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Scarface
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R,2hrs 50min
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December 9, 1983
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Universal Films
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Scarface is one of those special movies, like "The Godfather," that is willing to take a flawed, evil man and allow him to be human. Full Review
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65
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out of 100
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