Published 11:49 IST, January 7th 2021
Where was 'Scarface' filmed? Shooting Locations of this Al Pacino starrer
'Scarface', a movie starring Al Pacino, was shot in Los Angeles. Read this article to know more about where was 'Scarface' filmed and its review
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Al Pacino starrer Scarface is a movie about a notorious drug lord, Tony Montana. film traces Tony's life journey, a penniless Cuban immigrant who appears in Miami during 1980s with dream of making it big in USA. Tony, along with his three friends, get deeply involved in drug circuit in USA. Eventually, he becomes one of most powerful drug lords in USA. Want to know more about where was 'Scarface' filmed? Re on-
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shooting locations
According to Movie-locations.com, Los Angeles is main location where Scarface was filmed. Many iconic places and streets, and neighborhoods from Los Angeles were seen throughout movie.
"Florida Internment Camp" was recreated at intersection of l-10, Santa Monica Freeway, and l-110, HARBOUR Freeway. This place is just behind New Los Angeles Convention Centre. Here you see Tony becoming free by killing an agent of Fidel Castro.
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small eatery "El Paraiso," where Tony starts to work with his friends in Miami Little Havana was not shot in Miami. Inste, a small lunch stand called Little Tokyo, situated in Downtown Los Angeles, was used as one of Scarface filming locations.
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Art deco style Miami beach locality that viewers see in film is not Miami. Inside Ocean Drive, 13th street served as its shooting place. So, many of places that viewers see as Miami are located inste in Los Angeles.
Ocean Drive was among important scarface shooting locations.
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One of movie's popular scenes is when Angel, Tony's friend, gets dismembered with a chainsaw during drug delivery. This scene was filmed in a beautiful red coloured Art Deco building located in Ocean Drive. At present, shooting spot is popular for a food shop.
beautiful mansion of Frank Lopez was one of turning points of movie. crew used two different estates as Scarface shooting locations to create an extravagant view. Atlantis Condos, located in Santa Barbara, alongside anor nameless estate, was used for film.
luxurious Estate "Coral Gables' in Miami, where Tony starts to live after becoming a kingpin, was recreated at El Fureidis, a Mediterranean Villa located at 631 Para Grande Lane. This private estate served as a great backdrop for Scarface filming.
Scarface review
Interestingly, movie was considered a failure upon its initial release. Critics generally gave negative responses; however, it later became one of cult hits of all time.
movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie 82% approval and 93% audience score in Scarface review. On or hand, Empire gave this movie five stars out of five.
11:49 IST, January 7th 2021