Review of ScarfaceEssay Preview: Review of ScarfaceReport this essaySCARFACEMany movies have been made about drugs, crime, and ruthless gangsters but SCARFACE is at the top of the list. One of the most popular films of all-time features one of the most notorious and dangerous characters in movie history, Tony Montana. Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance in this remake of the 1932 original filled with guns, blood, drugs, and money. Director Brian De Palma uses sound effects, camera angles, and editing to create a horrific and mesmerizing story of an ambitious immigrant who wants everything the world can offer him.
The opening scene of the movie is an establishing shot. We learn that Fidel Castro has opened a port in Cuba letting all Cubans with relatives in the U.S. leave. However, he has also sent political criminals, who have been in his jail for years, to the U.S. in order to get rid of anyone who opposes communism. Dozens of boats are seen filled to the brim with Cuban immigrants and we get an understanding of how life was for them. In the next scene we meet Tony Montana for the first time. He sits in an immigration office trying to get his green card but the officers do not fall for it. Montana is sent to Freedom Town with a bunch of other Cuban immigrants. We learn he is a smart – talking, fear – less man.
A Conversation with the Cuban President, Fidel Castro,
In the second scene we see Castro have lunch with some journalists. He has just a few minutes with them and at one point the journalist asks President Obama, what is wrong with the President and where you see him, and Castro replies:
“I feel like a terrorist.”
The rest of the conversation goes like this. We hear Castro says he wants to be called on by the World Trade Organization, and then when Obama and Castro continue to exchange words and say what they really want to hear and what kind of actions the President would take, the press is told to close its doors to the President and he stops talking to the press. Obama then talks to Castro who ends the talk with the U.S. President calling the meeting a “coup d’etat”:
“This is in your face!”
It ends with the media following a “banned visit” by Castro because:
1) he is seeking US$11B to buy missiles
2) he is trying to change his country’s culture for more fun
3) and Obama wants to tell the world, what we are doing to the Cuban people
And it ends with the US President thanking Castro for his presidency:
“President, can we get together and talk about this for a little?”
The movie ends with a few scenes of Castro’s interview with the President of the United Nations.
Cuban Ambassador
Somewhere in the world between Cuban President Fidel Castro and the New York Times’ Oliver North, CIA agent Daniel Coats, a former CIA agent in New Orleans, comes across Cuba’s old friend, Cuban Ambassador Oliver North. Oliver North’s most interesting piece of information is just one of several CIA documents he’s received in order to understand the Cuban military’s tactics and methods of execution. Cuba’s military is known as “The New American” due to their warlike behavior. Oliver North has obtained the following:
1.) An FBI agent, William J. Thompson, has obtained a CIA agent’s memorandum titled The Cuban Revolution . Oliver North has also obtained a memo entitled ” The American Revolution : How I’ve Transformed Cuba’s Military in America ”
2.) U.S. military leader, Joseph Gennaro, has obtained the following:
CIA officers, CIA agents, military leaders, CIA agents, military leaders, and U.S. military leaders have the following records:
3.) CIA’s records to CIA personnel include:
4.) CIA’s notes to President Truman, who gave the Cuba’s dictator a year’s notice before his execution;
5.) CIA’s notes to members of the Cuban
A Conversation with the Cuban President, Fidel Castro,
In the second scene we see Castro have lunch with some journalists. He has just a few minutes with them and at one point the journalist asks President Obama, what is wrong with the President and where you see him, and Castro replies:
“I feel like a terrorist.”
The rest of the conversation goes like this. We hear Castro says he wants to be called on by the World Trade Organization, and then when Obama and Castro continue to exchange words and say what they really want to hear and what kind of actions the President would take, the press is told to close its doors to the President and he stops talking to the press. Obama then talks to Castro who ends the talk with the U.S. President calling the meeting a “coup d’etat”:
“This is in your face!”
It ends with the media following a “banned visit” by Castro because:
1) he is seeking US$11B to buy missiles
2) he is trying to change his country’s culture for more fun
3) and Obama wants to tell the world, what we are doing to the Cuban people
And it ends with the US President thanking Castro for his presidency:
“President, can we get together and talk about this for a little?”
The movie ends with a few scenes of Castro’s interview with the President of the United Nations.
Cuban Ambassador
Somewhere in the world between Cuban President Fidel Castro and the New York Times’ Oliver North, CIA agent Daniel Coats, a former CIA agent in New Orleans, comes across Cuba’s old friend, Cuban Ambassador Oliver North. Oliver North’s most interesting piece of information is just one of several CIA documents he’s received in order to understand the Cuban military’s tactics and methods of execution. Cuba’s military is known as “The New American” due to their warlike behavior. Oliver North has obtained the following:
1.) An FBI agent, William J. Thompson, has obtained a CIA agent’s memorandum titled The Cuban Revolution . Oliver North has also obtained a memo entitled ” The American Revolution : How I’ve Transformed Cuba’s Military in America ”
2.) U.S. military leader, Joseph Gennaro, has obtained the following:
CIA officers, CIA agents, military leaders, CIA agents, military leaders, and U.S. military leaders have the following records:
3.) CIA’s records to CIA personnel include:
4.) CIA’s notes to President Truman, who gave the Cuba’s dictator a year’s notice before his execution;
5.) CIA’s notes to members of the Cuban
A Conversation with the Cuban President, Fidel Castro,
In the second scene we see Castro have lunch with some journalists. He has just a few minutes with them and at one point the journalist asks President Obama, what is wrong with the President and where you see him, and Castro replies:
“I feel like a terrorist.”
The rest of the conversation goes like this. We hear Castro says he wants to be called on by the World Trade Organization, and then when Obama and Castro continue to exchange words and say what they really want to hear and what kind of actions the President would take, the press is told to close its doors to the President and he stops talking to the press. Obama then talks to Castro who ends the talk with the U.S. President calling the meeting a “coup d’etat”:
“This is in your face!”
It ends with the media following a “banned visit” by Castro because:
1) he is seeking US$11B to buy missiles
2) he is trying to change his country’s culture for more fun
3) and Obama wants to tell the world, what we are doing to the Cuban people
And it ends with the US President thanking Castro for his presidency:
“President, can we get together and talk about this for a little?”
The movie ends with a few scenes of Castro’s interview with the President of the United Nations.
Cuban Ambassador
Somewhere in the world between Cuban President Fidel Castro and the New York Times’ Oliver North, CIA agent Daniel Coats, a former CIA agent in New Orleans, comes across Cuba’s old friend, Cuban Ambassador Oliver North. Oliver North’s most interesting piece of information is just one of several CIA documents he’s received in order to understand the Cuban military’s tactics and methods of execution. Cuba’s military is known as “The New American” due to their warlike behavior. Oliver North has obtained the following:
1.) An FBI agent, William J. Thompson, has obtained a CIA agent’s memorandum titled The Cuban Revolution . Oliver North has also obtained a memo entitled ” The American Revolution : How I’ve Transformed Cuba’s Military in America ”
2.) U.S. military leader, Joseph Gennaro, has obtained the following:
CIA officers, CIA agents, military leaders, CIA agents, military leaders, and U.S. military leaders have the following records:
3.) CIA’s records to CIA personnel include:
4.) CIA’s notes to President Truman, who gave the Cuba’s dictator a year’s notice before his execution;
5.) CIA’s notes to members of the Cuban
Manny Rivera is played by ? He finds a way to get Montana and him green cards. A friend in Washington wants Ribenga dead. Montana agrees to do it and before he knows it he is in the U.S. After working at a lowly job, Montana and Rivera are giving a big job that will pay them $5000 if they do it right. When Montana meets the Columbians, he is very cautious and is very bold when asked for the money. Unfortunately for him and his friend Angel, the Columbians want to do business dirty. Montana is very bold and hesitant in giving Hector the money. However, Hector has different plans. Angel is tied up and tortured to his death with a chainsaw while Montana is left to watch. When it is Montanas turn to suffer, he does not show any weakness or fear. Luckily Manny and Chico come in at the right time and kill the Columbians. Montana and his friends get away with the money and the cocaine. They bring it to Frank Lopez himself and instantly become Franks right hand men. At Franks house, Montana is introduced to Elvira and it is love at first sight. Elvira is snobby, cold, and beautiful. Montana goes to dinner with Frank and Elvira and