Brian De Palma's blood-and-sun-drenched saga of a Cuban deportees rise to the top of Miami's cocaine
business has become something of a popular classic since its release; it's been referenced in rap songs and subsequent gangster
movies and quoted the world over. Despite this lovefest with the dialogue, the films brutal violence and lack of positive
characters still make it controversial and disliked by certain critics. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence,
guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and incestuous
desire for his kid sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) prove his undoing. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Tonys neglected coke-addicted
trophy wife, and Steven Bauer is his concerned friend. F. Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, and Paul Shenar are some of Tonys
sleazy business partners and potential killers. Oliver Stone wrote the expletive-packed screenplay, based on Howard Hawkss
1932 version--which was ostensibly about Al Capone and starred Paul Muni and George Raft. The synth-heavy Giorgio Moroder
score expertly evokes the drug-fueled decadence of 1980s Miami, and De Palma provides several of his elaborate set pieces,
including a horrific showstopper in a motel room with a chain saw.
I always tell the truth. Even when I lie
"The World Chico And Everything In It"
Do you know what a hosser is?
Dat's a pig that don't fly straight, neither do you Frank.
What are you lookin' at?
You're all a bunch of f***ing' a**holes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You
need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your f***in' fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So,
what'll that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have
that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on. Last
time you're gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Make way for the bad guy."
