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Now developers are combining the classic with the modern, with both Scarface and The Godfather: The Game jumping from the big screen to the console screen.

There can be no disputing that Pacino, reuniting with his Scarface screenwriter, is the film's lead.

His first brush with this controversy came as a screenwriter, with the uproar surrounding Midnight Express, forwhich he took home his first Academy Award ®, and again shortly after with Scarface.

Last week, I was lucky enough to be able to sit down with Scarface to talk about the club, the issues, and what the future holds for STREETBEEFS.

Not exact matches

West went on to work with the likes of Scarface, Talib Kweli, Alicia Keys, Mos Def and others in the early 2000s.

While serving time in a juvenile detention center, Scarface learned how to box, becoming a fan of the beauty of the art and its healing powers over what life hit him with.

These tales of upward mobility seem at odds with Mr. Pérez - Rey's choice to include a clip from the 1983 remake of «Scarface,» in which Al Pacino, playing a Marielito thug, introduces a machine gun as his «little friend.»

Instead, 20,000 Days takes the form of an imagined day in the life of Cave, as he drives his luxury car to his therapist, has lunch with bandmate Warren Ellis, heads to an archive loaded with bric - à - brac from his past (a scene that includes a hilariously detailed breakdown on an instance when a German concertgoer urinated on Birthday Party bassist Tracey Pew that plays like a deconstruction scene from JFK), and snacks on pizza while watching Scarface with his twin sons.

If Ayer decides to make Scarface first, WB could delay or like with Suicide Squad 2, seek out another director to take over for David.

There's been some talk of a remake of Scarface for some time now, but the plans have gained some extra weight as Antoine Fuqua is in talks with Universal to direct a re-imagining.

Stone had already attracted notice as a writer; his script for Midnight Express won him the adapted screenplay Oscar and he followed that up with the commercially strong Conan the Barbarian and Scarface.

We haven't uncovered production start and wrap dates for Scarface but with Universal slating the picture for release next August, there is an expectation shooting will begin sometime between late summer or fall.

Packouz reconnects with his old friend from yeshiva school, Efraim Diveroli, a power - mad, coke - snorting, Scarface - worshipping international arms dealer who offers Packouz a position in Diveroli's outfit AEY.

«The Public Enemy» launched a cycle of gangster films in the early years of the Depression that also includes «Little Caesar» with Edward G. Robinson, and «Scarface» with Paul Muni.

With indie - film admirers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow at the helm, De Palma holds forth with bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much moWith indie - film admirers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow at the helm, De Palma holds forth with bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much mowith bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much more).

In the tradition of Scarface, Goodfellas, and The Wolf of Wall Street — so basically, all the classic American Scumbag movies — with a dash of The Big Short thrown in for a falsely moralizing ending, War Dogs is a sweaty, bro - y, barely even sheepish celebration of Bush - era amorality dressed in coke and cash that squanders a brilliant scumbag performance from Jonah Hill.

This opens up the casting process to upstart talents — fitting a similar strategy as what producers did with the standalone Han Solo Star Wars film and the reboot of Scarface.

20,000 Days on Earth, a documentary about the singer by the artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, creates a fictionalised 24 hours in his life in which he watches Scarface with his 12 - year - old sons and drives Ray Winstone along Brighton seafront, writes Alexis Petridis

At a mutual friend's funeral, David reconnects with Efraim (Jonah Hill), his Scarface - loving, coke - snorting best friend from junior high.

By the end of the movie, Foster's performance is up there with Pacino's Scarface, De Niro's Capone or Di Caprio's Belfort, a criminal so caught up in his imagined power that he doesn't see his downfall until it is too late.

Django Unchained elevates schlock to the level of art, most spectacularly in a shootout for the ages that cross-pollinates Scarface and The Wild Bunch, but with an exhilaratingly anachronistic hip - hop flourish.

One of the big plus points for Scarface is the variety in the story missions, and this is one thing other games of this type have struggled with for quite some time.

Sure there are a handful of gags poking fun at Westerns and grindhouse films (and even hints at Brian de Palma's Scarface), but Casa de mi Padre really takes its spoof target by the reins and goes with it... possibly to a fault.

Scarface with Al Pacino has got to be the best gangster movie of all time, way better than the Godfather, I love Al!!!!!!!!!!!

Antoine Fuqua's remake of Scarface is still happening, but it's just not going to be made with Antoine Fuqua.

An established screenwriter of such films as Scarface, Conan the Barbarian, and Midnight Express (which won him the Adapted Screenplay Oscar), Stone would cement his reputation as a director with Platoon, a drama based on his experiences in the Vietnam War.

Universal Pictures» remake of Scarface is set for a 2018 release date, with a script that's been polished by the Coen Brothers.

Charlize Theron, meanwhile, presented Allen Daviau — an Oscar nominee for films like E.T., The Color Purple, The Empire of the Sun and Bugsy — with the Lifetime Achievement Award, while the ASC John Alonzo Heritage Award — named in honor of the cinematographer of such classics as Harold and Maude, Norma Rae and Scarface — was presented to a pair of student filmmakers, Brian Melton from the North Carolina School of the Arts and Lyle Vincent from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

David Ayer passes on the Scarface reboot, but remains attached to helm DC's Gotham City Sirens with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.

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David Yates May Reboot «Scarface:» Universal Pictures has been especially careful handling plans for their «Scarface» reboot, refining the script with a number of screenwriters and ensuring the project remains top secret.

12:00 M — TCM — The Public Enemy Famous for the scene where James Cagney smashes a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face, this is one of the gold standards of early gangster films, along with Little Caesar and Howard Hawks's Scarface.

Seemingly determined to make the climax of Scarface (1983) look tame, the unabashedly over-the-top violence splatters walls with blood, piles up casualties, and chips away at our heroes» effortlessly established likability and moral code.

Speaking of long - gestating projects, and Universal Studios may have found their replacement for Antoine Fuqua on their Scarface remake by arranging talks with David Ayer (Suicide Squad).

by Bryant Frazer One of the most powerful moments in Scarface is the culmination of a violent, perfectly judged sequence of events crafted for maximum impact by screenwriter Oliver Stone and staged with ferocious efficiency by director Brian De Palma.

«The Wolf of Wall Street» If the mark of a truly significant artist is their ability to continually provoke and outrage viewers in their later years instead of falling into a complacent rut, then Scorsese once again proved himself to be a provocateur for the ages with this jaw - dropping, eye - popping depiction of the true story of a crafty little weasel (Leonardo Di Caprio in what now stands as the performance of his career) who created a billion dollar empire out of selling crappy penny stocks and subsequently rode it into the ground in a blaze of greed, hubris and more cocaine than «Scarface» and «Boogie Nights» combined.

Of course, De Palma has made a number of films that were not particularly well - received when they first came out, only to grow in stature with critics and audiences over the years — «Blow Out» (1981) and «Scarface» (1983) being perhaps the best - known examples of such reevaluations.

She launched her career singing in Grease 2 as the lip - smacking «bad girl» Stephanie and followed it up with an astonishing turn in Scarface, as Elvira Hancock.

A look inside the history magazine with special interview with founding editor Gordon Hitchens, Barbra Streisand's Yentl, Brian De Palma's Scarface, Cary Grant profile, Michael Apted interview, Harlan Kennedy on zombie movies, 1983 in review, visit to the set of David Lynch's Dune

While promoting his new show Mr. Bauer took the time to sit down with Media Mikes to talk about working with his idol, network television and why, three decades later, «Scarface» is still going strong!

Yes, he's done good work in his time on this rock («Carrie,» «Blow Out,» and even «Scarface» looks better and better with each passing year), but have you seen «Snake Eyes»?

The award - winning editor worked with William Friedkin on The Boys in the Band (1970) and The French Connection (1971); with Brian De Palma on Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), Body Double (1984), Wise Guys (1986), and The Untouchables (1987); with Joseph Sargent on The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); with Arthur Penn on The Missouri Breaks (1976); with Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now (1979); with Robert Benton on Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); with Michael Cimino on Heaven's Gate (1980); and with Penny Marshall on Awakenings (1990).

De Palma, producer Martin Bregman, and actors Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, and Angel Salazar all participate, as do Julie Salamon (author of The Devil's Candy, the book - length making - of devoted to De Palma's ill - fated The Bonfire of the Vanities), Ken Tucker, Keith Gordon (star of De Palma's Dressed to Kill), Antoine Fuqua, and Eli Roth, who surprises no one with his claim that he saw Scarface 56 times in seventh grade.

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Al Pacino (Heat, Scarface) delivers his customary greatness, showing that he can play things with a quiet touch just as effectively as when he is in a rage.

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Hometown: Frankfort, IL How Long Employed at Phillips Chevrolet: Since August 2015 Hobbies: working out, spending time with family and friends Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bears Favorite Chevy: Chevrolet Tahoe Favorite Food: Pizza Favorite Movie: Scarface Favorite Vacation Spot: Jamaica

In closing, Scarface is not with out it's share of problems.

David Ayer passes on the Scarface reboot, but remains attached to helm DC's Gotham City Sirens with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.

The artist filled one room of the gallery with film posters, prints, a wall text and five vitrines containing sundry Scarface - related objects such as key chains, jackets and toys, each sporting an image of Al Pacino (who plays drug kingpin Tony Montana) in various degrees of gun - wielding bravado.