Scarface ( Scar face )

Scarface (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Scar face
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Subtitles )
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )
Turkish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
170 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Brian De Palma

Written By:
Oliver Stone

Actors:
Al Pacino ..... Tony Montana
Steven Bauer ..... Manny Ray
Michelle Pfeiffer ..... Elvira
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ..... Gina
Robert Loggia ..... Frank Lopez
Miriam Colon ..... Mama Montana
F. Murray Abraham ..... Omar
Paul Shenar ..... Alejandro Sosa
Harris Yulin ..... Mel Bernstein
Ángel Salazar ..... Chi Chi
Arnaldo Santana ..... Ernie
Pepe Serna ..... Angel
Michael P. Moran ..... Nick The Pig
Al Israel ..... Hector The Toad
Dennis Holahan ..... Banker

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.

Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Columbian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down.

When Fidel Castro opens the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, he sends 125,000 Cuban refugees to reunite with their relatives in the United States. Among all the refugees, there is one who wants it all, his name is Tony Montana. Tony and his friend Manny arrive in the United States and start in small time jobs. Soon, they are hired by Omar Suarez to pay money to a group of Colombians. When the deal goes wrong, Tony and Manny leave with the money and succeed in their job. Soon Tony meets with drug kingpin Frank Lopez and falls for his boss's girl, Elvira. Pretty soon Tony will know that those who want it all, do not last forever; that is the price of power. The world will know Montana by one name....SCARFACE.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 March, 2008.