3.5 Censorship • 3.6 Alternate ending • 3.7 Music • 3.8 Cultural references • 4 Release • 5 Recepti...

The interesting thing is the way Montana is a punk from Cuba. The opening scene of the movie informs us that when Cuban refugees were allowed to come to America in 1981, Fidel Castro had his own little private revenge -- and cleaned out his prison cells, sending us criminals along with his weary and huddled masses. We see Montana trying to bluff his way through an interrogation by US federal agents, and that's basically what he'll do for the whole movie: bluff. He has no real character and no real courage, although for a short time cocaine gives him the illusion of both. "Scarface" takes its title from the 1932 That's because it sees its criminal so clearly as a person with a popular product to sell, working in a society that wants to buy. In the old days it was booze. For the Corleones, it was gambling and prostitution. Now it's cocaine. The message for the dealer remains the same: Only a fool gets hooked on his own goods. For Tony Montana, the choices seem simple at first. He can work hard, be honest and make a humble wage as a dishwasher. Or he can work for organized crime, make himself more vicious than his competitors and get the big cars, the beautiful women and the boot-licking attention from nightclub doormen. He doesn't wash many dishes. As Montana works his way into the south Florida illegal drug trade, the movie observes him with almost anthropological detachment. This isn't one of those movies where the characters all come with labels attached ("boss," "lieuten...

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall. Show More • Rating: R • Genre: Crime, Drama • Original Language: English • Director: • Producer: • Writer: • Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 1983 original • Release Date (Streaming): Sep 30, 2003 • Box Office (Gross USA): $656.2K • Runtime: 2h 50m • Distributor: Universal Pictures • Production Co: Universal Pictures • Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby A Scarface is often held up at the quintessential violent gangster film. While The Godfather series is arguably the most revered gangster saga, Scarface is the film whose posters adorn student walls and whose many quotable scenes are a meme generator's wet dream. But after 30 years, the film that took so long to become cool has started to lose some of its sheen, and is now, for good and bad, the epitome of 1980s indulgence. Scarface was a watershed for many a career. For Al Pacino, this performance can be seen as the beginning of his over-the-top streak, which slowly but surely started to erode his technique and which has rarely been reigned in since Scent of a ...

Contents • 1 Plot • 2 Cast • 3 Production • 3.1 Development • 3.2 Casting • 3.3 Filming • 3.4 Rating • 3.5 Music • 4 Release • 4.1 Theatrical • 4.2 Home media • 5 Reception • 5.1 Box office • 5.2 Critical response • 5.3 Depiction of stereotypes • 5.4 Accolades • 6 Legacy • 6.1 Film industry • 6.2 Influence in hip hop • 6.3 Cultural references • 7 Cancelled sequel • 8 Cancelled remake • 9 References • 10 Bibliography • 11 External links Plot In 1980, Frank's right-hand man, Omar Suarez, sends the four to purchase During their meeting, Tony becomes attracted to Frank's Frank sends Tony and Omar to Seeing that Frank is infuriated by Omar's death and the size of the deal with Sosa, Tony sets up an independent cocaine operation. Mel Bernstein, a corrupt police detective on Frank's payroll, accosts Tony at a nightclub and attempts to extort money from him in return for police protection. Tony spots Gina fraternizing with a man and beats them both when he sees him grope her. Hitmen then attempt to kill Tony, who escapes with a bullet wound. He confronts Frank and Bernstein, certain that they orchestrated the attack; Frank confesses his involvement at gunpoint and begs for his life, but Tony has Manny shoot him dead before proceeding to kill Bernstein. Tony marries Elvira and becomes the distributor of Sosa's product, using his profits to build a multi-million-dollar business empire and construct a large, heavily-guarded estate. In 1983, a Tony and Sosa's henchman, "Shadow," trave...