Scarface (1983) [Blu-ray]

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Al Pacino as Scarface has gone down in history as one of the great gangster movies of all time. This is despite the fact that the lead Latin role went to a white guy as usual. The movie was written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma. The movie takes place in Miami during the 1980s when cocaine was taking off. The story is the classic rise and fall of a gangster. Pacino as Tony Montana came to Florida from Cuba with nothing. He wanted the American Dream and the way he was going to achieve that was through crime. He starts off small but moves his way up to become a boss. Of course, crime doesn’t pay and there’s no honor amongst thieves so his reign doesn’t last.The first thing that stands out about Scarface is the violence and action. Montana and his friends are placed in a refugee camp in Miami when they arrive in the U.S. and their ticket out is to stab a former Cuban general. Then their first job as gangsters goes all wrong and Tony’s friend gets cut to pieces with a chainsaw. Another time one of Montana’s business partners is accused of being an informer for the police and dumped out of helicopter and hung. The ending is considered a classic as well especially Tony’s famous line “Say hello to my little friend” as he fires a rife grenade at a group of attackers. That initially brought a lot of criticism of the movie but today is celebrated.The other part of the story, which is common to most in the gangster genre is the constant betrayal and lack of trust. Montana first goes to work for drug kingpin Frank Lopez played by Robert Loggia. Lopez later turns on Montana and he pays Frank back by not only killing him but taking his girl Elvira played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Mobsters always talk about how they operate like a family, but it’s one where your brother will stab you in the back at the drop of a hat and everyone is considered under suspicion.These are some of the main elements that make Scarface such a celebrated work. If only Hollywood would believe that people of color could star in their own movies this might have been even better.C

SCARFACE is Brian DePalma's and Al Pacino's operatic masterful retelling of Howard Hughes', Howard Hawks' and Paul Muni's definitive 1932 gangster film of the same name. First panned upon its 1983 release, like it's predecessor and namesake SCARFACE has become a part of the American cultural consciousness far beyond itself.Pacino plays Marielito Tony Montana, a small-time stickup artist in Castro's Cuba who becomes a major drug kingpin in 1980s Miami. Pacino's Montana is reminiscent both of Muni's character and of his own portrayal of Michael Corleone. In Montana, Pacino shows us the twisted inner workings of the criminal personality he presented so convincingly as THE GODFATHER.Pacino gives us an intentionally over-the-top performance, using a theatrically "theek" Cuban accent and unremitting obscenities (estimated as one every thirty eight seconds on average) as the foundation stones for Tony Montana. Much of Pacino's characterization depends on black comedy (Tony's beloved bright yellow Cadillac with the tiger stripe interior is ridiculous to the point of screaming laughter, as is his bloodthirsty earnest buffoonery---after killing two men in cold blood he casually offers his third intended victim a job: "Okay! You call me tomorrow!") Pacino's humor hits its high point when he mutters miserably, "I don't trust Mob guys," while lighting a Corona in unconscious flattery of Vito Corleone. Scarface is very intentionally the id of the more calculating Don Michael.DePalma, through scriptwriter Oliver Stone, manages to penetrate to the heart of darkness of the cocaine subculture. Surrounded by metric tons of cocaine, warehouses full of money, and all the trash it can buy, Montana values only three people in the world, his sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and his friends Angel and Manolo (Steven Bauer), one of whom he kills himself and two of whom die through his indirect machinations.When Angel dies in a gruesome chainsaw scene as brilliantly conceived and executed as Janet Leigh's shower scene in PSYCHO, a classic of directorial misdirection, Tony's humanity all but dies, and he rampages through Miami's drug underworld, butchering his rival, Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), stealing Lopez's vicious, sexy llello-emaciated wife, Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer), and burying himself alive in a lust of grotesque materialism. For just a moment the world is his.Pacino captures Montana's colorful rise and his robotic downfall perfectly, showing us that Tony Montana is a spiritually dead character. Although he fights to protect Gina and idolizes her throughout the film, his lifestyle of excess eventually claims her, as unable to grasp the thought of love as opposed to sheer possession, Tony kills Manolo when he discovers them together. (The two had secretly married and planned to surprise Tony).DePalma also uses the tropical motifs of Miami in a subtle way to mark Tony Montana's rise and fall. Starting out as a wisecracking second-story man addicted to Hawaiian shirts and jeans he later graduates to neon technopop polyester leisure suits in pastel colors and then finally to dark black pinstripes. The further he descends into evil the more conservative and less bright he appears.Pacino's Montana ends his depraved existence with his face buried in a mound of cocaine, and firing a grenade rifle at men come to kill him for botching an assassination---ironically, Tony is to die for not killing the children of an important politician. In the end, this flicker of compassion can't redeem him.The Special Edition second disc has some fascinating material comparing and contrasting the two SCARFACEs, and exploring much of the underpinning of this gangster classic. One of the more interesting segments is a hip-hop exploration of the film, which has become a kind of bible for 'gangsta' rappers. To see Tony Montana lauded as "a man of principle," "loyal to his friends" and a man who "has it all" is an incredible expose of the mindset of the rap contributors to the segment, since Tony Montana is none of the above, except in the most meaningless of ways.Although SCARFACE has its uneven moments and Tony's rise is far more fascinating than his inevitable fall, this movie is far better than its initial weak press reviews indicated. SCARFACE is a true classic and time-capsule piece of the Miami drug scene. Once again, Al Pacino is being, not acting onscreen, and the results are nothing short of amazing.

Scarface The World is YoursThis seminal eighties gangster movie is both a product of its time and a put down of the industry that created it.All Pacino excellent in a largely repulsive role, he by his own admission plays Tony Montana in 'two dimensions',He is supported very ably a profane script (which no apology should be made for-if you can't cope with the 'F' word, don't buy this.His co-stars across the board are excellent-Michelle Pfeiffer, then a rising star, Steven Bauer, again on the rise.The older stars predominately working actors whom got given a larger audience through their exposure on Scarface.Mark Margolis as Alberto, Robert Loggia as Frank (Montana's sponsor), the late Paul Shenar as Alexander Soza , Pacino's friend and enemy. Mary Elizabeth Mastronatio as Gina, Tony's sister.Beautifully lit by John A Alonzo, edited and embroiled in controversy (much as Pacino's Cruising had been three years earlier), this gangster movie has grown in stature , after a critical hammering.After 1st seeing this movie on video, then wide screen video, and then DVD and finally blu ray.Which finally does John A Alonzo's lighting some real justice and Brian De Palma's direction justice.This cigar box set is worth buying if you are die hard Scarface fan, in a faux cigar box set-containing photographThis, a money clip and a Green card .Three versions of Scarface (blu ray, digital and DVD of 1932 original).Well worth looking out for but don't pay silly money for it.

Dieser Film aus dem Jahr 1983 unter der Regie von Brian DePalma ist eine aufwühlende Mixtur aus Einwandererdrama und klassischer Gangsterballade...perfekt gelungen.Spannend, blutig ... Die etwas andere Mafia-Geschichte, die mehr von Al Pacinos nervöser Aggression lebt als von der gediegenen La Familia-Atmosphäre eines "Paten“.Als Fidel Castro 1980 die kubanischen Grenzen öffnet, zögert Antonio "Tony“ Montana nicht lange und macht sich auf in die Vereinigten Staaten. Gemeinsam mit seinem Kumpel Manny wird er monatelang in ein Flüchtlingslager "Freedom Town“ gesperrt. Erst als er für einige mächtige Männer einen Mord an einem mitgekommenen Kommunisten begeht, erhält er die begehrte Greencard. Doch Montana hat sich das Leben in den USA anders vorgestellt. Als Tellerwäscher arbeitet der cholerische Ex-Sträfling in einer schmierigen Imbissbude, bis er schließlich das große Geld und seine Chance wittert. Montana bekommt die Gelegenheit im Drogenmilieu mitzumischen und steigt die Karriereleiter vom Kleinkriminellen bis hin zur respektablen Größe Miamis mit seiner Sturheit und seinem Wesen, das keiner Konfrontation aus dem Weg geht, rasch hinauf. Montana muss schon bald feststellen, dass es auch unter Gangstern Konkurrenten gibt. Er, der den Hals nicht voll bekommen konnte, steht bald alleine gegen Miamis kriminelle Drogenszene.....Scarface hat eine Laufzeit von knapp 2,5 Stunden und zieht von Anfang bis Ende in seinen Bann. Neben Montanas Aufstieg erlebt der Zuschauer auch seinen Fall. Denn dem Narbengesicht steigt sein Ruhm zu Kopf. Er bekommt nicht genug, wird von seinem eigenen Stoff abhängig und muss lernen, dass es manchmal ganz gut ist, nicht alles zu sagen, was man denkt. Hinzu kommt noch, dass eben genau jenes politische System zu dem er einst floh, der Kapitalismus, seinen Fall letzten Endes besiegelt. Interessanterweise bleibt Montana bis zum bitteren Ende eine ambivalente Figur, ein Antiheld in Reinkultur. Seine Sympathiepunkte verspielt Montana jedoch nicht. Obwohl er cholerisch, streitsüchtig und ungestüm ist, wohnt tief in ihm scheinbar noch so etwas wie ein Gewissen, was in einer Schlüsselszene des Films zum Ausdruck kommt. Auch verfehlt sein Gangster-Charme des Sich-Nicht-Verbiegens nicht seine Wirkung. Montana ist jedoch nur so gut, weil er von einem grandiosen Al Pacino dargestellt wird. Grossartig, was er Montana für ein Leben einhaucht.Wunderbar auch Michelle Pfeiffer als koksende Gangsterbraut.Düster, bitter, brutal… Brian DePalmas Gangsterfilmklassiker ist hoffnungslos und erbarmungslos gleichermassen. Mit einer wunderbar sphärischen Musikuntermalung von Georgio Moroder, einem glänzenden Drehbuch von Oliver Stone und einem Al Pacino in einer seiner besten Rollen.Sehr, sehr sehenswert.

Very good quality especially for the price I paid ( £4)

Anyone who has seen this movie needs no description or introduction - I once owned the single disc to this immortal 80's crime drama, not much of an issue. But the bonus material (available on a second disc), was all the encouragement needed to purchase this "double disc" special edition, which provides the essential bonus material to an unmissable movie - 9/10!.

I dont really agree with this triple play concept because i believe if you want something on Bluray then chances are that you will not need the DVD. However i have downloaded the digital version on to my Samung S3 and can watch the classic scenes whenever i want.The steelbook artwork cover looks amazing