Scarface (1983)
Release Year: 1983
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: N/A
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Armitage Trail, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks, Oliver Stone
Summary
Directed by Brian De Palma and released in 1983, Scarface is an American action-crime film that follows the rise and fall of Cuban immigrant Tony Montana. Loosely based on the 1932 crime film of the same name, the movie is set during the Miami Drug War of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It explores themes of ambition, power, corruption, and cocaine trafficking through its protagonist, who embodies both the American Dream and its dark underside.