Scarface (1983)

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Wikidata Q47075, film, IMDb tt0086250, TMDB 111: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as actor (The Color of Money with Chris Ryan); 4 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

The Departed: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (homage): Scarface ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Al Pacino: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Al Pacino → Scarface. Theory that Scarface broke Pacino by knocking him off his axis between over-the-top and nuanced.
    “the theory of Pacino is that he was broken by Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Blow: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Blow → Scarface. A cocaine-movies series idea: Scarface (transcribed 'Starface') and Blow.
    “Starface. Blow. Blow.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (first role): Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio → Scarface. Mastrantonio's film debut was Scarface, followed by Color of Money; she was an understudy on West Side Story and in the Amadeus Broadway cast.
    “She was on Broadway and various musicals, including as an understudy in the 1980 run of West Side Story, but that's like 3 years before Scarface.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:28:32 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Pi: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Pi → Scarface. The most famous face in Pi is Mark Margolis, who played Sosa's assassin in Scarface.
    “The most famous guy in it is the guy who was the assassin for Sosa”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:05:30 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)

The Departed: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (homage): The Departed → Scarface. The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

This Is the End: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Scarface. Dick-measuring line 'Scarface style' called great.
    “Except Scarface, that was great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:51 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Al Pacino → Scarface. Theory that Scarface broke Pacino by knocking him off his axis between over-the-top and nuanced.
    “the theory of Pacino is that he was broken by Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): This Is the End → Scarface. Dick-measuring line 'Scarface style' called great.
    “Except Scarface, that was great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:51 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (homage): The Departed → Scarface. The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Pi → Scarface. The most famous face in Pi is Mark Margolis, who played Sosa's assassin in Scarface.
    “The most famous guy in it is the guy who was the assassin for Sosa”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:05:30 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Blow → Scarface. A cocaine-movies series idea: Scarface (transcribed 'Starface') and Blow.
    “Starface. Blow. Blow.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (first role): Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio → Scarface. Mastrantonio's film debut was Scarface, followed by Color of Money; she was an understudy on West Side Story and in the Amadeus Broadway cast.
    “She was on Broadway and various musicals, including as an understudy in the 1980 run of West Side Story, but that's like 3 years before Scarface.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:28:32 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

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