Scarface (1983 film)#Cast

{{see also|List of Scarface characters}}

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• Al Pacino as Tony Montana: a Cuban-born refugee who becomes the most powerful drug lord in Miami.
• Steven Bauer as Manny Ray: Tony's best friend and right-hand man.
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira: Frank Lopez's girlfriend, who later marries Tony Montana.
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Gina Montana: Tony's sister, of whom he is overprotective.
• Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez: a Miami drug lord who mentors Tony and Manny.
• Míriam Colón as Georgina Montana: Tony's disapproving mother.
• F. Murray Abraham as Omar Suarez: Frank's righthand man who is skeptical of Tony.
• Paul Shenar as Alejandro Sosa: a Bolivian drug lord and supplier for Tony.
• Harris Yulin as Mel Bernstein: a corrupt Miami Police Detective on Frank's payroll who attempts to extort Tony.
• Ángel Salazar as Chi-Chi: a friend of Tony.
• Arnaldo Santana as Ernie: a bodyguard of Frank's, who later works for Tony.
• Pepe Serna as Angel: a friend of Tony.
• Michael P. Moran as Nick the Pig: an underling of Tony.
• Al Israel as Hector the Toad: a Colombian drug trafficker.
• Dennis Holahan as Jerry: a banker who is used by Tony to launder his money.
• Mark Margolis as Alberto the Shadow: a henchman of Sosa's.
• Michael Alldredge as George Sheffield: Tony's lawyer.

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Other cast members include Ted Beniades as Seidelbaum, an undercover police officer; Geno Silva as "The Skull", the assassin who kills Tony Montana,{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/11/the-skull-geno-silva-scarface-now-photos/|title=The Skull in Scarface 'Memba Him?!|publisher=tmz.com|date=May 11, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223212244/https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/11/the-skull-geno-silva-scarface-now-photos/|url-status=live}} Richard Belzer as the Babylon Club M.C.,{{Cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/richard-belzer-050916 |title=Richard Belzer |website=Biography |language=en-us |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402102048/https://www.biography.com/people/richard-belzer-050916 |url-status=live}} Albert Carrier as Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Sosa;{{Cite web |date=January 22, 1965 |title=Albert Carrier |url=https://www.fandango.com/people/albert-carrier-98941 |access-date=December 17, 2021 |work=Fandango}} Victor Millan as Ariel Blayer, a Bolivian politician working with Sosa;{{cite web|url=http://latinopia.com/latino-cinematv/victor-millan-in-his-own-words/ |title=Victor Millan – in His Own Words }} Roberto Contreras as Emilio Rebenga, a Cuban emigre Montana assassinates; and Gregg Henry as Charles Goodson, an American associate of Sosa's.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-23 |title=Gregg Henry on Scarface, Glee, and acting with (and without) mouth-slugs |url=https://www.avclub.com/gregg-henry-on-scarface-glee-and-acting-with-and-wit-1798232386 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} Luis Guzman in one of his earliest roles plays one of Sosa's henchmen during the shootout at Montana's mansion.

De Palma regulars Charles Durning and Dennis Franz provided uncredited voiceover dubbing of the Immigration and Naturalization Service officers who interrogate Montana in the opening scene,{{Cite web |url=https://www.fast-rewind.com/making_scarface.htm |title=Behind The Scenes of Scarface Movie. |website=www.fast-rewind.com |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827232226/http://www.fast-rewind.com/making_scarface.htm |url-status=live}} played on-screen by Garnett Smith, Tony Perez and John Brandon. Lana Clarkson,{{cite web |date=November 20, 2003 |title=Record producer Phil Spector charged with murder |url=https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/20/spector.charges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629061719/https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/20/spector.charges/ |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |publisher=cnn.com}} Angela Aames, Ava Lazar, Margaret Michaels and Katt Shea appear as patrons at the Babylon Club. Teen model Tammy Lynn Leppert appears as a prostitute during the chainsaw scene. News reporter Mario Machado appears as himself.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-06 |title=Mario Machado, Scarface Actor and Veteran Los Angeles News Anchor, Dead at 78 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/415194/mario-machado-scarface-actor-and-veteran-los-angeles-news-anchor-dead-at-78 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=E! Online}}

File:Oliver Stone 01.jpg (pictured in 1987) wrote the script for Scarface while struggling with his own addiction to cocaine.]]

File:Brian De Palma Deauville 2011.jpg (pictured in 2011), director of the film]]

Scarface began development after Al Pacino saw the 1932 film at the Tiffany Theater while in Los Angeles. He later called his manager, producer Martin Bregman, and informed him of his belief in the potential for a remake of that film. Pacino originally wanted to retain the period piece aspect, but realized that because of its melodramatic nature, it would be difficult to accomplish. Sidney Lumet became attached as the director, developing the idea for Montana to be a Cuban arriving in the United States during the Mariel boatlift.

Bregman and Lumet's creative differences resulted in Lumet dropping out of the project. Lumet had wanted to make a more political story that focused on blaming the current presidential administration for the influx of cocaine into the United States, but Bregman disagreed.{{sfn|Priggé|2005|p=121}} Bregman replaced him with Brian De Palma, and hired writer Oliver Stone; Stone had seen the original 1932 Scarface and had not enjoyed it, so he initially rejected the offer.{{Cite web |url=https://creativescreenwriting.com/writing-in-a-very-dark-room-oliver-stone-revisits-scarface/ |title=Writing in a Very Dark Room – Oliver Stone revisits Scarface |website=creativescreenwriting.com |language=en-US |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034939/https://creativescreenwriting.com/writing-in-a-very-dark-room-oliver-stone-revisits-scarface/ |url-status=live}}

After he talked with Lumet, however, he was convinced to accept the offer because they agreed to transform the film from a period piece to a contemporary film. "Sidney had a great idea to take the 1930s American prohibition gangster movie and make it into a modern immigrant gangster movie dealing with the same problems that we had then, that we're prohibiting drugs instead of alcohol. There's a prohibition against drugs that's created the same criminal class prohibition of alcohol) created the Mafia". In the book The Oliver Stone Experience, Stone writes: "I didn't want to do an Italian Mafia movie ... We'd had dozens of these things. But then Bregman came to me and said, Sidney has a great idea — he wants to do it as a Marielito picture in Miami. I said, That's interesting! Sidney's idea was a good one."

Stone researched the script while battling his own cocaine addiction. He and Bregman performed their own research, traveling to Miami, Florida, where they were given access to records from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Organized Crime Bureau.{{sfn|Priggé|2005|p=121}} Stone moved to Paris to write the script, believing that he could not break his addiction while in the United States, stating in a 2003 interview that he was completely off drugs at the time, "because I don't think cocaine helps writing. It's very destructive to the brain cells."

Among other changes to the original story was the addition of the character Alejandro Sosa. Stone patterned the character after Roberto Suárez Gómez,{{cite news |date=March 10, 2013 |title=El Rey Blanco |trans-title=The White King |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-8676-2013-03-10.html |access-date=September 7, 2015 |publisher=Pagina 12 |language=Spanish}} a Bolivian drug lord nicknamed the "King of Cocaine".

File:Michelle Pfeiffer 01.jpg was an almost unknown actress when she appeared in Scarface, and both star Al Pacino and director Brian De Palma initially argued against her casting.]]

Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers and boxer Roberto Durán to attain the body type that he wanted for the role. Durán also helped inspire the character, who had "a certain lion in him", according to Pacino. Meryl Streep's immigrant character in Sophie's Choice (1982) also influenced Pacino's portrayal of Tony Montana. Bauer and a dialect coach helped him learn aspects of the Cuban Spanish language and pronunciation.

Pfeiffer was an unknown actress at the time, known primarily for her role in Grease 2; both Pacino and De Palma had argued against her casting, but Bregman fought for her inclusion. Glenn Close was the original choice for the role, while others were also considered, including Geena Davis, Carrie Fisher, Kelly McGillis, Rosanna Arquette, Melanie Griffith, Kim Basinger, Brooke Shields, Sharon Stone and Sigourney Weaver.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0WwTQewI4cC&q=The+Ultimate+Book+of+Gangster+Movies:+Featuring+the+100+Greatest+Gangster+scarface+google+books&pg=PA66|title = The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time|isbn = 9780762441549|last1 = Anastasia|first1 = George|last2 = MacNow|first2 = Glen|date = September 27, 2011| publisher=Running Press }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/aug/06/bette-midler-sister-act-misery|title=Was Bette Midler right to turn down Sister Act, Misery and Chicago? | Stuart Heritage|date=August 6, 2010|website=the Guardian}}

Bauer got his role without auditioning. During the audition process, casting director Alixe Gordin saw Bauer and instantly noted that he was right for the role of Manny, a judgment with which both De Palma and Bregman agreed. He was the only actual Cuban in the principal cast. John Travolta was considered for the role.

The picture was shot over 24 weeks from November 22, 1982, to May 6, 1983.Daily Variety Magazine; November 26, 1982; Page 8Daily Variety Magazine; May 12, 1983; Page 10 Although the film is set in Miami, the Miami Tourist Board declined requests to film there, fearing that the film's themes of drugs and gangsters would deter tourism. Instead, much of the film was shot in Los Angeles. In April 1983, however, one scene was shot at Miami's Fontainebleau Miami Beach.{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-scarface-turns-35-years-old-20180405-photogallery.html|title='Scarface' turns 35|date=April 9, 2018 |publisher=sun-sentinel.com|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629092455/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-scarface-turns-35-years-old-20180405-photogallery.html|url-status=live}} The chainsaw scene was filmed on Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. A second unit team headed by David Hans Dreyfuss shot for one day at Coronado Beach in San Diego, California.(1983-12-01). Spotlight on filming in SD County. Daily Times-Advocate, 52, 56-57. Tony's opulent mansion was El Fureidis, a Roman-styled mansion near Santa Barbara, California.

The production was halted twice for severe weather events in California. During production in March, Pacino burned his left hand on the muzzle of the gun that had been fired when he tripped during a fight scene. Production was shut down for more than a week while Pacino recovered. A premature bomb explosion also injured two stuntmen during a scene shot in his absence.

The gunfight scene at the end of the film includes a single camera shot directed by Steven Spielberg, who was visiting the set at the time. Powdered baby laxative was used as the fake substance for cocaine in the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/how-fake-drugs-are-made-for-movies/articleshow/80001690.cms|title=How fake drugs are made for movies|publisher=businessinsider.in|date=December 29, 2020|access-date=January 4, 2021|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231113133/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/how-fake-drugs-are-made-for-movies/articleshow/80001690.cms|url-status=live}} The special effects were performed by Ken Pepiot and Stan Parks.{{cite web |url=https://www.ifc.com/2014/03/7-things-you-never-knew-about-scarface |title=7 Crazy Things You Never Knew About Scarface – IFC |publisher=Ifc.com |access-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220083538/http://www.ifc.com/2014/03/7-things-you-never-knew-about-scarface |url-status=live}}

According to De Palma, he arranged for Stone to leave the set because the latter was getting in the way of the former's direction by "talking to the actors on the set".{{cite magazine|last=Riefe|first=Jordan|title=Brian De Palma Remembers Kicking Oliver Stone Off Set, Feeding De Niro His Lines Ahead of 'De Palma' Doc|date=June 10, 2016|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/de-palma-documentary-brian-de-899994/|accessdate=April 2, 2024}}

Less than two months before the film's release, on October 28, 1983, Scarface was given an X rating by the MPAA for "excessive and cumulative violence and for language".{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/movies/movie-scarface-receives-x-rating.html |title=MOVIE 'SCARFACE' RECEIVES X RATING |date=October 30, 1983 |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909191314/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/30/movies/movie-scarface-receives-x-rating.html |url-status=live}}

De Palma had already re-cut the film three times by that point; De Palma stated: "I said I've had it with these people, I'm not taking any more out." Bregman told The New York Times that "we have been designated as a pornographic film ... We'll accept the X rating and appeal". Universal would not release the film with an X rating due to the porn perception and the reduction of ticket sales being from ticket buyers, most newspapers, TV, and radio stations, who would not run ads for an X-rated film.

On November 8, an appeal board composed of 20 theater owners, studio executives and independent distributors overturned the decision 17 to 3 in favor of an R rating—more than the two-thirds required. De Palma believed that the changes were minor enough to be unnoticeable and requested that the original cut of the film be released with the rating. When the MPAA refused, De Palma released the film uncut anyway, admitting to it only months after the film's release.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3Z4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=2585,3446095&dq=scarface+rated+x&hl=en |title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Google News Archive Search |website=news.google.com |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114041419/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3Z4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=2585%2C3446095&dq=scarface+rated+x&hl=en |url-status=live}}

{{Main|Scarface (soundtrack)}}

Instead of using popular music from the period in which the film is set, the music in Scarface was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly of synthesized new wave and electronic music. De Palma said that he repeatedly denied Universal's requests to release the film with a "pop" score because he felt Moroder's score was adequate.{{cite web |title=Interview with Brian De Palma |date=February 28, 2013 |url=https://the-talks.com/interview/brian-de-palma/ |publisher=The Talks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015034124/http://the-talks.com/interviews/brian-de-palma/ |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=live}} In June 2022, the complete score and soundtrack was released by La-La Land Records.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/scarface-score-la-la-land-records-limited-edition/|title='Scarface' Score Gets Limited Edition Release from La-La Land Records|publisher=collider.com|date=June 18, 2022}}

Scarface premiered on December 1, 1983, in New York City, where it was initially greeted with mixed reaction. The film's two stars, Al Pacino and Steven Bauer, were joined in attendance by Burt and Diane Lane, Melanie Griffith, Raquel Welch, Joan Collins, her boyfriend Peter Holm and Eddie Murphy, among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?nbc1=1&navtyp=CAL====122873&ym=198312 |title=Wireimage Listings: Scarface Premiere: Dec 1, 1983 |access-date=July 20, 2007 |date=December 1, 1983 |work=Wireimage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206061425/http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?nbc1=1&navtyp=CAL====122873&ym=198312 |archive-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}} It was given a wide release on December 9.

Scarface was initially released by MCA Home Video on VHS, CED Videodisc, LaserDisc and Beta in summer 1984—a two-tape set in 1.33:1 pan and scan ratio—and quickly became a bestseller, becoming the first to sell 100,000 copies at a retail price of $79.95.{{cite magazine|magazine=Daily Variety|date=February 6, 1990|page=78|title=Mixed Reviews|last=Bierbaum|first=Tom}}

A VHS formatted in the film's theatrical 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio followed in 1998 to coincide with the special edition DVD release. The last VHS release was in 2003 to counterpart the 20th anniversary edition DVD. The 2003 DVD was remastered and re-released through Universal Records.

The commercial television version of Scarface premiered on ABC on January 7, 1989.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvtango.com/listings/1989/01/07 |title=TV Listings for – January 7, 1989 |work=TV Tango |date=January 7, 1989 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105212717/http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1989/01/07 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=live}} 32 minutes of violence, profanity and sex were removed, as well as much of the dialogue, including the constant use of the word "fuck", which was muted after the beginning of "f-" or replaced with less offensive alternatives.{{cite web|title=Scarface{{!}} Trailers from Hell|url=https://trailersfromhell.com/scarface/|website=trailersfromhell.com|access-date=June 8, 2014|archive-date=September 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919022735/http://trailersfromhell.com/scarface/|url-status=live}}

The film received a North American DVD release on the film's fifteenth anniversary in 1998 for the Signature Collection LaserDisc release of the film, but recycled onto DVD, featuring a non-anamorphic widescreen transfer, a "Making of" documentary, outtakes, trailers, a photo gallery, production notes, and cast and crew biographies. This release was not successful, and many fans and reviewers complained about its unwatchable video transfer and muddled sound, describing it as "one of the worst big studio releases out there".{{cite web |url=https://thedigitalbits.com/reviews/scarface.html |title=DVD Review – Scarface: Collector's Edition |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Todd |last=Doogan |date=September 3, 1998 |work=The Digital bits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184630/http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/scarface.html |archive-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}} The 20th Anniversary edition was released on DVD and VHS in 2003, with the DVD selling more than {{nowrap|2 million}} units in its first week and becoming the best-selling R-rated DVD title.{{cite magazine |title=DVD & Games: Video |magazine=Billboard |date=January 10, 2004 |volume=116 |issue=2 |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708132052/https://books.google.com/books?id=qA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |url-status=live}}

In 2003, Music Inspired by Scarface, a Def Jam Recordings compilation album, featured songs by various hip-hop artists which either draw direct inspiration from the film, or contain subject matter that can relate to the film.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Tucker|title=Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America|date=November 11, 2008|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4299-9329-6|page=119}}

Scarface was released on Blu-ray on September 6, 2011, in a two-disc, limited edition, steelbox package.{{cite web |url=https://www.uphe.com/movies/scarface-1983 |title=Scarface (1983) on DVD & Blu-ray |publisher=Universal Studios Entertainment |access-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429103300/http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/scarface/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}} The set was criticized for its poor picture quality due to usage of an old master created from the DVD release.{{Citation|title=Scarface Blu-ray Release Date September 6, 2011|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Scarface-Blu-ray/7803/|access-date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227044131/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Scarface-Blu-ray/7803/|url-status=live}} Disc two is a DVD of the 1932 Scarface, featuring a TCM-produced introduction by Robert Osborne and an alternate ending. Bonus features include The Making of Scarface documentary, and a new retrospective documentary: The Scarface Phenomenon.{{cite web |url=https://www.homemediamagazine.com/universal/scarface-blu-ray-includes-fan-contest-23442 |title=Universal Presents 'Scarface' Blu-ray Fan Art Contest |work=Home Media Magazine |date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105212406/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/universal/scarface-blu-ray-includes-fan-contest-23442 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=live}}

A special gift set, limited to 1,000 copies, features the Blu-ray set housed in a cigar humidor, designed by humidor craftsman Daniel Marshall. The humidor box set retailed at $999.99.{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6070 |title=Scarface Blu-ray Announced (Update) |work=Blu-ray |date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105221911/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6070 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=live}}

A standard 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and limited edition set were released on October 15, 2019. The limited edition set contains a specially-made statue, a newly remastered transfer and, for the first time on Blu-ray, the 1932 original. There is also a standard set that contains the same 4K transfer and a remastered 1080p disk but does not include the 1932 version.{{cite news |publisher=High-Def Digest |title=SCARFACE Dated and Detailed for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray |date=August 6, 2019 |url=https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Disc_Announcements/4k-dtsx/scarface-dated-and-detailed-for-4k-ultra-hd-bluray-and-bluray/44578 |access-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008143037/https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/Disc_Announcements/4k-dtsx/scarface-dated-and-detailed-for-4k-ultra-hd-bluray-and-bluray/44578 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |publisher=High-Def Digest |title=Scarface (1983) - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Limited Edition) |date=September 10, 2019 |url=https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/76238/scarfacegoldedition4kultrahdbluray2.html |access-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008143035/https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/76238/scarfacegoldedition4kultrahdbluray2.html |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |url-status=live}} A month later on November 19, the 1932 original was given its own individual release.{{cite web |title=Scarface Blu-ray Release Date November 19, 2019|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Scarface-Blu-ray/255779/|access-date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108175042/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Scarface-Blu-ray/255779/|url-status=live}} The 4K release ports over all of the old special features and adds one new one, which is a reunion special in tribute to the 35th anniversary of the movie's release.

In the United States, the film sold {{nowrap|3.7 million}} DVD units for {{US$|78.2 million|long=no}} in 2003,{{cite web |title=Scarface (1983) |url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6874&view=31 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708132022/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6874&view=31 |url-status=live}} and 285,916 Blu-ray units for $6,103,545 {{as of|2020|lc=y}},{{cite web |title=Scarface (1983) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Scarface#tab=video-sales |website=The Numbers |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516091112/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Scarface#tab=video-sales |url-status=live}} totaling {{formatnum:{{#expr:3700000+285916}}|}} DVD and Blu-ray units sold for {{US$|{{#expr:78200000+6103545}}|long=no}} {{as of|2020|lc=y}}.

Scarface was released theatrically in North America on December 9, 1983. The film earned $4.5 million from 996 theaters during its opening weekend, an average of $4,616 per theater, and ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the weekend behind Sudden Impact ($9.6 million), which debuted the same weekend. It went on to earn $44.6 million in North America and $20.4 million from other markets, for a total of $65.1 million.

This figure made Scarface the 16th highest-grossing film of 1983, and seventh highest grossing R-rated film in North America for 1983. It has since been given three re-releases in 2003, which featured a remastered film for the film's 20th anniversary, 2012 and 2014, bringing the total earned to $45.4 million domestically, for a total of $66 million worldwide.

In terms of box-office admissions, the film sold 14,197,700 tickets in the United States and Spain,{{cite web |title=Scarface |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/4695/ |website=KinoPoisk |language=ru |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708132024/https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/4695/ |url-status=live}} 1,067,544 tickets in France and Italy,{{cite web |title=Scarface (1983) - Infos Cles Italie |trans-title=Scarface (1983) - Key Info Italy |url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6874&view=32 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr |access-date=February 23, 2021}} 250,746 tickets in South Korea,{{cite web |title=영화정보 |trans-title=Movie Information |url=https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=Korean Film Council |language=ko |accessdate=August 26, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321025355/http://kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do}} and 195,872 tickets in Germany,{{cite web |title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1984 |trans-title=The Most Successful Films in Germany 1984 |url=https://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1984.htm |website=Inside Kino |language=de |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127013306/http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1984.htm |url-status=live}} for a total of {{formatnum:{{#expr:14197700+1067544+250746+195872}}|}} tickets sold in these territories.

Critics were generally negative about Scarface when it was originally released. The film was noted for its violence and profanity.{{cite journal |author=Emmis Communications |title=Texas Monthly |journal=Domain: The Lifestyle Magazine of Texas Monthly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA136 |date=1984 |publisher=Emmis Communications |pages=136– |issn=0148-7736 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} New York magazine called it an empty, bullying, overblown B-movie.{{cite journal |author=New York Media, LLC |title=New York Magazine |website=Newyorkmetro.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=msoBAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70 |date=December 19, 1983 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |pages=70– |issn=0028-7369}}

Writers Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving both stated that they walked out after the chainsaw scene.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20086619,00.html |title=The Famous Turn Out for (and Some Are Turned Off By) the Bicoastal Previews of Al Pacino's Bloody Scarface |access-date=November 24, 2015 |author=McMurran, Kristin |date=December 19, 1983 |work=People |archive-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125100925/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20086619,00.html |url-status=live}}

At the middle of the film, Martin Scorsese reportedly said to Bauer, "You guys are great – but be prepared, because they're going to hate it in Hollywood ... because it's about them."{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/08/1065601905570.html |title=Scarred for Life |access-date=July 20, 2007 |date=October 11, 2003 |work=The Palm Beach Post via The Age |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202010/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/08/1065601905570.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=live}}

In his review for Newsweek, David Ansen wrote, "If Scarface makes you shudder, it's from what you think you see and from the accumulated tension of this feral landscape. It's a grand, shallow, decadent entertainment, which like all good Hollywood gangster movies delivers the punch and counterpunch of glamour and disgust."{{cite news |last=Ansen |first=David |title=Gunning Their Way to Glory |work=Newsweek |date=December 12, 1983}}

Jay Scott wrote in his review for The Globe and Mail, "For a while, Al Pacino is hypnotic as Montana. But the effort expended on the flawless Cuban accent and the attempts to flesh out a character cut from inch-thick cardboard are hopeless."{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Jay |title=A Castro cast-off cut from cardboard Scarface: the scuzziest of them all |work=The Globe and Mail |date=December 9, 1983}}

In his review for The Washington Post, Gary Arnold wrote, "A movie that appeared intent on revealing an alarmingly contemporary criminal subculture gradually reverts to underworld cliche, covering its derivative tracks with outrageous decor and an apocalyptic, production number finale, ingeniously choreographed to leave the antihero floating face down in a literal bloodbath."{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |title=Al Pacino, the New Gangster, Saddled With Old Cliches |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 9, 1983}}

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it four stars out of four in his 1983 review, and later added it to his "Great Movies" list.{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/scarface-1983 |title=Review of Scarface |access-date=January 2, 2007 |author=Roger Ebert |date=December 9, 1983 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213001929/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19831209%2FREVIEWS%2F312090301%2F1023 |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=live}} Ebert wrote, "DePalma and his writer, Oliver Stone, have created a gallery of specific individuals, and one of the fascinations of the movie is that we aren't watching crime-movie clichés, we're watching people who are criminals."{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Scarface |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 9, 1983 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19831209/REVIEWS/312090301/1023 |access-date=October 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213001929/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19831209%2FREVIEWS%2F312090301%2F1023 |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=live }}

Vincent Canby praised the film in The New York Times, "The dominant mood of the film is... bleak and futile: what goes up must always come down. When it comes down in Scarface, the crash is as terrifying as it is vivid and arresting."{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |title=Al Pacino Stars in Scarface |work=New York Times |date=December 9, 1983 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/09/movies/screen-al-pacino-stars-in-scarface.html |access-date=October 8, 2008 |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311063720/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=9B0DE3D71F39F93AA35751C1A965948260&scp=21&sq=%22Scarface%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=logint |url-status=live}}

Leonard Maltin was among the critics who held a negative opinion of Scarface. He gave the film 1½ stars out of four, stating that Scarface "wallows in excess and unpleasantness for nearly three hours, and offers no new insights except that crime doesn't pay. At least the 1932 movie moved." Maltin included an addendum to his review in later editions of his annual movie guide, stating his surprise with the film's newfound popularity as a cult classic.{{cite news |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide |page=1202 |publisher=Signet Books |date=August 5, 2008}}

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 79% approval rating, based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 7.50/10. The website's consensus reads: "Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scarface |title=Scarface (1983) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925002956/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scarface |url-status=live}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/scarface |title=Scarface (1983) |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429163839/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/scarface |url-status=live}}

During filming, some Cubans objected to the film's Cuban characters being portrayed as criminals by mostly non-Cuban actors. The film features a disclaimer following its credits, stating in red, all-cap lettering, "Scarface is a fictional account of the activities of a small group of ruthless criminals. The characters do not represent the Cuban/American community and it would be erroneous and unfair to suggest that they do. The vast majority of Cuban/Americans have demonstrated a dedication, vitality and enterprise that has enriched the American scene."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=On2qDAAAQBAJ&q=scarface+end+credits+disclaimer+cuban+american+community&pg=PA117|title=The Oliver Stone Experience|author=Matt Zoller Seitz|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|year=2016|isbn=9781613128145|access-date=November 20, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125224228/https://books.google.com/books?id=On2qDAAAQBAJ&q=scarface+end+credits+disclaimer+cuban+american+community&pg=PA117|url-status=live}}

In 2008, Damarys Ocaña of The Guardian wrote that the film reinforces stereotypes of Marielito Cubans, as it exaggerates the number of criminals in the Mariel boatlift. She also called Pacino's portrayal of a Cuban-American as having a "ridiculous accent and overacting".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/dec/10/scarface-al-pacino-anniversary-latinos|title=An unfortunate icon|website=The Guardian|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=June 11, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611191043/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/dec/10/scarface-al-pacino-anniversary-latinos|url-status=live}} According to a 1985 Sun Sentinel magazine article, it was rumored that, of the approximate 125,000 refugees that entered the United States on the boatlift, around 16,000 to 20,000 were estimated to be criminals, and around 350 to 400 Mariel Cubans were reported to inhabit Dade County jails on a typical day.{{cite news |last=Springer |first=Katie |date=September 26, 1985 |title=Five Years Later, Overriding Crime Is Mariel Legacy |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-xpm-1985-09-26-8502100720-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315091525/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-09-26/news/8502100720_1_mariel-boatlift-criminals |archive-date=March 15, 2016}} However, in a New York Daily News editorial following the film's release, Miguel Perez charged, "The movie fails to say that even among those Marielitos who had criminal records, there were thousands whose offenses were so minor that they would not be considered criminals here, and thousands of others whose 'criminal record' was based on their opposition to the Communist regime."

Demetrio Perez, the city commissioner of Miami, led the charge against the film. Estimates assert that the Cuban refugees included only some of the 2,700 hardened criminals.{{cite book|title=Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism|author1=Shanty, F.|author2=Mishra, P.P.|date=2008|volume=1|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781576073377|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-L8B8ydtHZ4C&pg=PA461|page=461|access-date=August 13, 2015|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114041426/https://books.google.com/books?id=-L8B8ydtHZ4C&pg=PA461|url-status=live}} In The Oliver Stone Experience, Stone commented, "Well, Tony Montana was a gangster ... His mother and his sister represent the clean-cut Cuban community. His mother scolds him: You're a scumbag, get out of my house! You're ruining your sister! So there is a strong morality in the movie. I knew about the criticisms even in advance, that Cubans were not like that. But I'm sorry: A lot of Cubans did become Marielitos. If I'd done it about Colombians, they would've said the same thing: 'You're anti-Colombian'."

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

• 2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:
• Tony Montana – Nominated Villain{{cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees |access-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104022712/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/handv400.pdf |url-status=live}}
• 2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
• Tony Montana: "Say "hello" to my little friend!" – #61{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes |url=https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150615/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |url-status=live}}
• 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
• No. 10 Gangster Film{{cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Gangster |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/ |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118033523/http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=8 |url-status=live}}

Notably, Scarface is the only remake to appear in the same AFI 10 Top 10 list as the original film. It is No. 10 while the 1932 original is No. 6.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

File:Tony Montana - Scarface - Graffiti.jpg in 2012]]

Pacino was already an established successful actor, but Scarface helped launch Pfeiffer's and Mastrantonio's careers; both were relatively unknown before, but went on to individual successes. Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #8 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films", and Empire magazine placed it among the top 500 films of all time, at #284. In 2009, Total Film listed it at number 9 on their list of the 30 Greatest Gangster movies. Scarface was among the earliest films in which the expletive "fuck" is used persistently; 226 times total. The company set up by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to launder money was named Montana Management after Tony Montana's money-laundering operation in the film.

During a 2012 police raid of Italian Mafia gangster Carlo Padovani's Naples home, a life-sized porcelain bust of Tony Montana was found. Leading figures in the Italian Mafia were said to admire the Scarface movie and Tony Montana, further confirming that the film depicts the life of real drug lords.{{Cite web |last=Attewill |first=Fred |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Neopolitan 'Godfather' kept life-size bust of Al Pacino's Scarface on desk |url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/03/29/neopolitan-godfather-kept-life-size-bust-of-al-pacinos-scarface-on-his-desk-370527/ |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=Metro |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Scarface bust found in mafia drug lord's home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9173633/Scarface-bust-found-in-mafia-drug-lords-home.html |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}} Another Naples drug lord, Walter Schiavone, instructed to have an exact replica of Tony Montana's Miami mansion built in Naples, Italy.

The release of Scarface coincided with the rise of hip hop, and the film has had a lasting influence on hip hop music artists.{{cite news |title=Why the movie 'Scarface' became a hip-hop icon |first=Molly |last=Eichel |date=August 30, 2011 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-30/entertainment/29945501_1_favorite-movie-critics-hip-hop-classic |access-date=June 8, 2016 |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602215241/http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-30/entertainment/29945501_1_favorite-movie-critics-hip-hop-classic |url-status=dead}} American rapper Nas compared himself to Tony Montana and compared rapper Jay-Z to Manolo, both characters from Scarface, on Nas's track "Last Real Nigga Alive" from his album God's Son, during the time of the high-profile feud between the two.{{cite web |author=mtv |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450888/20011109/story.jhtml |title=Memphis Bleek's Got Beanie Sigel's Back, Onstage And Onscreen |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204065629/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450888/20011109/story.jhtml |url-status=dead}} Rapper AZ, Nas's close associate has referred himself as SOSA over the years. In 2003, Hip Hop record label Def Jam Recordings released a compilation album called Music Inspired by Scarface. The compilation album contains Rap music directly inspired by the movie or has lyrical content that can relate to the film.

Rapper Chief Keef uses the nickname "Sosa" after Alejandro Sosa. South-Korean rapper and member of group BTS, Agust D also compared himself to Tony Montana and made multiple references to the movie in his track "Tony Montana" from his debut album, Agust D. In The Lonely Island parody hip hop 2011 song "Jack Sparrow", a rap song intended to be about clubbing is ruined by Michael Bolton singing about various films, including Scarface.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/05/michael-bolton-jack-sparrow-snl-saturday-night-live-lonely-island.html|title=Michael Bolton: Jack Sparrow on 'SNL' was 'one of the highlights of my career' [Video]|first=Narnine|last=Saad|date=May 9, 2011|access-date=May 22, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/05/09/michael-bolton-snl-jack-sparrow-lonely-island/|title=Michael Bolton talks about his 'Jack Sparrow' 'SNL' digital short, his new CD, and sticking his face in a mountain of (fake) cocaine|last=Collis|first=Clark|date=May 9, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York|access-date=May 11, 2011}}

In 2011, Rapper Future released the gold-certified Tony Montana.{{Cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Future&ti=Tony+Montana&format=Single&type=#search_section |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=Recording Industry Association of America}} The beginning of the music video for the song "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" by rapper 2Pac featuring Snoop Dogg is a reference to a scene from the movie. Rapper Tony Yayo's stage name is derived from the movie, referencing Tony Montana's first name and a moment in the movie where Tony tells Chi-Chi to "get the yeyo". In 2023, Drake sampled a monologue by Pacino in the film and included it on the song "Daylight".{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Our favorite moments from Drake's new album For All The Dogs |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/10/06/our-favorite-moments-from-drakes-new-album-ifor-all-the-dogsi |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=The FADER |language=en}}

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In 2010, artist James Georgopoulos included the screen-used guns from Scarface in his popular Guns of Cinema series.{{cite web |url=https://treatsmagazine.com/james-georgopoulos-by-maxwell-williams/ |title=The Shooting Range, Treats Magazine, March 2013 |access-date=October 13, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034417/http://treatsmagazine.com/james-georgopoulos-by-maxwell-williams/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} Dark Horse Comics' imprint DH Press released a novel called Scarface: The Beginning by L. A. Banks.{{cite web |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-738/Scarface-Vol-1-The-Beginning-Novel |title=Scarface Vol. 1: The Beginning (Novel) :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |website=www.darkhorse.com |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=March 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324123227/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=10-738 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhpressbooks.com/profile.php?prodid=10-738|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331175616/http://www.dhpressbooks.com/profile.php?prodid=10-738|url-status=dead|title=DH Press Books: Current Titles|archivedate=March 31, 2008}} IDW publishing released a five-issue limited series called Scarface: Scarred For Life from December 2006 to April 2007. It starts with corrupt police officers finding that Tony has survived the final mansion showdown. Tony works at rebuilding his criminal empire, similar to the game The World Is Yours.[https://shop.idwpublishing.com/comics/series/m-r/scarface/scarface-scarred-for-life-tpb.html IDW Publishing; 'Scarface: Scarred For Life'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523214549/https://shop.idwpublishing.com/comics/series/m-r/scarface/scarface-scarred-for-life-tpb.html |date=May 23, 2013}} IDW published a four-issue prequel series called Scarface: Devil in Disguise from July to October 2007. It follows Tony as he grows up on the crime-filled streets of a Castro-controlled Cuba, ultimately molding himself into the potential Miami-based gangster seen in the movie.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/wwla-joshua-jabcuga-rises-to-power-in-scarface-devil-in-disguise/ |title=WWLA: Joshua Jabcuga Rises to Power in Scarface: Devil in Disguise, March 2007 |date=March 17, 2007 |access-date=December 4, 2023}}

Scarface is among the films that served as inspiration for the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which took place in a representation of 1980s' Miami and featured a recreation of Montana's mansion. The video for Mötley Crüe's song "Dr. Feelgood" echoes several elements of the film (the end of the video features a bloodless version of the climatic shootout where Tony Montana is killed) and the song itself describes a young man who rises to great power in the drug trade and then loses it all.

The video game series Yakuza takes many influences from the film.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Among these include Kiryu Kazuma's various outfits which bear similarities to those worn by Tony Montana.

Scarface got its own direct tie-in with the 2006 video games Scarface: The World Is Yours and Scarface: Money. Power. Respect.

The quote, "Say hello to my little friend!", from the film's climactic scene has become a pop-culture staple, and ranked 61 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list.

In 1992, professional wrestler Scott Hall joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as Razor Ramon, a shady and stylish Cuban American bully from Miami.{{cite web|url=http://www.thescotthall.com/about.html|title=Biography|work=Scott Hall's Official Website|access-date=June 18, 2008|archive-date=September 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911100138/http://www.thescotthall.com/about.html|url-status=live}} The character was modeled on the characters Tony Montana and Manny Ribera from Scarface. Ramon's nickname (The Bad Guy) and catchphrase ("Say hello to The Bad Guy") derive from Montana's quotes: "Say hello to my little friend" and "Say goodnight to the bad guy".{{cite web|url=https://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/hall.html#wwf|title=Scott Hall's WWF Career (1992)|work=Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster|access-date=June 28, 2008|archive-date=June 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620071214/http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/hall.html#wwf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wrestlingexaminer.com/scott-hall-say-hello-to-the-bad-guy/|title=Scott Hall – Say Hello to the Bad Guy|publisher=wrestlingexaminer.com|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425014342/https://wrestlingexaminer.com/scott-hall-say-hello-to-the-bad-guy/|url-status=live}} Later in his career, Hall claimed that he pitched the idea of a Scarface-like character during a meeting with Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson as a joke.

Bob Dylan's 2020 song "My Own Version of You" references it with the line, "I'll take the Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando / Mix 'em up in a tank and get a robot commando."{{Cite web|title=My Own Version of You {{!}} The Official Bob Dylan Site|url=https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/my-own-version-of-you/|access-date=May 1, 2021|website=www.bobdylan.com|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501152224/https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/my-own-version-of-you/|url-status=live}}

Metric's 2009 song "Gold Guns Girls" from the album Fantasies was inspired by the film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/metric/gold-guns-girls|title=Gold Guns Girls by Metric - Songfacts|website=www.songfacts.com|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708132025/https://www.songfacts.com/img-blogimg-350-3562.jpg|url-status=live}}

A 3D recreation of Tony's mansion was featured in the November 9, 2006 episode of MTV Cribs as a marketing piece by Vivendi (before being acquired by Activision) for the release of the video game of the same name. The episode features 3D model of Tony (voiced by André Sogliuzzo) leading a cameraman throughout his mansion, giving an in-depth tour of each room in a 3D environment. Tony's mansion is modeled after the same one appearing in the film and is used in game.{{cite web|url=https://thetvdb.com/series/mtv-cribs/episodes/25077|title=MTV Cribs / Aired Order / Season 6 / Episode 5| website=thetvdb|access-date=March 1, 2024}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RXLa83Ba78|title=Tony Montana's Massive Mansion - MTV Cribs|website=Youtube|date=May 26, 2022|access-date=March 1, 2024}}

In the cartoon series The Batman, the character of the Ventriloquist uses a dummy wearing an outfit modeled on Montana's.

In 2001, plans were made for hip hop artist Cuban Link to write and star in a sequel of Scarface titled Son of Tony.{{cite web |url=http://www.ozonemag.com/feb2002/cubanlink.html |title=Son of Tony |access-date=January 2, 2007 |work=Ozone Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927133005/http://www.ozonemag.com/feb2002/cubanlink.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}} The plans drew both praise and criticism and, after several years, Cuban Link indicated that he may no longer be involved with the project as the result of film rights issues and creative control.{{cite web |url=https://ww1.latinrapper.com/featurednews41.html?usid=19&utid=19416694479 |title=Cuban Link Starts His Chain Reaction |access-date=January 2, 2007 |work=Latin Rapper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402165713/http://latinrapper.com/featurednews41.html |archive-date=April 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}

In 2011, Universal began developing a new version of Scarface. The studio stated that the new film is neither a sequel nor a remake, but will take elements from both this version and its 1932 predecessor, including the basic premise: a man who becomes a kingpin in his quest for the American Dream. Bregman, who produced the 1983 remake, was set to produce this version also,{{cite news |website=Deadline Hollywood |location=United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/universal-pictures-readying-a-new-scarface-174530/ |title=Universal Preps New 'Scarface' Movie |date=September 21, 2011 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105230303/http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/universal-pictures-readying-a-new-scarface/ |access-date=November 5, 2013}} with a screenplay by David Ayer,{{cite news |website=Deadline Hollywood |location=United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2011/11/david-ayer-to-script-updated-scarface-199046/ |title=David Ayer To Script Updated 'Scarface'date= |date=November 29, 2011 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407233049/http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/david-ayer-to-script-updated-scarface/ |access-date=April 7, 2014}} and David Yates in talks to direct the film.{{cite news |first=Nikki |last=Finke |url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/david-yates-in-final-talks-for-scarface-as-universal-very-high-on-reboot-script-554088/ |title=David Yates In Final Talks For 'Scarface' Helm Now Universal "Very High" On Script |website=Deadline Hollywood |location=United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407233042/http://deadline.com/2013/07/david-yates-in-final-talks-for-scarface-as-universal-very-high-on-reboot-script/ |date=July 31, 2013 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=April 7, 2014}}

In March 2014, TheWrap reported that Pablo Larraín was in negotiations to direct the film, along with Paul Attanasio to write the script. The film's update was going to be an original story set in modern-day Los Angeles that follows a Mexican immigrant's rise in the criminal underworld as he strives for the American Dream.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/scarface-remake-director-pablo-larrain-says-yes-universal/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Man 4 Circling John Malkovich, Anne Hathaway |work=The Wrap |publisher=The Wrap News Inc. |location=Santa Monica, California |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421185247/http://www.thewrap.com/scarface-remake-director-pablo-larrain-says-yes-universal/ |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |url-status=live}} Jonathan Herman was set in March 2015 to rewrite both drafts of the script.{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Tatian |title='Scarface' Remake Moving Forward With 'Straight Outta Compton' Writer (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarface-remake-moving-forward-straight-782472 |access-date=March 22, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |location=United States |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=March 18, 2015 |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320150856/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scarface-remake-moving-forward-straight-782472 |url-status=live}}

Antoine Fuqua was hired to direct the film in August 2016,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/scarface-antoine-fuqua-remake-universal-al-pacino-1201801594/ |title=Antoine Fuqua Circling New 'Scarface' At Universal |website=Deadline Hollywood |location=United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608113905/https://deadline.com/2016/08/scarface-antoine-fuqua-remake-universal-al-pacino-1201801594/ |url-status=live}} with Terence Winter to pen the script for the film.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/terence-winter-scarface-reimagining-antoine-fuqua-1201872923/ |title='Wolf of Wall Street' Scribe to Write Antoine Fuqua's 'Scarface' Reimagining (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |location=United States |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110003208/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/terence-winter-scarface-reimagining-antoine-fuqua-1201872923/ |url-status=live}} In January 2017, Fuqua left the project, and Diego Luna was cast in the lead role.{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/scarface-remake-cast-diego-luna-director-antoine-fuqua/ |title=Diego Luna Is the New Scarface, Director Antoine Fuqua Exits |work=Movie Web |location=United States |publisher=Watchr Media |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081921/http://movieweb.com/scarface-remake-cast-diego-luna-director-antoine-fuqua/ |url-status=live}}

The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on August 10, 2018, with the film's script written by the Coen brothers.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/813251-scarface-remake-gets-coen-brothers-script-release-date |title=Scarface Remake Gets Coen Brothers Script, Release Date |date=February 10, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114041431/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/813251-scarface-remake-gets-coen-brothers-script-release-date |url-status=live}} Fuqua was brought back to direct the new film, with Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer rewriting the screenplay.{{cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/scarface-reboot-to-focus-on-core-immigrant-narrative/ |title='Scarface' Reboot To Focus On Core Immigrant Narrative |work=Vibe |location=United States |publisher=Billboard Media |last=Jacobs |first=Lola |date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610170934/https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/scarface-reboot-to-focus-on-core-immigrant-narrative/ |url-status=live}}

Fuqua again departed the project in May 2020. Instead, Luca Guadagnino signed to direct the film, with the script again confirmed to be by the Coen brothers.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/luca-guadagnino-scarface-reboot-director-universal-1203452103/ |title=Luca Guadagnino to Direct 'Scarface' Reboot |work=Variety |location=United States |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516110855/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/luca-guadagnino-scarface-reboot-director-universal-1203452103/ |url-status=live}}

As of 2022, the status of the film has reached a standstill; Guadagnino has not announced whether he is still involved.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/scarface-remake-history-explained/|title=The True Story Behind Why Remaking 'Scarface' Has Been Impossible|first=Lisa|last=Laman|work=Collider|date=October 4, 2022|access-date=August 24, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824045204/https://collider.com/scarface-remake-history-explained/}}

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{{cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |url=https://www.cbr.com/movie-legends-revealed-the-strange-tale-of-how-scarface-beat-the-x-rating/ |title=Movie Legends Revealed – The Strange Tale of How 'Scarface' Beat the X Rating |publisher=Comic Book Resources |work=SpinOff |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213231529/http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2013/07/17/movie-legends-revealed-the-strange-tale-of-how-scarface-beat-the-x-rating/ |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=live}}

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{{cite web |last=Susman |first=Gary |url=https://www.moviefone.com/news/scarface-facts/ |title='Scarface': 25 Things You Didn't Know About Al Pacino's Classic Crime Drama |publisher=Moviefone |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=January 4, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213035525/http://news.moviefone.com/2013/12/09/scarface-facts |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-total-film-interview-oliver-stone |title=The Total Film Interview – Oliver Stone |publisher=Total Film |date=November 1, 2003 |access-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104215433/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-total-film-interview-oliver-stone |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Chapman |first=Matt |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/al-pacino-and-the-cast-and-crew-talk-scarface |title=Al Pacino and the cast and crew talk Scarface |publisher=Total Film |date=August 24, 2011 |access-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105064626/http://www.totalfilm.com/news/al-pacino-and-the-cast-and-crew-talk-scarface |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |title=The Top 50 Cult Films |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 23, 2003 |url=https://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331185021/http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Willet |first=Megan |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/scarface-mansion-30000-a-month-2012-10#a-birds-eye-view-of-this-gigantic-property-shows-the-scope-of-the-10-acre-estate-1 |title=Go Inside The 'Scarface' Mansion That's Available for $30,000 A Month |publisher=Business Insider |date=October 30, 2012 |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205011708/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/scarface-mansion-30000-a-month-2012-10#a-birds-eye-view-of-this-gigantic-property-shows-the-scope-of-the-10-acre-estate-1 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-30-greatest-gangster-movies |title=The 30 Greatest Gangster Movies |publisher=Total Film |date=June 16, 2009 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230015522/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-30-greatest-gangster-movies |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |publisher=Empire Magazine |title=Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |date=December 2, 2011 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/41.asp |access-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220019/http://www.empireonline.com/500/41.asp |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Welch |first=Hanuman |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/hanuman-welch/grand-theft-auto-real-life |title=The "Grand Theft Auto" Protagonists and Their Real Life Counterparts |publisher=Complex |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320072215/http://www.complex.com/video-games/2013/09/grand-theft-auto-real-life/vice |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}

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• {{cite journal |last1=Bogue |first1=Ronald |title=De Palma's Postmodern" Scarface" and the Simulacrum of Class |journal=Criticism |date=Winter 1993 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=115–129 |jstor=23113595 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |location=Detroit, Michigan}}
• {{cite book |last1=Hodgson |first1=David S. J. |last2=Mylonas |first2=Eric |title=Scarface: The World is Yours: Prima Official Game Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8T72AKhZeNwC |year=2006 |publisher=Prima Games |isbn=978-0-7615-5050-1 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807090941/https://books.google.com/books?id=8T72AKhZeNwC |url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last=Labombarda |first=Arnaud |title=Scarface, ou le fantasme du paradis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DkQxwQjXdMC |year=2010 |publisher=Editions L'Harmattan |trans-title=Scarface, or the fantasy of paradise |language=fr |isbn=978-2-296-22424-7 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729032117/https://books.google.com/books?id=_DkQxwQjXdMC |url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Jeffrey Brown |title=Ben Hecht: Hollywood Screenwriter |date=1985 |publisher=UMI Research Press |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=978-0-8357-1571-3}}
• {{cite book |last=McAvennie |first=Michael |title=Say Hello to My Little Friend!: The Quotable Scarface (TM) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xD6D084R6IC |year=2007 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4165-6846-9 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721211016/https://books.google.com/books?id=5xD6D084R6IC |url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last=Pape |first=Alexander Christian |title=Drogen in den Filmen "Scarface" und "Maria, llena eres de gracia": Mediale Darstellung, Problemvermittlung und gesellschaftliche Hintergründe |trans-title=Drugs in the films "Scarface" and "Maria, llena eres de gracia": multimedia presentation, problem mediation and social backgrounds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgkF2la5pnkC |year=2010 |publisher=GRIN Verlag |language=de |isbn=978-3-640-75514-1 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807145256/https://books.google.com/books?id=mgkF2la5pnkC |url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last=Priggé |first=Steven |year=2004 |title=Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews with Top Film Producers |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland & Company |ref={{SfnRef|Priggé|2005}} |isbn=0-7864-1929-6 |oclc=55738228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40UTI-uUHpwC |access-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818175858/https://books.google.com/books?id=40UTI-uUHpwC |url-status=live}}
• {{cite book |last=Stevenson |first=Damian |title=Scarface: The Ultimate Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UA6CgAAQBAJ |year=2015 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-329-30523-6 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807154646/https://books.google.com/books?id=7UA6CgAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}
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