United Artists distributed the 1932 Howard Hawks-Richard Rosson movie while Universal released the icon 1983 Brian De Palma movie which starred Al Pacino as Cuban gangster Tony Montana.
De Palma and Pacino’s Scarface being a significant pop culture touchstone in the ’90s — so much so that it even got its own video games, 2006’s Scarface: The World Is Yours and Scarface: Money.
It’s been almost three years since Ayer said he was no longer working on the newest Scarface.
The De Palma Scarface is all intensity and bluster and cocaine energy.