Scarface Synopsis & Movie Info

Synopsis

Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal who goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida's crime chain, appropriating Loggia's cokehead mistress (Michelle Pfeiffer) in the process. Howard Hawks' "X Marks the Spot" motif in depicting the story line's many murders is dispensed with in the 1983 Scarface; instead, we are inundated with blood by the bucketful, especially in the now-infamous buzz saw scene. One carry-over from the original Scarface is Tony Montana's incestuous yearnings for his sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). The screenplay for the 1983 Scarface was written by Oliver Stone. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Starring:
Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
Theatrical Release Date:
09/13/1983
DVD Release Date:
03/31/1998
Rating:
R
Run Time:
170 min.
Distributor(s):
Focus Features
Production Co.:
Universal
Director(s):
Brian De Palma
Genre(s):
Action, Drama
Themes:
Drug Trade, Rise and Fall Stories
Tone:
Lurid, Slick, Forceful, Menacing, Paranoid
Keywords:
Cuba, drugs, sister, cocaine, gang-war, gangster, mob-boss, addiction, drug-lord, immigrant
Country of Origin:
USA - Re-release
Language:
English
Version of / Remake of:
Scarface
Status:
In Theaters

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