What is Scarface (1932) / Scarface (1983) about?

Name: Scarface (1932) / Scarface (1983)
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama

SCARFACE, 1932, Universal, 93 min. Designed to exploit the Chicago mob wars still raging, Howard Hughes produced and Howard Hawks directed this very-Pre-Hollywood-Code gangster epic. Paul Muni is Tony 'Scarface' Camonte, a ruthless mobster who is borderline insane and fanatically jealous of anyone courting his sister, Ann Dvorak. Which means his crony, George Raft better look out. Boris Karloff is scarily credible as one of Tony’s bitterest rivals. SCARFACE, 1983, Universal, 170 min. Director Brian De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone reinvented Howard Hawks’ classic, moving it to early 1980’s Miami during the mushrooming coke trade. Al Pacino is Tony Montana, a two-bit Little Ceasar who singlehandedly creates anarchy in the Miami underworld. Stylishly shocking, and boasting a disco-flavored Giorgio Moroder score. With Michelle Pfeiffer.

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What is Scarface (1932) / Scarface (1983) about?: SCARFACE, 1932, Universal, 93 min. Designed to exploit the Chicago mob wars still raging, Howard Hughes produced and Howard Hawks directed this very-Pre-Hollywood-Code gangster epic. Paul Muni is Tony 'Scarface' Camonte, a ruthless mobster who is borderline insane and fanatically jealous of anyone courting his sister, Ann Dvorak. Which means his crony, George Raft better look out. Boris Karloff is scarily credible as one of Tony’s bitterest rivals.

SCARFACE, 1983, Universal, 170 min. Director Brian De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone reinvented Howard Hawks’ classic, moving it to early 1980’s Miami during the mushrooming coke trade. Al Pacino is Tony Montana, a two-bit Little Ceasar who singlehandedly creates anarchy in the Miami underworld. Stylishly shocking, and boasting a disco-flavored Giorgio Moroder score. With Michelle Pfeiffer.