SCARFACE (1983) (DVD)ENG/FRENCH/SPAN/WS DVD

Scarface
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

Cast Al Pacino as Tony Montana Steven Bauer as Manny Ray Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Gina Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez Miriam Colon as Mama Montana F. Murray Abraham as Omar Paul Shenar as Alejandro Sosa Harris Yulin as Bernstein Angel Salazar as Chi Chi Pepe Serna as Angel Michael P. Moran as Nick The Pig Al Israel as Hector The Toad Dennis Holahan as Banker Mark Margolis as Shadow Michael Alldredge as Sheffield Ted Beniades as Seidelbaum Richard Belzer as M.C. at Babylon Club Paul Espel as Luis

Crew Steven Schwartz - Art Director Ed Richardson - Art Director Peter Saphier - Co-producer Pat Norris - Costume Designer Joe Napolitano - First Assistant Director Jerry Ziesmer - First Assistant Director Brian De Palma - Director David Ray - Editor Jerry Greenberg - Editor Louis A. Stroller - Executive Producer Giorgio Moroder - Composer (Music Score) Ferdinando Scarfiotti - Production Designer John A. Alonzo - Cinematographer Peter Saphier - Producer Martin Bregman - Producer Bruce Weintraub - Set Designer Steven Schwartz - Set Designer Blake Russell - Set Designer Geoff Hubbard - Set Designer Ken Pepiot - Special Effects Stan Parks - Special Effects Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts James M. Halty - Stunts Mario Roberts - Stunts Oliver Stone - Screenwriter Brian De Palma - Screenwriter

Scarface
Infinitely quotable and more than a little cartoonish, Brian De Palma's update of Howard Hawks' seminal gangster film revels in its freedom to be larger than life. A work as akin to pop art as any other form, it reworks the crime melodrama in bold, primary colors, mostly blood red. Attracting a great deal of attention for its violence at the time of its release, the controversy overshadowed the fact that everything in the film ran to extremes, including Pacino's performance, the director's visual style (which found him almost reverting to The Fury mode), the dialogue (from a script co-written by Oliver Stone), and most importantly the themes. Scarface focuses on words like "crime" and "America," then lets itself run wild with the associations. That a classically American rise-and-fall story forms the heart of the film is its simplest and best irony. The experience will probably be thrilling to some, particularly those already enthusiastic about De Palma's work, and extremely off-putting to others. Tony Montana may not be an appealing character with which to spend nearly three hours, but there's little chance of forgetting the experience. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
 

Al Pacino: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Giorgio Moroder: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated) Steven Bauer: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: 4 deleted scenes take you deeper into this legendary film DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 170 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Scarface 1. A Political Prisoner (Main Titles) [8:11] 2. Freedom Town [2:43] 3. A Killing for a Green Card [2:45] 4. The Good Life [2:02] 5. A New Job [5:15] 6. Colombians and Chain Saws [8:52] 7. Mr. Lopez [3:17] 8. Elvira [1:33] 9. A Night in Babylon [8:30] 10. How to Pick up Girls [3:32] 11. Going in Style [3:59] 12. The Prodigal Returns [8:16] 13. The Drug Lord [5:12] 14. Revenge [4:04] 15. Serious Money [4:36] 16. A Proposal [4:20] 17. Shakedown [6:15] 18. Brotherly Love [5:14] 19. Two Guns for Tony [4:52] 20. A Hostile Takeover [:03] 21. Prosperity [9:46] 22. Laundry Bills [3:30] 23. Philosophy in the Bathtub [4:46] 24. The Cost of Doing Business [5:31] 25. Problems and Solutions [5:23] 26. Dinner Conversation [4:24] 27. Prelude to Murder [6:49] 28. No Women and No Children! [2:06] 29. Serving Business Ties [5:41] 30. The End of the Honeymoon [2:36] 31. Preparing for War [6:14] 32. Gina's Offering [4:37] 33. Siege [2:18] 34. Montana's Last Stand [2:30] 35. End Titles [3:16]