Al Pacino Thanks Rappers For Loving 'Scarface'

Witness 71-year-old Al Pacino's adorable analysis of the 2003 documentary "Scarface: Origins of a Hip-Hop Classic," in which the likes of Snoop, Nas and Diddy wax eloquent on "Scarface."

The hip-hop people and the rappers got together and they made a video and they talked about the movie. I don't think anybody's ever talked about it as articulately and clearly. I understood it better having heard them talk about it...I mean, they really get it and they understand it, and that's a great thing. They've been very supportive all these years. I think they've helped us tremendously.

Pacino aired his thoughts to MTV News during a release party this week for the Blu-Ray version of Scarface, which is due out early next month. No word on whether he thinks his next movie looks as bad as we do.

Comments

[giovanni1948]

11:00 AM on 09/04/2011

Al Pacino...the gold standard of acting! This man like him or not, has to rank up there with the best actors of all time...its not even open for debate. Furthermore, the man definitely has class. When was the last time you ever heard one of Hollywood's, egotistical, spoiled, hedonistic, stars ever thank their fans for anything, let alone even think of them.

Great job Mr. Pacino! It would be nice if more actors would take a cue from you and remember the fans, because without them, there really are no stars...period!

[riverhouse]

07:49 PM on 08/27/2011

Pacino is one of the all time greats, but Scarface is a true dud.

[CATNIP1]

07:33 PM on 08/26/2011

One of my favorite Al Pacino movies is "The Merchant of Venice " He plays Shylock, and he's great !

[njstarrr]

05:09 PM on 08/26/2011

Love, love, love Al! My all-time favorite actor. From "Dog Day Afternoon" to The Godfather trilogy to Scarface, all contained exceptional performances. But somehow the Motion Picture Academy surmised that it was his performance in "The Scent of a Woman", which would garner the auspicious award. Bullpucky I say! Al was deserving long before the prize was actually bestowed. Moreover, the year the Academy belatedly gave Al his just deserves, the true recipient should have been Denzel Washington for his mesmerizing portrayal of Malcolm X, in the epic, biographical Spike Lee joint.

[Kyle Stokinger]

01:22 PM on 08/26/2011

Please take that link at the end of the article out. It is literally painful.

That Skyrim is also coming out that day is the only thing that still gives me faith in humanity.

[Kiz boy]

12:44 PM on 08/26/2011

I saw the picture first and thought: Hey, that Libyan rebel looks a lot like Al Pacino.

[KingCashio]

12:15 PM on 08/26/2011

I watched it way back when it first came out on VHS. I enjoyed it.

I have not watched it since then.

[Fonsini]

11:41 AM on 08/26/2011

It would be nice to hear them praise a non-violent film. But I suspect that's too much to ask.

[AlbuquerqueSteve]

10:53 AM on 08/26/2011

Al Pacino... another great who has been phoning it in since the mid-90s...

[mistercrispyusa]

11:45 AM on 08/26/2011

So true. Add Harrison Ford to that list.

[LisaLisa1234]

10:33 AM on 08/26/2011

Scarface is too violent for me to love, and was way too much for me to see at 15.

But at 71, even scraggly & with a weird headband on, Mr. Pacino still looks great.

[sabelmouse]

11:41 AM on 08/26/2011

i was traumatised by scarface . it turned me of pacino for years .

[seriouslywhy]

10:22 AM on 08/26/2011

His movie may look bad to you but....he's laughing all the way to the bank. Critics really get on my nerves some times. Half the time their wrong, and almost certainly they would give anything to make the money the people they are criticizing make. It's Al Pacino, shut up already. He has proved himself an amazing actor.

[darquelourd]

10:18 AM on 08/26/2011

You're welcome and Congratulations Al!

Now if the rest of America would get hip ...

we have alot to learn from the non-white perspective

[alpal21]

03:49 PM on 08/26/2011

We have more to learn from a HUMAN perspective

[darquelourd]

04:23 PM on 08/26/2011

we're ALL human though white folks only extended that distinction to non-white folks relatively recently in the history of humanity.

problem is dude when you define certain categories of people as LESS than human. you familar with the Apartheid laws in South Africa?

[S Pesticide]

09:36 AM on 08/26/2011

Yeah I bet he does! Everytime you see Tony Montana on a shirt or a poster etc etc, there is a tiny little clink of change in an Al Pacino account somewhere. Good Job Al!

[Bacchus65]

09:34 AM on 08/26/2011

Evita! Evita! Thats's ok. She'll be back. Another quaalude, she'll love me in the morning, ain't that right Frank. Apologies to Al Pacino and Chris Tucker.

[sban226]

09:57 AM on 08/26/2011

its Elvira but if Chris tucker did the impression he probably thought it was evita, LOL.

[Bacchus65]

10:16 AM on 08/26/2011

Right, it is Elvira. But Tucker's character Smoky in the movie Friday, is a tour de force.

[normathumb]

08:54 AM on 08/26/2011

His next movie does look really bad. I mean, it has Adam Sandler in it after all. On a more important matter, you should work on this self esteem thing. And stop worrying about whether Al Pacino thinks you are ugly.