Scarface

 

 

 

Al Pacino is a native New York’s Bronx, Pacino was born on April 25, 1940. Following a period of award-winning successes on the stage, he made his feature debut in Me. Native (1969, he is known for his forceful dramatic presentation, Al Pacino is most closely associated with the roles of Michael Corleone in the Godfather1972 as well as Scarface 1983.With his intense and gritty performances, Al Pacino was an original in the acting as a profession and his constant screen dominance has established him as one of the movies’ true legends. In the film Scarface Al Pacino was violent throughout the film. The type of actor Al Pacino is a “Personality actor for personality actors are at same level, playing themselves” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2011). The reason I chose this type of actor was that Al Pacino has a very strong personality with vague language and violence and he also plays this same role in other films like The Godfather. This is his kind of role to play in films and it is his true person.

Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has been nominated for three Oscars, twenty-five wins and thirty nominations. In Scarface, she plays the character of a sophisticated woman who becomes addicted to cocaine and then drifts apart. I am classifying Pfeiffer as a wild card, because the character she plays in the film is different than the characters she has played in Dark Shadows (2012) and Batman Returns (1992). It seems that she wasn’t able to fit into a wide variety of disparate characters. (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011).

Steven Bauer born on December 2, 1956 in Havana, Cuba as Ernesto Echevarria. He is an actor and producer known for Scarface (1983) He has been nominated for two Golden Globes. In Scarface, Steven Bauer becomes Al Pacino’s best friend who helps him get a way out and then gets assasinated by his friend. I name Steven as personality actor, as our textbook states, “Personality actors are at some level playing the4mselves.” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011). Steven is in this category, he is being himself.

References:

Goodykoontz, B. & Jacobs, C. P. (201) Film from Watching to Seeing. San diego, Ca: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

Al Pacino Bio. Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/bio

Steven Bauer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250j?ref_=nv_sr_

Scarface Movie 1983: Cast, Director, Producer, Plot & Credits Retrieved from http://movieclips.com/dkCJ-scareface-movie-videos/