Al Pacino: His 5 Most Iconic Roles

4. Tony Montana €“ Scarface (1983)

Scarface In Brian De Palma€™s €˜Scarface€™, Pacino gave his first glimpse of a more €œscenery chewing€ style which would come to mark some of his later work. As the actor got older, his voice certainly got LOUDER and SHOUTIER €“ but here, the balance was still well maintained, as he uses a dubious Cuban accent to devour screenwriter Oliver Stone€™s profane dialogue and De Palma€™s OTT direction, all of which revelled in 1980s Miami excess, setting a new record for the most instances of the F-bomb in one movie at the time. Widely quoted on T-shirts and posters, remade into computer games, lampooned, satirised and paid homage to in countless other films, there are so many moments in €˜Scarface€™ which have become part of the collective consciousness, it€™s inconceivable not to include it in Pacino€™s most iconic moments.
 
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