For Montana, it was a crackdown on cocaine during the rise of the "War on Drugs;" for Capone, it was alcohol, prostitution and drugs during the Prohibition Era. In fact, once Prohibition was repealed in Chicago, Capone's organized crime syndicate, the Chicago Outfit, began keeping a much lower profile.
While doing research for the Scarface script, screenwriter Oliver Stone obtained access to FBI and DEA files and came across an inspiration for the scene in which Colombian drug dealer Hector the Toad attempts to rip Tony off, dismembering Tony's Cuban associate, Angel, with a chainsaw.
Though Stone dramatized the event for the movie, the real-life chainsaw story from the early days of the war on drugs is on the record. Director Brian De Palma had an uphill battle with the ratings board, which wanted to give the movie an X rating for its depictions of extreme violence. De Palma brought the film in front of law enforcement agents, who testified that the violent scenes were accurate depictions of the Miami drug trade.
De Palma argued that the film was therefore educational, and provided the public and the police department with insider knowledge about organized crime. The ratings board ultimately relented, and gave the film an R rating instead. Every time she manages to commit to a TV show without getting bored, an angel gets its wings. When she's not writing, you can find her trying to learn a new language, watching hockey go Avs!
Breakfast food is life and coffee is what makes the world go round. It was great. By Adrienne Tyler Published May 01, He researched extensively, scuffling through crime records, information on the drug trade, and immigrant data.
Stone did some freshening up too — unable to let go of his drug habits in America, he escaped to Paris to take care of his health and the script. If you are asking whether Montana is solely based on Capone, the answer is both yes and no. While both Al Capone and Tony Montana have been known as ruthless killers, some obvious differences need to be stated. Capone had been involved in gangs since he was a child, but the adult Tony Montana establishes his empire from scratch.
While Capone was an Italian immigrant, the origin of Montana was Cuban. In the finality of events, while Tony dies spectacularly, Capone was sent to the infamous Alcatraz prison and finally died from a stroke and pneumonia.
Read More: Films Like Scarface. View Iframe URL. Also on Vogue. The shadow of Al Capone Scarface is above all the nickname given to the famous gangster Al Capone , an emblematic figure of American crime during the Prohibition period.
The many faces of Tony Montana The name is engraved in our memories, forever associated with Al Pacino 's grandiose performance. Musical chairs Director Sidney Lumet was originally approached to direct Scarface in the early s. Al Pacino's injuries During the shooting of this same scene, Al Pacino was injured when he mistakenly grabbed the butt of a smoking gun with which he had just fired several shots.
Meryl Streep In order to best interpret the role of a Cuban immigrant who takes his bearings in the United States, where he becomes a fearsome gangster, Al Pacino was inspired not by the classics of the genre, but by Meryl Streep 's acting.
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