Plot & Details
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.
- MPAA Rating: R
- Genre(s): Action,Drama
- Run Time: 170min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 12/09/1983
- DVD Release Date: 03/31/1998
- Distributor(s): Focus Features
- Director(s): Brian De Palma
- Starring: Al Pacino , Steven Bauer , Michelle Pfeiffer , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Robert Loggia
- Themes: Drug Trade,Rise and Fall Stories
- Tone: Forceful,Lurid,Menacing,Paranoid,Slick
- Keywords: Cuba,addiction,cocaine,drug-lord,drugs,gang-war,gangster,immigrant,mob-boss,sister
- Country of Origin: USA - Rerelease (09-13-2003),USA (12-09-1983)
- Language: English
Awards
Golden Globes
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Steven Bauer | Nominated |
| 1983 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Al Pacino | Nominated |
| 1983 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Original Score | Giorgio Moroder | Nominated |
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