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December 26, 1983

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The Fake Force of Tony Montana

Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael reviews Brian de Palma’s classic gangster film “Scarface,” starring Al Pacino, as the Cuban drug lord Tony Montana, and Michelle Pfeiffer.