Soulstation1 Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) Anyone pickin' this up? Any favorite sayings from the flick? Tony Montana for President ss1 Edited September 29, 2003 by Soulstation1 Quote
Templejazz Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 "First you get da money, then you get the power. Once you get da power, then you get da women." I'll probably pick this up. Quote
The Mule Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 "Why don' you try to stick cho head up cho ass and see if it fit?" and... "Go pelican!" Quote
ralphie_boy Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) Can't repeat most of my favorite lines here . Here's a few: "Fly Pelican Fly!" "I said Sanitarium, not Sanitation" "F%CK the F%CKING Diaz Brothers" and of course, "Say allo to my little friend" Edited September 29, 2003 by ralphie_boy Quote
Brad Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 One of my colleagues here loves this movie and is constantly repeating lines from it. One of his favorites is: "who put this thing together? Me!" I was under the impression that this movie almost wrecked Pacino's career. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 I'm tempted, but I know I'll be watching it alone. This movie has absolutely everything my wife hates in a movie. She hates violence, she hates gangster movies, and she hates hearing the "f" word. Tough call... Quote
BERIGAN Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Yeah, but you have to buy >this< deluxe set to get the original 1932 classic!!! Oh and check out how it mentions an alternate ending!!!! "Iss ok, it jus' a flesh wound!" Quote
catesta Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Tony to Mel the cop... "Maybe you can handle yourself one of them First Class tickets to the resurrection" Quote
BERIGAN Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) In case anyone wants to know a bit about the original version...(I always thought it was made in 1932, being that it was shot in 1930 makes it all the more impressive!) http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:43081 Edited September 29, 2003 by BERIGAN Quote
The Mule Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 One of my colleagues here loves this movie and is constantly repeating lines from it. One of his favorites is: "who put this thing together? Me!" I was under the impression that this movie almost wrecked Pacino's career. No, it didn't wreck Pacino's career, but it was the unveiling of the "Hoo-Yah!!!" Al Pacino...y'know, the over-the-top evil twin of Al's who chews the living shit out of all the scenery.... I often explain it this way: SCARFACE is to Pacino as THE SHINING is to Nicholson... And, yes, the original 1932 version of SCARFACE is a brilliant film--one of the very first gangster movies (along with LITTLE CAESAR). The giant globe with the neon sign saying "The World Is Yours" seen in DePalma's version is a direct reference to the 1932 version. Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Man, you'd have to cut my arm off to make me miss this DVD... Quote
The Mule Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Man, you'd have to cut my arm off to make me miss this DVD... Quote
ralphie_boy Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Tony to Mel the cop... "Maybe you can handle yourself one of them First Class tickets to the resurrection" That's a great one! And then he follows up with " Have a nice trip, Mel". Quote
Soulstation1 Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 who put this all together, me that's who! another line i like is when tony says his car is a "creampuff" also "why don't you try sticking your head up your ass, to see if it fits" i have the first scarface oop dvd, i bought it in the pacino box set (2000). the deluxe set is also suppose to have a tony montana money clip scarface and big john today, i wish i didn't have to work. ss1 Quote
Brad Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Coincidentally, AMC happened to have Scent of a Woman on last night. I hadn't seen it in a while but man, what a great performance. It's hard for me to line up in my mind at the same time a vision of him as Michael Corleone and Colonel Slade. Quote
Adam Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 I saw "Scarface" last night at the Cinerama Dome in LA, and I have to tell you, I don't quite get it. Well, I do in part - it is entertaining, one doesn't notice the passage of 3 hours. I think most of the credit goes to Oliver Stone's script and Pacino's performance rather than anything De Palma did (but there are some great crane & jib shots in there.) But why should this film be this pop favorite/influence on hip-hop? The only full on "success" sequence is that musical montage where money is coming in, and they get the big house, and he marries Michelle. Then it's all down hill. Is it the idea of "you can make yourself and have it all" combined with the over-the-top elements and the quotable lines? I guess that's enough to make a cult film. But any input on that? Is it the sort of film that just plays in the background of a party? Did you hear that the studio wanted to replace the Moroder score with a hip-hop soundtrack, to make it up-to-date? Even Pacino liked the idea. But De Palma, who has final cut, said no, and so it remains. I'm glad - De Palma's reasoning seems right to me - that the film is also a record of its time, and Moroder and that disco (and the hair!) is all that period. Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 I'm tempted, but I know I'll be watching it alone. This movie has absolutely everything my wife hates in a movie. She hates violence, she hates gangster movies, and she hates hearing the "f" word. Tough call... Hey, invite me over...I love all that stuff! HAHA I'll bring some whiskey and some co...NO...NO, forget it, I'll just bring whiskey!! Quote
The Mule Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Is it the idea of "you can make yourself and have it all" combined with the over-the-top elements and the quotable lines? I guess that's enough to make a cult film. But any input on that? Is it the sort of film that just plays in the background of a party? Well, this movie has always been a guilty-pleasure for me. It's so over-the-top and operatic that it's impossible to really take seriously. From Pacino's performance to the level of violence to the huge piles of cocaine it's all just TOO MUCH. But it's really entertaining... As far as the cult, I really think it goes back to the appeal of every gangster film since the 1930s. Americans like their outlaws. They like the fantasy of the little guy outside the system who ruthlessly builds an empire for himself against all odds. They even dig the price one inevitably has to pay--death. The remake of SCARFACE introduces an even stronger element of machismo to the whole thing which, I suspect, appeals to the hip-hop generation. Hip-hoppers are big fans of THE GODFATHER films, too, but SCARFACE is bigger, louder, more defiantly in-your-face. I just picked up the dvd and there's a 30-minute documentary entitled: "Origins of a Hip-Hop Classic" which contains interviews with P. Diddy, Eve, Method Man. The package claims that they'll tell us how this classic film (their words, not mine) has influenced their lives and music. Once I view this I will report back... Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 i hate to admit this but i already have a vhs copy, laserdisc copy, and the oop dvd of scarface. i have a serious problem........... Quote
BERIGAN Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 i hate to admit this but i already have a vhs copy, laserdisc copy, and the oop dvd of scarface. i have a serious problem........... I'll say! you should have sold the dvd 2 months ago for 100 bucks! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 (edited) they had an article on scarface in the usa today last week. it said that scarface was being shown in limited release on the big screen. i think it might be playing up in phoenix. i did an fandango.com search with no luck. tucson is mentioned in scarface and should be shown in this town. ss1 how am i gonna get a scar like this, eating *****? can't you stop saying f*ck all the time say goodnight to the bad guy Edited October 1, 2003 by Soulstation1 Quote
Aggie87 Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 My local store didn't have the Scarface set when I checked, but I did pick up the new special edition of "Fargo", which is a great Coen Bros flick. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 shit, i also forgot rule #1 don't get high on your own supply Quote
PHILLYQ Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 Scarface semmed pretty absurd to me, also, but there is one scene that makes me laugh whenver I think of it. When Pacino shoots the assassin who blows up the car with the entire family inside(wife and kids of the target), he looks at the hitman and says"You wouldn't listen to me- now look at you!" Hilarious!!! Quote
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