DVD 165 min. IMDB 8.0

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Crime

Al Pacino	Tony Montana
Robert Loggia	Frank Lopez
Steven Bauer	Manny Ribera
Michelle Pfeiffer	Elvira
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Gina
Miriam Colon	Mama Montana
F. Murray Abraham	Omar Suarez
Paul Shenar	Alejandro Sosa
Harris Yulin	Mel Bernstein
Ángel Salazar	Chi Chi

Regisseur	Brian De Palma
Producent	Martin Bregman
Schrijver	Armitage Trail; Ben Hecht

Brian De Palma's update of the classic 1932 crime drama by Howard Hawks, Scarface is a sprawling epic of bloodshed and excess that sparked controversy over its outrageous violence when released in 1983. It's 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