Scarface Deluxe Gift Set - Scarface (1983) & Scarface (1932) |  | Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Michael Alldredge, Steven Bauer, Richard Belzer, Ted Beniades
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  747 reviews
Sales Rank: 38704
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Limited Edition, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 264 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.1 x 3.4
ISBN: 0783283873
UPC: 025192315824
EAN: 9780783283876
ASIN: B0000AMRJE
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 1932
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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Scarface (1983)
This sprawling epic of bloodshed and excess, Brian De Palma's update of the classic 1932 crime drama by Howard Hawks, sparked controversy over its outrageous violence when released in 1983. Scarface is 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 Scarface (1932)
Howard Hawks's Scarface was one of the first "talkies" to reclaim the fluidity of the late-silent masterpieces, while also tapping into a feral new energy that came with talking smart and moving smarter on the motion picture screen. Outgunning such contemporaries as Little Caesar and The Public Enemy--in terms of both its ferocious death-dealing and dynamic style--the movie was interfered with by censors and kept out of circulation for decades thanks to its eccentric producer, Howard Hughes. It remains the gold standard among classic gangster pictures. Paul Muni's portrayal of Al Capone surrogate Tony Camonte etched a screen original: a merciless assassin who's not only reflexively criminal but pre-civilized, almost pre-evolutionary, a simian shadow ready to rub out the world if he can't have it for his own. This is still one of the greatest, darkest, most deeply exciting films American cinema has produced. Those demonically ubiquitous X's--starting with that titular scar gouged into Tony's cheek--rival "Rosebud" for resonance. --Richard T. Jameson
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 Scarface February 8, 2010
Charles H. Greene Jr. (Tiburon, CA USA)
Scarface is a "classic" film directed in a modern way by Brian De Palma. How can you go wrong with Al Pacino with Michelle Pfeiffer in one of her first movies. Definitely, personal film library material.
A must-own for movie buffs of all kinds January 31, 2010
Baxtermom
What can I say? Its a classic, one-of-a-kind move that I have watched many times and have never gotten tired of....the reviews that have come before me really say it all, so this is short--one of my five favorite movies of all time.
Very different mob film January 28, 2010
Robert J. Carroll (Glenside, PA)
If you think that this film is about Al Capone, well then think again. It's about a Cuban that came to America during the time that Castro put all the Cuban criminals on boats and sent them to America. It's very graphic, both in dialog and violence. Pacino gives, as usual, a great performance.
Scarface January 4, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
After years of diplomatic silence between the United States and Cuba, Castro opens the port of Mariel Harbor, Cuba, to thousands emmigrating to the United States in search of the American dream. Shrewdly, Castro also unlocks the overpacked prisons, allowing hordes of criminals to join the refugees. Tony Montana, a small time hood, is one of them. In Florida, Montana connects with gangster Frank Lopez, and guns his way through the sun washed streets of Miami where he finds power, wealth and passion. He kills Lopez and marries his mistress, Elvira. Montana, better known as "Scarface," soon becomes the leader of a bloody cocaine-smuggling empire but at a terrible cost to his sister, Gina and his loyal friend, Manny. However, like that of others before him, Montana's reign is brief and a violent end is guaranteed as rival gangster compete to become the next drug lord. Those who have not seen this movie be forewarned. It is one of the most graphic, vulgar movies...well...pretty much I think ever made. definitely not for the weak of heart, unless you can handle chainsaws and point-blank shotgun kills. IF that's your thing, then this is your movie.
Say Hello To My Little Friend!! December 27, 2009
Jayme Mcmahon (New York)
Best movie ever!! my favorite movie of all time! I love this movie so much! Everyone should watch this!
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