|
Scarface is a movie about Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who has come to Florida in 1980 as a result of the Mariel Boatlift and entered into a life of organized crime and cocaine dealing. The film was released in 1983.
It is loosely based on a 1932 movie of the same name, (see Scarface (1932)).
Plot Summary
An exiled Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana, comes to Miami with dreams of fortune. Montana begins as a dishwasher and small-time hitman, but quickly rises the ranks to become one of the leading drug barons in Florida.
Analysis
Scarface is essentially a "character study." Through third-person limited view, the viewer comes to learn a lot about how Tony Montana behaves and acts.
The movie is also notable for its extensive influence on the musical genre of rap, in particular gangsta rap. Many rappers view Tony Montana as a role model for his transition from poverty to wealth and outsider status. Quotes from the movie are prominent in many rap songs.
The movie contains a good deal of profanity (the word fuck is used more than 200 times) and violence, including a notorious shower scene featuring a chainsaw. It is the origin of the phrase "Say hello to my little friend", which Tony says before blowing away a door with an M203 grenade launcher and taking on a hit squad sent to assassinate him.
Information
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about:
Scarface
Starring
Crew
- Brian De Palma - Director / Screenwriter
- Martin Bregman - Producer
- Peter Saphier - Producer / Co-producer
- Oliver Stone - Screenwriter
- John A. Alonzo - Cinematographer
- Giorgio Moroder - Composer (Music Score)
- Jerry Greenberg - Editor
- Jerry Greenberg - Editor
- David Ray - Editor
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti - Production Designer
- Ed Richardson - Art Director
- Steven Schwartz - Art Director / Set Designer
- Louis A. Stroller - Executive Producer
- Geoff Hubbard - Set Designer
- Blake Russell - Set Designer
- Bruce Weintraub - Set Designer
- Pat Norris - Costume Designer
- Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer
- Stan Parks - Special Effects
- Ken Pepiot - Special Effects
- Joe Napolitano - First Assistant Director
- Jerry Ziesmer - First Assistant Director
- James M. Halty - Stunts
- Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts
- Mario Roberts - Stunts
External links
| 
