Miami in the 1980s: a determined criminal minded Cuban immigrant, becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Florida, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.Miami in the 1980s: a determined criminal minded Cuban immigrant, becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Florida, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.Miami in the 1980s: a determined criminal minded Cuban immigrant, becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Florida, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
- Awards
- 8 nominations
- Director
- Writers
- Oliver Stone
- Howard Hawks(1932 screenplay) (uncredited)
- Ben Hecht(1932 screenplay) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the scene where Tony and Elvira are sitting in the Cadillac at the car dealership, Al Pacino surreptitiously slips on the hat that Michelle Pfeiffer was wearing while she was looking away, which was not scripted. When she turns back and sees him wearing it, her amused reaction was genuine and to her credit, she stayed in character and ad-libbed a line. Brian De Palma decided to keep that unscripted exchange in the movie to show Elvira's gradual warming up to Montana.
- GoofsExtras during the riot stop "rioting" before they are off-screen.
- Quotes
Tony Montana: I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
- Crazy creditsWe see a proverb at the beginning of the movie that says: "Enjoy yourself, every day above ground is a good day." ANONYMOUS, MIAMI 1981
- Alternate versionsTo get a 16 rating in West Germany, most of the violence and profanity were toned down.
- ConnectionsEdited into 76-89-03 (2000)
- SoundtracksScarface (Push It to the Limit)
Performed by Paul Engemann
Music by Giorgio Moroder
Lyrics by Pete Bellotte
Featured review
Grandiose, bloodyminded and implacable
This is one of my all time favorites.
If the movie has a flaw, it's that it comes at you like a raging bull. It doesn't so much engage the viewer as assault him. ''Scarface'' is as voracious and unyielding a production as Tony Montana himself. Nothing is left to the viewer's imagination.
Moroder's languorous synthpop fits the action to a tee. Like the chorus in a Greek tragedy, it wails and gnashes, broods and tugs, a constant reminder of Tony's inexorable fate.
Not so much a tale of caution as a disaster in progress, ''Scarface'' rips across the screen with the unstoppable force of a runaway train.
If the movie has a flaw, it's that it comes at you like a raging bull. It doesn't so much engage the viewer as assault him. ''Scarface'' is as voracious and unyielding a production as Tony Montana himself. Nothing is left to the viewer's imagination.
Moroder's languorous synthpop fits the action to a tee. Like the chorus in a Greek tragedy, it wails and gnashes, broods and tugs, a constant reminder of Tony's inexorable fate.
Not so much a tale of caution as a disaster in progress, ''Scarface'' rips across the screen with the unstoppable force of a runaway train.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Caracortada
- Filming locations
- 656 Park Ln, Santa Barbara, California, USA(Alejandro Sosa's Bolivian Estate)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,967,303
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,597,536
- Dec 11, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $66,443,303
- Runtime2 hours 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- 4-Track Stereo(original release)
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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