Scarface (Anniversary Edition 2-Disc Widescreen-Dts) (1983)

Director: Brian De Palma  Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer  Robert Loggia  Al Pacino  
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Publisher: Universal
Format: DVD
UPC: 00025192315725
Buy.com Sku: 40227458
Item#: VPJVV7
Buy.com Sales Rank: 24791
Category Keywords: Character Study  Crime  Disturbing  Drugs  Essential Cinema  Gangs  Murder  Organized Crime  Recommended  Theatrical Release 
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He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name...Scarface.
 
 
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1)
 
Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film, in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Directed by hit-maker Brian DePalma and produced by Martin Bergman who brought both Godfather legends to the screen, Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. With its intense screenplay by Academy Award®-winner Oliver Stone, driving musical score by Giorgio Moroder, and superb insights into Miami's Latin lifestyle, Scarface joins the ranks of Hollywood's greatest underworld dramas, as it lays bare the sordid power of the American drug scene. Time Magazine calls it "Exhilarating," while the New York Times' Vincent Canby applauds the picture as "Stylish and Provocative."
 
"Stylish and Provocative."  Vincent Canby, New York Times
"Exhilarating..."  Time Magazine
 


Editor's Note

Brian De Palma's blood-and-sun-drenched saga of a Cuban deportee's rise to the top of Miami's cocaine business has become something of a popular classic since its release; it's been referenced in rap songs and subsequent gangster movies and quoted the world over. Despite this lovefest with the dialogue, the film's brutal violence and lack of positive characters still make it controversial and disliked by certain critics. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and incestuous desire for his kid sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) prove his undoing. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Tony's neglected coke-addicted trophy wife, and Steven Bauer is his concerned friend. F. Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, and Paul Shenar are some of Tony's sleazy business partners and potential killers. Oliver Stone wrote the expletive-packed screenplay, based on Howard Hawks's 1932 version--which was ostensibly about Al Capone and starred Paul Muni and George Raft. The synth-heavy Giorgio Moroder score expertly evokes the drug-fueled decadence of 1980s Miami, and De Palma provides several of his elaborate set pieces, including a horrific showstopper in a motel room with a chain saw.


Plot Summary

SCARFACE is splattered with so much adrenaline and blood it's a virtual Hawaiian shirt of machismo. A Cuban hustler who immigrates to Miami in the infamous 1980 refugee boatlift wills his way to the top of a cocaine cartel by being more violent than anyone else can possibly imagine--the same drive that leads him to the top ultimately causes his downfall.

 
Features
Scarface: The Rebirth -- Director Brian De Palma, actor Al Pacino, producer Martin Bregman and screenwriter Oliver Stone examine the history of Scarface from the original 1932 classic to the shooting script.
Scarface: Acting -- The filmmakers, Al Pacino and other cast members share behind-the-scenes stories and offer insights into how they created these legendary characters.
Scarface: Creating -- A fascinating look at the making of Scarface and the controversies and struggles that plagued the filmmakers. Beginning with location changes, filming the chainsaw scene, battles to gain an "R" rating and more.
Remastered in 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS for Better-Than-The-Original Sound and Picture Quality
Anamorphic Widescreen Format (Aspect Ratio 2.35:1)
Dual Layer
Cast And Filmmakers
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Surround; French And Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Scarface: The TV Version -- A revealing and hilarious montage of film clips comparing the theatrical version to the network version of Scarface.
Deleted Scenes
Def Jam Presents: Origins Of A Hip Hop Classic
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Universal
Release Date: 5/5/2009
Running Time: 170 minutes
Original Release Date: 1983
Catalog ID: 23157
UPC: 00025192315725
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed
Available Subtitles: French, Spanish
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
2.35:1

 
Cast & Crew
Al Pacino
Robert Loggia
Steven Bauer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Brian DePalma - Director
John A. Alonzo - Director of Photography
Giorgio Moroder - Musical Score
Louis A. Stroller - Producer
Oliver Stone - Screenplay

 
Awards

Golden Globe (1984)
   Giorgio Moroder, Nominee, Best Original Score-Motion Picture
   Al Pacino, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama
   Steven Bauer, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture

 
Memorable Quotes
"First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman."----Tony (Al Pacino) to Manny (Steven Bauer)

"Say hello to my little friend!"----Tony before firing his grenade launcher


 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...The most stylish and provocative -- and maybe the most vicious -- serious film about the American underworld since [THE GODFATHER]....Vivid and arresting." 12/09/1983 p.C18

Variety
"...SCARFACE is a grandiose modern morality play....[The film] possesses an engaging topicality and packs a punch..." 11/30/1983

USA Today
"...Pfeiffer, now as then, steals the show..." 02/05/1993 p.3D

Entertainment Weekly
"...[It's] fun to simply enjoy this amazing Al Pacino vehicle for the bloody, politically incorrect, relentlessly macho potboiler that it is..." 05/23/2003 p.29

Sight and Sound
"...Still perhaps De Palma's most genuinely convincing work..." 03/01/2001 p.64

Chicago Sun-Times
"...An exciting crime picture....A gallery of wonderful supporting performances....SCARFACE is a wonderful portrait of a real louse..." 09/19/2003 p.38

Total Film
"...Pacino plays the odious Tony Montana with a dead-on mix of predatory steel and flawed flashiness..." 04/01/2001 p.106

Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...This Brian DePalma butcher block has found a thriving life of its own..." 12/01/2003 p.116

Premiere
"[A] brilliant, bloody Prohibition-era gangster movie..." 12/01/2003 p.13

Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "It's undoubtedly the larger than life quality of the film which pleases many, but young turk Oliver Stone also delivers a potent screenplay..." 12/01/2006 p.202

  
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