Scarface (1983)
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Actor: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Steven BauerBrand: Scarface
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 170 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Scarface (1983)
Movie Review: This is what every movie should be... But you already knew that.
Summary: 5 Stars
Let's face it - Scarface is an American classic. For those of you who went to film school, Scarface follows the classic pattern of any successful dramatic work.
*THE STAR YOU LOVE TO HATE. Tony Montana epitomizes everything a lead actor should be. He's egotistical. He's violent. He's not very intelligent, but he's extremely "smart". He's a drug addicted, narcissistic, alpha male drug lord who you just can't help but to like. He has a sense of humor, but he can turn on you on a dime. You know he's bad, really bad, but you want him to win in the end.
*THE CLASSIC RAGS TO RICHES TO RUINS TALE. It's the American dream. The movie is long, but you'll never notice. It takes you on Tony Montana's journey from a Cuban "political refugee" to the most powerful drug lord in the world. And you're riveted by every blood soaked scene. He finally has money, he has the woman, he has the power, but he never quite gets the happiness or satisfaction. Like all classic rags to riches to tales, it doesn't end well.
*THE CONFLICT. There are so many subplots in this movie, you must pay attention to keep up. But they all come to a head in the dramatic finale. He loves his sister, but will kill anyone who looks at her twice. His best friend seems to be the only one who has a sense of reality, but he's intoxicated by Tony Montana's power. Montana is surrounded by "goons" who would kill him to be him, but it just makes his character stronger. You see his self destruction, but you can't turn away.
This is one of the best movies of all time. Pacino is SO good, no role he's played in the last 25 years lives up to this one.
If you don't have the Scarface collector's edition in your DVD collection, you're not a true aficianado of the art of the gangster movie.
5 stars.
Summary of Scarface (1983)
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/17/2006 Rating: RThis sprawling epic of bloodshed and excess, Brian De Palma's update of the classic 1932 crime drama by Howard Hawks, sparked controversy over its outrageous violence when released in 1983. Scarface is a wretched, fascinating car wreck of a movie, starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises to the top of Miami's cocaine-driven underworld, only to fall hard into his own deadly trap of addiction and inevitable assassination. Scripted by Oliver Stone and running nearly three hours, it's the kind of film that can simultaneously disgust and amaze you (critic Pauline Kael wrote "this may be the only action picture that turns into an allegory of impotence"), with vivid supporting roles for Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Robert Loggia. Universal's special edition digital video disc includes a documentary about the making of the film that features numerous interviews and several deleted scenes. --Jeff Shannon
This sprawling epic of bloodshed and excess, Brian De Palma's update of the classic 1932 crime drama by Howard Hawks, sparked controversy over its outrageous violence when released in 1983. Scarface is a wretched, fascinating car wreck of a movie, starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises to the top of Miami's cocaine-driven underworld, only to fall hard into his own deadly trap of addiction and inevitable assassination. Scripted by Oliver Stone and running nearly three hours, it's the kind of film that can simultaneously disgust and amaze you (critic Pauline Kael wrote "this may be the only action picture that turns into an allegory of impotence"), with vivid supporting roles for Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Robert Loggia. --Jeff Shannon
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