Tony's actions place an unspoken strain between Tony and Johnny to the point of the two knowing that they can't exist in their idealized world with the other. Tony's ultimate downfall may be one of two women in his life: Poppy, Johnny's girlfriend to who Tony is attracted; and Tony's eighteen year old sister, Cesca, who is self-professed to be older mentally than her years much to Tony's chagrin, he who will do anything to protect her innocence.
Cesca ultimately comes to the realization that she is a lot more similar to her brother than she first imagined. Did you know Edit. During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone.
It's part of the racket we call show business. Goofs When the Northside guys throw a body out of the car, it lands face down, but when Tony and the others look at the body, it is face up.
Quotes Tony Camonte : Listen, Little Boy, in this business there's only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it. Crazy credits "This picture is an indictment of gang rule in America and of the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace to our safety and our liberty. Every incident in this picture is the reproduction of an actual occurence, and the purpose of this picture is to demand of the government: "What are you going to do about it?
The government is your government. What are YOU going to do about it? Alternate versions Due to censorship requirements in several states, a second ending was shot after the film was finished, in which Camonte doesn't try an escape, but is sentenced to death and finally executed on the gallows.
This alternate ending was shown only during the original theatrical run in certain states. All prints, home video, and television versions in current circulation use director Howard Hawks' ending, in which Camonte tries to escape and is shot down. The DVD includes the alternate ending as a bonus feature. Soundtracks St. Louis Blues Written by W. User reviews Review. Top review. One of the first talking gangster films and a cinematic landmark.
This film is based on real events that happened in the criminal career of Al Capone, although Capone's criminal career had already ended with his conviction on charges of tax evasion six months before this film was released in April He and Lumet ended up switching projects; after De Palma was dismissed from Prince of the City , Lumet made the picture with Treat Williams in the lead. Should be an easy gig, right? So there is a strong morality in the movie. I knew about the criticisms even in advance, that Cubans were not like that.
Bregman and his production team met with local leaders throughout August, while simultaneously and quietly weighing the option of diverting the shoot to California. They last thing I need is to end up having militants chasing us around the block. Not that the relocated shoot, which began in November of , was smooth sailing from there. The production was twice halted by major weather interruptions in California.
George Raft also received a head injury during the death scene of his character when he accidentally hit the door frame while he was slumping to the floor. The first version of the film Version A was completed on September 8, , but censors would not allow its release because of concerns that it glorified the gangster lifestyle and showed too much violence.
Several scenes had to be edited, the subtitle "The Shame of the Nation" as well as a text introduction had to be added, and the ending had to be modified. The alternate ending Version B differs from the original ending in the manner that Tony is caught and in which he dies. Unlike the original ending in which Tony escapes the police and dies after getting shot several times, the alternate ending starts with Tony reluctantly handing himself over to the police.
After the encounter, Tony's face is not shown again. A scene follows in which a judge is addressing Tony during sentencing. The next scene is the finale, in which Tony seen from a bird's eye view is brought to the gallows, where he is finally put to an end by being hanged.
However, Version B still did not pass the New York censors, so Howard Hughes disowned it and finally in released Version A - with the added text introduction - in states that lacked strict censors Hughes also attempted to take the New York censors to court. This release version led to bona-fide box office status and positive critical reviews.
Hughes also made an attempt to release the film under the title "The Scar" when the original title was disallowed by the Hays office. Hawks used an "X" motif throughout the film seen first in the opening credits that was chiefly associated with death - appearing many times but not all whenever a death is portrayed; the motif shows up in numerous places, most prominently as Tony's "X" scar on his right cheek.
Somerset Maugham's story "Miss Sadie Thompson". The play opened on Broadway in and ran throughout the s A film version of the play, also titled Rain and starring Joan Crawford, was released by United Artists the same year as Scarface. The song Cesca sings while playing the piano is "Wreck of the Old 97". Brian De Palma directed a remake starring Al Pacino. The DVD "Anniversary Edition" limited edition box set of the film included a copy of its counterpart.
At the end of the film, a title reading "This film is dedicated to Ben Hecht and Howard Hawks" appears over the final shot. In , Scarface was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The movie launched George Raft's lengthy career as a leading man.
Raft, in the film's second lead, had learned to flip a coin without looking at it, a trait of his character, and he made a strong impression in the comparatively sympathetic but colorful role. She graduated from the University of Oregon in with a B. By Jordan Williams Published Sep 08,
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