Carlito's Way

Directed by	Brian De Palma
Produced by	Martin Bregman Michael Scott Bregman Willi Bär
Written by

	Novels: Edwin Torres Screenplay: David Koepp
Starring

	Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller Luis Guzmán John Leguizamo								After serving 5 years of a 30 year prison sentence, Puerto Rican gangster Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). Upon his release, Carlito vows to be through with his criminal activities but reluctantly accompanies his young cousin Guajiro (John Ortiz) to a drug deal held at a bar. When they arrive they discover a set up; Guarijo is killed and Carlito narrowly shoots his way out. Afterwards, he takes Guajiro's USD$30,000 from the deal and uses it to buy into a nightclub owned by a gambling addict named Saso (Jorge Porcel).

Scarface (1983)

Director: Brian De Palma

Writer: Oliver Stone

Stars:  Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer

Remake of the 1932 film, which follows the rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban emigre who, with his friend Manny Ray, builds a strong criminal empire in early 1980's Miami.

 

When Fidel Castro opens the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, he sends 125,000 Cuban refugees to reunite with their relatives in the United States. Among all the refugees, there is one who wants it all, his name is Tony Montana. Tony and his friend Manny when they arrive in the United States and start in small time jobs, soon they are hired by Omar Suarez to pay money to a group of Colombians. When the deal goes wrong, Tony and Manny leave with the money and succeed in their job. Soon Tony meets with drug kingpin Frank Lopez and falls for his boss's girl Elvira. Pretty soon Tony will know that those who want it all, do not last forever and that is the price of power. The world will know Montana by one name....SCARFACE. 

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