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Al Pacino

Al Pacino
Born 25 April 1940, in South Bronx, New York

<b>Wise words:</b> "The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm Talking about."

<b>Academy Awards:</b> Best Actor in a Leading Role in Scent Of A Woman (1992)



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Al Pacino - news / articles


  • Pacino got his start in stand-up - 30 October 2011
    -Scarface star Al Pacino made his first foray into showbusiness as a stand-up comedian.-The Scarface legend is set to shock fans of his dramatic work with a cameo in Adam Sandler's upcoming comedy Jack and Jill, but the Grown Ups star insists it's perfect casting -


  • Pacino burned on Scarface set - 24 August 2011
    -Al Pacino was left badly burned after he grabbed the barrel of a newly-fired gun while shooting gangster classic Scarface.-The Oscar-winning star, who played iconic character Tony Montana in the 1983 thriller, placed his hands on the burning hot barrel forgetting


  • Pacino's Merchant is a million dollar earner - 27 October 2010
    -Al Pacino's new Broadway production of Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice is already earning $1 million (666,670) a week in box office takings.- -The Oscar winner kicked off the New York revival of the classic play at the Broadhurst Theatre last week (19Oct10),

Al Pacino - what members say


  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Dog Day Afternoon review by from Blackburn, Lancs
    Rated - 4.0 stars Best film you've never heard of! 17 September 2004
    ...nd this all quite amusing, in a Keystone Kops kind of way. Its not your typicAl Pacino character, he isnt in control in this film. Despite the fact a bank is being r...   Read customer review
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Donnie Brasco review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Donnie Brasco 4 February 2004
    ...ho infiltrates the mafia of New York, by befriending Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggerio (Al Pacino) under the moniker of Donnie Brasco. He gets himself in with the mafia faction ...   Read customer review
  • Heat
  • Heat review by from NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Rated - 5.0 stars 5 October 2004
    ... the top ten actors together (Ronin) (Robert De Niro) and the very perdictable (Al Pacino) and batan star (Val Kilmer) the story starts when Heists begin in the city cre...   Read customer review

Al Pacino - filmography


  • Jack and Jill (2011)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Al Pacino,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Dennis Dugan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 132 members
    Due for release on 30th July 2012
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  • Jack and Jill - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Al Pacino,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Dennis Dugan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 47 members
    Due for release on 30th July 2012
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  • Dali & I - The Surreal Story (2011)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From the 1960s to the 1980s, after most of his great work is behind him, Dali becomes more flamboyant and forms a mentor-protege relationship with Stan Lauryssens, a young art dealer.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 8 members
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  • The Son of No One on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Channing Tatum,  Ray Liotta
    Director: Dito Montiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £3.49
    In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum – G.I. Joe: Retaliation, 21 Jump Street) is a cop who gets in over his head when he is assigned to re-open a double homicide case in his Queens neighbourhood. An anonymous source feeds new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 229 members
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  • You Don't Know Jack (2010)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Brenda Vaccaro,  John Goodman
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 33 members
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  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 31,018 members
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  • Righteous Kill - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,020 members
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  • 88 Minutes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Alicia Witt,  Leelee Sobieski
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In 88 MINUTES, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based college professor and forensic psychiatrist, is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. The threat is linked to Gramm's role in putting a convicted serial killer (Neal McDonough) behind bars nearly a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 18,265 members
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  • Ocean's Thirteen - HD (2007)
    Starring: Elliott Gould,  Ellen Barkin,  George Clooney
    Director: Steven Soderbergh,  Steven S
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The third installment of Steven Soderbergh's slick, star-studded heist series just might be the best, as Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and company pull off another elaborate caper, this time in the name of revenge. Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), one of Ocean's original eleven, lies nearly comatose ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,210 member
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  • Ocean's Thirteen on DVD (2007)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Matt Damon
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After their old chum Reuben Tischkoff (Gould) is double-crossed in a business deal and hospitalized, Danny Ocean (Clooney) reconvenes his charming gang of thieves and heads to Las Vegas to gain revenge on the man who put Ruben at death's door: shark-like hotelier, Willy Bank (Pacino). Their plan is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 67,688 members
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  • Two For The Money on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Matthew McConaughey,  Armand Assante
    Director: D.J. Caruso
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most reknown bookies in the sports-gambling business. Abrams takes on Lang as his protege, moving him to Manhattan and allowing him to grow used to the lavish lifestyle. But, the seemingly perfect ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 11,206 members
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  • Two For The Money - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Matthew McConaughey,  Armand Assante
    Director: D.J. Caruso
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    TWO FOR THE MONEY, featuring Al Pacino, Rene Russo, and Matthew McConaughey, provides a most unexpected twist in its thrilling tale of high rolling bookie cons and sports gamblers. Brandon Lang (McConaughey) stars as a college football great permanently downed by an irreparable injury. However, he ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 13 members
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  • The Merchant Of Venice on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jeremy Irons,  Joseph Fiennes
    Director: Michael Radford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    16th Century Venice: Young nobleman Bassanio (Fiennes) has asked his friend Antonio (Irons) to lend him money in order that he might sail to Belmont and try for the hand of the fair Portia (Collins). However, Antonio's money is all tied up in his business with his ships all away at various ports. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,044 members
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  • The Recruit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 22,006 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Meryl Streep,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,208 members
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  • Gigli on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez,  Ben Affleck,  Al Pacino
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Real-life couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez star in this quirky romantic comedy with a twist. Small-time gangster Larry Gigli (Affleck) is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor, as a favour to his mob boss Louis (Lenny Venito)...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 2,972 members
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  • The Recruit - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Computer genius, James Clayton, is one of the cleverest graduating seniors in the U.S. He is persuaded to try out for the CIA by enrolling in 'The Farm' - a secret training ground for new recruits. He soon makes a good impression and rises through the ranks. He is given one last mission in order to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,997 member
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robin Williams,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 20,851 members
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  • People I Know on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Kim Basinger,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Daniel Algrant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Al Pacino transforms himself into former all-star publicist Eli Wurman in Dan Algrant's PEOPLE I KNOW. Wurman is a southern-born one-time mover and shaker who is at the end of his rope--and his career. His last major client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), is an Oscar-winning actor who has Wurman clean ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 2,809 members
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  • Simone on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Benjamin Salisbury,  Winona Ryder
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A showbiz satire with a science fiction feel, Simone is also a post-modern stab at the Frankenstein story. When a temperamental A-list star (Winona Ryder, in a canny cameo) walks off the set of his new movie because her contractually stipulated "longest trailer on the lot" isn't also the tallest, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2,144 members
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  • Flix Mix - Ultimate Fights (2001)
    Starring: Tsui Hark,  Jackie Chan,  Brad Pitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A compendium of some of the most exciting fight scenes in recent motion picture history, ULTIMATE FIGHTS provides a whole new perspective on scenes from films such as BLADE, SNATCH, SCARFACE, THE KILLER, FIRST BLOOD, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, and THE KILLER.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 135 members
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  • Chinese Coffee (2000)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jerry Orbach,  Susan Floyd
    Director: Al Pacino
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 5 members
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  • Any Given Sunday - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Ann-Margret,  Al Pacino,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miami Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,388 member
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  • The Insider on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Russell Crowe,  Christopher Plummer
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Based on the article The Man Who Knew Too Much, THE INSIDER depicts the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), a successful scientist who is fired from the Brown & Williamson tobacco company for objecting to certain lab tests. He signs a confidentiality agreement to ease the company's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 16,271 members
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ann-Margret,  Al Pacino,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miami Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,181 members
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  • Pitch (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Matt Dillon,  Roger Ebert
    Director: Kenny Hotz,  Spencer Rice,  Kenn
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Canadian comedy team Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice are childhood friends who will stop at nothing to sell their script (which is about a mob boss who checks into a hospital and is accidentally given a sex-change operation). This outrageous documentary tracks their progress as they attend the 1996 ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 172 members
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  • The Devil's Advocate on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ruben Sa,  Don King,  
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Promising young lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) has never lost a case-even when his client is guilty. When Kevin is seduced away from his sleepy home-town in Florida to work for a flashy, charming lawyer (Al Pacino, in a role he seems born to play), his mother (Judith Ivey) has reservations. But ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 17,884 members
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  • Donnie Brasco (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Johnny Depp,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 25,925 members
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  • Looking For Richard on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Alec Baldwin,  Kevin Spacey
    Director: Al Pacino
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and Alec ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,048 member
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  • City Hall on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  John Cusack,  Bridget Fonda
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this urban thriller the accidental shooting of a six-year-old during an altercation between cops and a drug dealer shakes a New York City mayor's office to its core, as the resulting investigation unveils the seamy truths behind political power-brokering and backroom deals.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,874 member
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  • Heat - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally united on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,480 members
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  • Heat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 46,288 members
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  • Carlito's Way - HD (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 424 members
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  • Carlito's Way - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 186 members
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  • Carlito's Way on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 23,958 members
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  • Glengarry Glen Ross on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jack Lemmon,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,342 members
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  • Scent Of A Woman on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Chris O'Donnell,  James Rebhorn
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Before Al Pacino ever picked up a blind man's cane in the 1992 production of Scent of A Woman, Vittorio Gassman played a blind army captain in the 1974 Italian film Profumo di Donna, based on a novel by Giovanni Arpino. The earlier film unquestionably inspired the later one, though they differ ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10,295 members
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  • Scent Of A Woman - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Chris O'Donnell,  James Rebhorn
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, SCENT OF A WOMAN is the story of Frank Slade (Pacino), a blind, retired army colonel who hires Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. At the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 92 members
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  • Frankie And Johnny on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Hector Elizondo
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan diner, the story revolves around Johnny's eager, won't-stop-at-anything attempt to draw the embittered, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,536 members
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  • The Godfather Part 3 on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Richard Bright,  Raf Vallone
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the greatest sagas in movie history continues! In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60's, Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 24,595 members
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  • Dick Tracy on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Madonna,  Charlie Korsmo
    Director: Warren Beatty
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Once again, director Beatty assembles an all-star cast. Dick Tracy, America's top crimestopper, goes up against a mob of colourful gangsters in this rich production. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Supporting Actor--Al Pacino. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Makeup, Best Art ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 2,698 members
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  • Sea Of Love - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Ellen Barkin,  John Goodman
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two detectives, one from New York, the other from Long Island join forces to track down a bizarre serial killer. Convinced of a beautiful suspect's innocence, the New York detective starts an affair with her, despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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  • Sea Of Love on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Ellen Barkin,  John Goodman
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sea of Love is a sexy, atmospheric thriller, very much in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, with involving characters, steamy love scenes, and surprising plot twists. Frank Keller (Al Pacino), is a lonely, tired, disillusioned, police detective, who has a problem with alcohol. Frank is investigating a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,850 members
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  • Revolution (1985)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Nastassja Kinski,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Hugh Hudson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Single father Tom Dobb (played by Al Pacino) struggles hopelessly against the violent course of history to protect his only son, meeting many obstacles and hardships along the way.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 44 members
    Due for release on 18th June 2012
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  • Scarface (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 38,763 members
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  • Scarface - Blu-ray (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 131 members
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  • Author, Author on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Dyan Cannon
    Director: Arthur Hiller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Successful playwright Al Pacino can't get any work done as long as he is pestered by his wacko wife Tuesday Weld. Making things worse are the couple's obstreperous children, many of them products of her previous marriages. Just as Pacino is completing his latest work, his wife walks out on him. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 357 members
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  • Cruising on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Paul Sorvino,  Karen Allen
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on murders that took place between 1962 and 1979 in New York city, Cruising follows the story of police detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino)as he tries to solve a number of brutal murder cases in the gay community. Cruising received a multitude of publicity when it was released due to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,260 member
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  • And Justice For All on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jack Warden,  John Forsythe
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Norman Jewison's blackly satirical look at the American justice system has gained in stature as one of the more incisive social commentaries of its time. Al Pacino plays Arthur Kirkland, an incorruptible attorney who attempts to initiate reforms in the Maryland justice system. Kirkland is haunted ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,488 member
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  • Dog Day Afternoon on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Charles Durning,  James Broderick
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    On the blistering afternoon of August 22, 1972, two optimistic losers attempt to rob a Brooklyn bank-the frantic master-mind Sonny (Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, 'Scent of a Woman,' 'Carlito's Way'), and his slow-witted buddy Sal (John Cazale, 'The Godfather,' 'The Deer Hunter'). But then the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 13,633 members
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  • The Godfather Part 2 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Marianna Hill,  Al Pacino,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 52,170 members
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  • Serpico on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  John Randolph,  Jack Kehoe
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Shot on location on New York's energetic and crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8,235 members
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  • Scarecrow (1973)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Al Pacino,  Eileen Brennan
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Former photographer Jerry Schatzberg follows up his explosive directorial debut THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK with SCARECROW, which captured the Grand Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Opening on a desolate highway, two drifters stumble into each other, and decide to hitchhike together across the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 64 members
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  • The Godfather on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Richard Conte,  James Caan
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 72,401 members
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  • The Panic In Needle Park on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Kitty Winn,  Alan Vint
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's Needle Park. As ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,463 member
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  • Hollywood Biographies - The Leading Men (5 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Cary Grant,  Clark Gable
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A fascinating 5 disc set of half hour profiles spotlighting the personal lives and extraordinary careers of 50 legendary Hollywood leading men. Dashing Errol Flynn! Handsome Paul Newman! Versatile Jack Nicholson! are just a few of the great movie actors featured in this definitive collection.From ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 54 members
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  • Inside the Actors Studio - Leading Men (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Sean Penn
    Director: Jeff Wurtz
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Since 1994, James Lipton has invited Hollywood's top actors, directors, musicians, and comedians to his Bravo television series INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO for intelligent, thought-provoking interviews that delve into the creative process rather than guests' gossipy personal lives.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 199 members
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Al Pacino facts

5 most recent films

Jack and Jill - 2.5 stars
Jack and Jill - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 2.0 stars
The Son of No One - 2.5 stars
The Son of No One - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Godfather Trilogy - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Scarface - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Godfather - 4.0 stars
Carlito's Way - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Heat - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

10 Hollywood Leading Men - 2.0 stars
Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 2.0 stars
Jack and Jill - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Revolution - 2.0 stars
Sea Of Love - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 17 times - show films
Clark Gable - 6 times - show films
Cary Grant - 6 times - show films
Fred Astaire - 6 times - show films
John Leguizamo - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Francis Ford Coppola - 8 times - show films
Brian De Palma - 7 times - show films
Michael Mann - 6 times - show films
Jon Avnet - 5 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 5 times - show films