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Scarface (1983)
Front Cover Actor
Al Pacino
Robert Loggia
Michelle Pfeiffer
Steven Bauer
Movie Details
Director Brian De Palma
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO
Language English
Audience Rating 18
Running Time 164 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
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
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 316
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Screen Ratio 2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
UPC 025192315725
Release Date 2004
Subtitles English for the hearing impaired
Nr of Disks/Tapes 2
Extra Features
Deleted scenes. The Rebirth of Scarface . Acting Scarface . Creating Scarface . Scarface : The TV Version. Theatrical trailer. Teaser trailer. Def Jams Presents: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic.