Scarface [WS]

Director: Brian De Palma, David Dreyfuss

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/17/2006
UPC:	0025192979828
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	MCA HOME
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:50:00
Sales rank:	10,029

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Al Pacino	Tony Montana
Steven Bauer	Manny Ribera
Michelle Pfeiffer	Elvira Hancock
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Gina Montana
Robert Loggia	Frank Lopez
Miriam Colon	Mama Montana
F. Murray Abraham	Omar
Paul Shenar	Alejandro Sosa
Harris Yulin	Bernstein
Angel Salazar	Chi Chi
Arnaldo Santana	Ernie
Pepe Serna	Angel
Michael P. Moran	Nick the Pig
Al Israel	Hector the Toad
Dennis Holahan	Banker
Mark Margolis	Shadow
Michael Alldredge	Sheffield
Ted Beniades	Seidelbaum
Richard Belzer	M.C. at Babylon Club
Paul Espel	Luis
John Brandon	Immigration Officer
Tony Perez	Immigration Officer,Marta
Garnett Smith	Immigration Officer
Oliver Stone	Actor
Loren Almaguer	Dr. Munoz
Gil Barreto	Cuban Refugee
Heather Benna	Gutierrez Child
Dawnell Bowers	Miriam
Tina Leigh Cameron	Saleslady
Victor Campos	Ronnie Echevierra
Robert Hammer Cannerday	Marielito
Rene Carrasco	Shooter
Gary Cervantes	Shooter
Gregory N. Cruz	Shooter
Albert Carrier	Pedro Quinn
John Carter	Vic Phillips
Richard Caselnova	Driver
Ronald Joseph	Car Salesman,Car Salesman
Carlos Cestero	Matos
John Contardo	Miguel Echevierra
Roberto Contreras	Rebenga
Caesar Cordova	Cook
Dante D'Andre	Gen. Strasser
Richard Delmonte	Fernando
Manuel Padilla	Kid #2
Wayne Doba	Octavio the Clown
Michel Francois	Maitre d'
Ben Frommer	Male Patron,Taco Stand Customer
Angela Aames	Woman at Babylon Club
John Gamble	Helicopter Pilot
Cynthia Burr	Woman at Babylon Club
Troy Isaacs	Cuban Refugee
Lana Clarkson	Woman at Babylon Club
Ava Lazar	Woman at Babylon Club
Mario Machado	Interviewer
Emilia Crow	Woman at Babylon Club
Joe Marmo	Nacho `El Gordo'
Marii Mak	Woman at Babylon Club
Ray Martel	Nacho's Bodyguard
John McCann	Bank Spokesman
Shelley Morgan	Woman at Babylon Club
Pat Simmons	Woman at Babylon Club
Richard Mendez	Gina's Killer
Terri Taylor	Woman at Babylon Club
Victor Millan	Ariel Bleyer
Katt Shea	Woman at Babylon Club
Santos Morales	Waldo
Gil Baretto	Cuban Refugee
Mike Moroff	Gaspar's Bodyguard
Angela Nisi	Gutierrez Child
Arnold Tafolla	1st Kid
Manuel Padilla Jr.	Driver
Tony Pann	Driver
Ilka Payan	Mrs. Gutierrez
Michael Rougas	Monsignor
Anthony Saenz	Cuban Refugee
Jim Towers	Cuban Refugee
Geno Silva	The Skull
Charles A. Tamburro	Helicopter Pilot
Robert Van Den Berg	Gaspar Gomez
Bob Yanez	Cuban Man
Giorgio Moroder	Composer
Sue Bowser	Miriam

Technical Credits

Oliver Stone

Armitage Trail

Ben Hecht

Howard Hawks

Oliver Stone	Screenwriter
Martin Bregman	Producer
Stan Parks	Special Effects
Ken Pepiot	Special Effects
Peter Saphier	Producer
Louis A. Stroller	Executive Producer
Armitage Trail	Screenwriter
Ben Hecht	Screenwriter
Howard Hawks	Screenwriter
Edward Beyer	Sound Effects
James Briley	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Scarface
1. A Political Prisoner (Main Titles) [8:11]
2. Freedom Town [2:43]
3. A Killing for a Green Card [2:45]
4. The Good Life [2:02]
5. A New Job [5:15]
6. Colombians and Chain Saws [8:52]
7. Mr. Lopez [3:17]
8. Elvira [1:33]
9. A Night in Babylon [8:30]
10. How to Pick up Girls [3:32]
11. Going in Style [3:59]
12. The Prodigal Returns [8:16]
13. The Drug Lord [5:12]
14. Revenge [4:04]
15. Serious Money [4:36]
16. A Proposal [4:20]
17. Shakedown [6:15]
18. Brotherly Love [5:14]
19. Two Guns for Tony [4:52]
20. A Hostile Takeover [:03]
21. Prosperity [9:46]
22. Laundry Bills [3:30]
23. Philosophy in the Bathtub [4:46]
24. The Cost of Doing Business [5:31]
25. Problems and Solutions [5:23]
26. Dinner Conversation [4:24]
27. Prelude to Murder [6:49]
28. No Women and No Children! [2:06]
29. Serving Business Ties [5:41]
30. The End of the Honeymoon [2:36]
31. Preparing for War [6:14]
32. Gina's Offering [4:37]
33. Siege [2:18]
34. Montana's Last Stand [2:30]
35. End Titles [3:16]

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Disc #1 -- Scarface
Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Languages
Spoken Language: English 5.1
Spoken Language: Español
Spoken Language: Français
Subtitles: English SDH
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Off
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Editorial Reviews

Infinitely quotable and more than a little cartoonish, Brian De Palma's update of Howard Hawks' seminal gangster film revels in its freedom to be larger than life. A work as akin to pop art as any other form, it reworks the crime melodrama in bold, primary colors, mostly blood red. Attracting a great deal of attention for its violence at the time of its release, the controversy overshadowed the fact that everything in the film ran to extremes, including Pacino's performance, the director's visual style (which found him almost reverting to The Fury mode), the dialogue (from a script co-written by Oliver Stone), and most importantly the themes. Scarface focuses on words like "crime" and "America," then lets itself run wild with the associations. That a classically American rise-and-fall story forms the heart of the film is its simplest and best irony. The experience will probably be thrilling to some, particularly those already enthusiastic about De Palma's work, and extremely off-putting to others. Tony Montana may not be an appealing character with which to spend nearly three hours, but there's little chance of forgetting the experience.