MY movie research

1. SCARFACE

2. How much money did the scarface make
• It went on to earn $45.4 million in North America and $20.4
million from other markets, for a total of $65.8 million. This figure
made Scarface the 16th highest-grossing film of 1983, and seventh
highest grossing R-rated film in North America for 1983.
• This is my Secondary research because I got this from a website and
google
• ANON . (2015). Scarface (1983 film). Available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film). Last accessed
14/12/2018.

3. Is Scarface based in real life
• Tony Montana (Al Pacino) was based on real-life mobster Al
Capone. Scarface is loosely based on a 1932 film of the same name,
in which the main character, Tony Camonte, is inspired by infamous
Mafioso Al Capone, one of the most notorious crime lords in mob
history.
• ANON . (2014). Scarface based in real person . Available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film). Last accessed
14/12/2018.

4. Producer Martin Bregman offered De Palma a chance to direct Scarface while the director was filming the 1981 cult classic Blow Out. Initially De Palma said “yes,” but
then politely declined as he was too busy. He signed on to direct Flashdance instead in the hopes of getting the producer to greenlight his script on the Yablonski
murders. De Palma made it about two weeks into pre-production on the dance flick before quitting. Bregman offered Scarface to De Palma again, and the rest is history.
What a feeling
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) stakes a claim on the drug trade
in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the
cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia
serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
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Last accessed 14th Dec 2018

5. Peoples opinion about scarface
• What do think about it (great movie )
• What do you like about it ( It has Al Pachino in it )
• Matthew rated it 9/10
• Jamie (amazing film ) 10/10
• Why do you give it 10 out of 10
• Really good story and a good sound track.
• Sam
• (Likes one of the last scenes on the balcony where Al Pachino is shooting with the gun)
• Would would u rate it (Sam said ) 7/10
• Layton 10/10 movie
• Story is amazing
• I asked other members of the class on their opinion of scarface.
• This was my primary research to find out what others though of the movie itself
• Some of my class mates haven't watched the movie but I got enough to show what they think of it.
TOMATOMETER
81%
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 68
Fresh: 55
Rotten: 13
Kathleen Carroll
Stone sticks all too closely to the dated plot structure of the
original movie, and such melodramatic flourishes as
Montana's incestuous attraction for his sister now seem
completely ludicrous.
David Sterritt
Brian DePalma] apparently considers ''money
isn't everything'' an original and profound
message.
One fundamentally dishonest character choice launched a billion-
dollar industry. But it hardly sours a film that became a garishly
ghoulish, bleakly funny and compulsively watchable template for
modern-criminal deconstructions of the American Dream.
Nick Rogers
Alan Jones
The sharp, if expletive-ridden, dialogue in Oliver
Stone's script and the vivid cinematography of John A
Alonzo help make De Palma's urban shocker a
modern-day classic.
Rotten Tomatoes . (2018). CRITIC REVIEWS FOR
SCARFACE.Available:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scarface/#contentRevie
ws. Last accessed 14/12/2018.

6. Where is Scarface made
• In Scarface, Tony Montana's Miami Was Mostly Filmed in LA. "El
Fureidis," the Santa Barabara, California mansion that played the role
of Tony Montana's massive estate in Scarface.
• Patrick Sisson. (2015). In Scarface, Tony Montana's Miami Was Mostly Filmed in LA. Available:
https://www.curbed.com/2015/11/12/9900852/scarface-and-the-miami-and-los-angeles-of-
gangster-tony-montana. Last accessed 14/12/2018..

7. Who is Scarface based on
• Tony Montana (Al Pacino) was based on real-life mobster Al Capone. Scarface is loosely based on
a 1932 film of the same name, in which the main character, Tony Camonte, is inspired by
infamous Mafioso Al Capone, one of the most notorious crime lords in mob history.
• Ashleen Wicklow. (2015). Tony Montana (Al Pacino) was based on real-life mobster Al
Capone.. Available: https://www.amc.com/shows/the-making-of-the-mob/talk/2015/07/mob-
mondays-five-true-mob-stories-behind-scarface. Last accessed 14/12/2018.

8. Was Tony Montana Cuban?
• Cuba Edit. Antonio "Tony" Montana was born in Cuba to
a Cuban mother and an American father. The marriage produced two
children, Antonio and Gina, his little sister.
• NON . (2014). Tony Montana Cuban? . Available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Montana. Last accessed
14/12/2018.

9. Scarface Sound tracks
• Turn Out the Night" Released: 1983.
• She's on Fire" Released: September 28, 1983.
• Rush Rush" Released: November 1983.
• I used google to find this information (secondary research) I found by
my class mates and also by doing surveys with my own questions.