Scarface (2003) Synopsis & Summary
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. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie Info
Theatrical Release Date:
09/19/2003
DVD Release Date:
03/31/1998
Rating:
R
Run Time:
170 min.
Distributor(s):
Focus Features
Director(s):
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)
Language:
English
Version of / Remake of:
Status:
In Theaters
