Year: 1983
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F. Murray Abraham, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Ãngel Salazar and many more..
Genres: Crime, Drama
Runtime: 117 min.
Plot:
The opening scenes show Cuban Tony Montana (Al Pacino) as one of the 125,000 Cubans who immigrated to Miami, Florida in the Mariel Boatlift, and one of at least 25,000 who has a criminal record. He is interrogated by three tough-talking immigration officers over his life in Cuba. He and his best friend and former Cuban Army buddy Manolo “Manny” Ribera (Steven Bauer) are met with resistance, particularly because of their criminal records, and are placed in “Freedom Town”, a camp under the I-95 freeway where Cuban refugees without green cards are kept. A month later, Manny makes Tony aware of a deal in which a wealthy man named Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), can give them access to the cards needed, in exchange for the murder of a former Cuban security agent named Emilio Rebenga. Tony happily complies, stabbing and killing Rebenga during a riot, and they receive their residency.
Over the next few weeks, Tony and Manny begin working in a small Cuban food stand, but Tony soon grows restless. One evening they meet with drug dealer Omar Suarez (F. Murray Abraham), who made them the Rebenga deal, for another job. Omar wants to unload a boat from Mexico containing 500 kilograms of marijuana and offers to pay them $500 each. Tony demands more, and after a brief but violent argument, Omar offers them $5,000 each for buying two kilograms of cocaine worth $25,000 apiece from Colombian dealers.
A few days later, Tony and Manny, along with two other Cuban associates whom they met in Freedom Town, Angel (Pepe Serna) and Chi Chi (Ãngel Salazar), drive to the Sunray Motel in Miami Beach for the drug deal. While Chi Chi and Manny wait in the car, Tony and Angel go to the hotel room and meet with the Colombian drug dealer Hector the Toad. The transaction is revealed to be a rip-off when the Colombians pull guns and demand that Tony hand over the money. Tony refuses, prompting Hector to threaten him with a chainsaw and going as far as chopping Angel to pieces in front of Tony. After a gunfight in which they kill Hector and his associates, Tony, Manny, and Chi Chi leave with the cocaine and the money. Tony takes them to Frank personally, already distrusting Omar. Frank, an affable, gregarious man, takes a shine to Tony immediately, impressed by his sense of humor and bold attitude. Tony secretly tells Manny that Frank may be too “soft” to be a major player for too long. Tony and Manny end up getting a job under Frank in the drug-dealing business. Meanwhile, Tony takes an interest in Frank’s girlfriend, Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer). Frank takes Tony, Manny and his associates out to the Babylon Nightclub which Frank frequents. While Tony flirts with Elvira, going so far as to purchase a Porsche 928 to impress her, she shows no interest in him.
Three months later, Tony pays a visit to his estranged family’s home. It is implied that Tony’s father, a U.S. Navy sailor, walked out on the family years ago, but his mother Georgina Montana (MÃriam Colón) and his younger sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are home. Gina is excited to see Tony after his five years of absence, while his mother is not thrilled, aware and ashamed of his criminal life. His mother angrily rejects a $1,000 gift, demanding Tony leave her and Gina alone. Tony leaves, but Gina runs after him and he slips her the $1,000 secretly. Ladies’ man Manny is awestruck with Gina’s beauty, but Tony angrily warns him against attempting to court her.
Some time later, in Bolivia, Tony and Omar begin discussing business with drug kingpin Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) on behalf of Frank. Tony begins making major decisions about distribution of the drugs, angering Omar who believes he had no such authority. Sosa offers Omar a quick helicopter ride back home to talk over the transaction with Frank. However, Sosa then orders his henchmen, Alberto and the Skull, to kill Omar, explaining to Tony that he was allegedly a police informant some years ago. On the other hand, Sosa believes that Tony is trustworthy and makes him one of his business partners. After returning to Florida, Tony comes under heat from Frank, who is furious over both Omar’s death, and Tony’s major deals without his authorization. Frank warns Tony that Sosa is not to be trusted. Tony and Frank end their business relationship, while Tony begins making bolder passes at Elvira.
At the Babylon nightclub, Tony is shaken down by a corrupt Miami narcotics detective, Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin). He proposes to “tax” Tony on his transactions in return for police protection and information. Tony is convinced Frank sent Bernstein to shake him down because only he would know details about the shootout at the Sunray Motel. Tony is then distracted by the sight of his sister Gina dancing and making out with a low-level drug dealer. He attacks the man and berates Gina, who angrily tells Tony she is old enough to do whatever she wants. Manny proceeds to drive Gina home, telling her that she deserves better. When Gina compliments Manolo for being a gentleman to her and admitting an interest in him, Manny says he could get in trouble with Tony.
Meanwhile at the Babylon, Tony is suddenly attacked by two hitmen. Tony manages to escape the gunfire and suspects that Frank was responsible. Tony instructs one of his men, named Nick the Pig, to call Frank at exactly 3 a.m. with a message implying that Frank was responsible for the hit. Tony and Manny then find Frank in the middle of a meeting with Bernstein. At 3 a.m., Frank receives the call, and instead of expressing confusion as he should if he were innocent, he attempts to mislead Tony about the content of the call, thus confirming Tony’s suspicions. Tony and Manny then kill Frank and Bernstein. Afterwards, Tony finds Elvira, telling her to come with him. Stepping out onto Elvira’s balcony, Tony looks into the sky and sees a blimp with the words “The World is Yours”.
As time proceeds, Tony marries Elvira, takes over Frank’s empire and becomes wealthy. He purchases a huge mansion, makes Manny his second-in-command, and has all the wealth beyond his dreams. However, cracks in Tony’s “perfect life” begin to form as both he and Elvira become heavily addicted to cocaine and begin to drift apart. Tony becomes paranoid and mistrustful of those around him, and greedy and stingy with his wealth. Eventually Elvira becomes tired of the dealer lifestyle, and leaves Tony.
Soon the president of the local bank wants higher fees in order to launder Tony’s illegally gotten cash. Tony is arrested for money laundering (1.3 million dollars) and tax evasion by Mel Seidelbaum, a police officer posing as a local money launderer. Tony’s lawyer tells him that although he can plea bargain away most of the prison time, Tony will still end up doing three years. Sosa calls Tony down to Bolivia and asks him for help assassinating a Bolivian anti-government activist who is exposing Sosa’s dealings with Bolivian leaders (and Washington, D.C.) on television. In return, Sosa’s contacts will ensure that there will be no prison time for Tony. Tony is reluctant, as he has no interest in killing anyone who never wronged him personally, but agrees to the deal.
Alberto travels to New York where he plants a bomb under the activist’s car, planning to detonate it before he drives to the United Nations building to give a speech. The plan goes amiss as the activist’s wife and children unexpectedly get in the car as well. Tony, panicked and disgusted at the idea of killing innocent children, calls off the operation, but Alberto ignores him, and as he is about to set the bomb off, Tony shoots him in the head killing him.
Tony returns to Florida to find his mother upset over Gina’s new, “corrupted” life; while a furious Sosa phones Tony, threatening him for going back on the deal. Tony goes to find Gina, and sees her and Manny together in night robes at Manny’s house. He shoots and kills Manny in a fit of anger before Gina can reveal that the couple have just been married. Tony and his men take a distraught Gina back to his mansion. Meanwhile, a large group of hitmen surrounds Tony’s mansion. As Tony sits in his office in sorrow for killing his only true friend, and snorting a huge pile of cocaine, the gunmen penetrate the defenses.
Gina enters Tony’s office wielding a gun, accusing Tony of being jealous of the men in her life, before shooting and wounding Tony in the leg. One of the hitmen enters the office through the window and kills Gina, and is in turn killed by Tony. Robbed of the element of surprise, Sosa’s gunmen launch an all-out assault on Tony’s mansion. In a cocaine-fueled rage, Tony bursts from his office, armed with an M-16 assault rifle with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher attachment, and begins shooting wildly at the attacking henchmen, killing dozens of them despite being mortally wounded. But after a few minutes of gunplay, the Skull finishes him off with a shotgun from the back. Tony falls from the balcony into a small pool in the lobby below, beneath a statue carrying the inscription “The World Is Yours”
mayb most of u guys had been saying tht al along…
but dnt knw…
but de sentences u say..
its 4m dis movie only.. ;]
- Say hello to my little friend..
- I always tell the truth…. even when I lie…
- Every day above ground is a good day….
- Say goodnight to the bad guy…
- Why don’t you try stickin jou head up your ass – see if it fits…
- Dat chick he’s with – she like mE…
