Title:
Scarface [blu-ray]
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Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
ISBN:
9798886072020
Abstract:
Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister threatens to be his undoing. With rat-a-tat command of editing and dialogue, and his trademark panache, director Howard Hawks creates an unstoppable sense of dynamism while pushing on-screen violence to new heights of brutality.
General Note:
From the book by Armitage Trail.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Full screen (1.35:1).
Special features: Alternate ending, from the censored version of the film; New conversation with author Megan Abbott and actor Bill Hader; New interview with film scholad Lea Jacobs on director Howard Hawks's innovative use of sound and editing; An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Performers:
Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, George Raft, Vince Barnett, Boris Karloff, Purnell Pratt, Tully Marshall, Inez Palange, Edwin Maxwell.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray, region A; LPCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Added Uniform Title:
Scarface (Motion picture : 1932)