451 SCARFACE (1983) Part 1

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

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🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha travel back by boat to 1983 to begin their exploration of 1983's Scarface from director Bryan DePalma starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film from director Howard Hawks which starred Paul Muni which and was based on the 1930 novel. This remake tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and goes from low level lieutenant with his best friend Manny (Bauer) by his side to powerful drug lord. And after a power struggle with an even more ruthless drug lord, he meets a bloody end in iconic fashion. The film co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.

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0:00.0	I know fucking criminal rank.
0:02.0	I know putt of a thief.
0:04.0	I'm Tony Montana, a political prisoner from Kovar.
0:07.8	And I won my fucking human right.
0:09.9	Now.
0:14.3	Hello and welcome once again to The Cinephiles,
0:20.6	where each week we enter the world of a great film.
0:22.8	We explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking, and the influence it has on us today.
0:26.8	My name is Steve Morris.
0:28.1	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:31.3	Hello, my name is John Roka.
0:33.0	I'm a writer-producer host and voiceover artist here in San Diego, California.
0:37.4	And before we get into what I think is a very, very personal movie for at least one of us, I'll let you guess, which one, we definitely need to thank our supporters on patreon.com slash the cinefiles as well as Apple Podcasts, as we said many times. We could not make the cinephiles without you. And if you go to either of those
0:54.9	places, you can get ad-free versions of this show as well as access to our cinephal shorts. And on
0:59.5	Patreon, you can also do things like join our advisory board and even ask questions that appear in a
1:04.6	podcast like this one. So we will be getting some questions about Scarface from our listeners at
1:10.1	Patreon at the $10 and above level. Oh, this is, this is so much fun because I have been chosen to lead this one. So I'm going to be really curious because it's a film that's as Steve Teased is very, very important to me and my upbringing. So I'm going to be curious to hear the questions from our patrons because I don't know what the questions are. So this will be fun to hear when they pop up what those questions might be. So I'm looking forward to it. Another way you can support our show, of course, is when you listen to it and hear the sponsors of our show. Here are the clients who want to promote their products on our show. If those products appeal to, you want to try them out, we'd appreciate using our our code, so you get a big discount, and you signal to the sponsors and the clients that support us
1:49.0	that they can keep sponsoring us and supporting us here on the show. All right, Steve,
1:54.9	shall I take the reins now? The, I think you should maybe, do a line and then then grab your gun.
2:03.6	Maybe. And I think whatever you do, you got to do it with some attitude with some machismo, John.
2:09.7	We're doing Scarface right now. That's right. We are covering 1983 Scarface. This is one that
2:15.1	Steve and I have spoken about for many, many years.
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