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Carrie, The Untouchables, Carlito’s Way—there are innumerable reasons to appreciate director Brian De Palma’s work, and placed foremost among them is Scarface, which started shooting on this day in 1982. Set in 1980s Miami in an environment riddled with drug smuggling and high-profile crime, Scarface delved uncompromisingly into the violence of that culture, earning itself an X rating for its first three cuts.
Film Factoid: Tony Montana’s “little friend†is a M203, a standard M16 assault rifle with a single-shot, 40mm grenade launcher attached to the barrel. By the end of the film, the total body count reaches 42.
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