Listen to this:
An anagram of Al Pacino is "a cop in LA"
In the movie "Heat" Al Pacino plays a cop in LA.
I figured that out all by myself. :(
"YOU'RE TEARING THIS BOARD APART!!!"
You couldn't hear it, but that was a flawless Pacino impression.
That's like... pretty cool... so you have no day job, right?
Nick
i just saw Dog Day Afternoon for the very first time tonight. Pacino is excellent.
That's my fave Pacino movie.
Of the actors that can get away with doing nothing while being confused for acting, Pacino is the most interesting.
But, when Pacino actually can dive into a role, he's one of the best.
~rougerum
I really like the film he directed: Looking for Richard
John Milton: Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.
Pacino has really gone downhill as of late... i'd like to block out the last 5 years of my Pacino knowledge from existence.
Nick
Quote from: aclockworkjjJohn Milton: Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.
...he's laughin' his SICK FUCKING ASS OFF!!
and then later... "I'm a FAN OF MAN! I'm a humanist."
classic
and so true -- who could deny the 20th century was entirely his?
Quote from: SoNowThenwho could deny the 20th century was entirely his?
me.
Pacino's subtle performance in "Donnie Brasco" is one of the best of his career. It's not showy of flashy as his work in "Devil's Advocate" or "Heat", but it's very internal. It's so heartbreaking in his final scene when he knows what's going to happen to him and his prepares for it; leaving his rings and wallet for his girlfriend to find later. :cry:
yeah, so true. I really think it's my fav Pacino performance, maybe hand in hand with his Ricky Roma in GGR.
while the film may not hold up to this, my favorite pacino moment is at the end of godfather 3, when he breaks down on the steps of the church..................................i think it's under appreciated tho cuz we were glad to see sofia coppola die...............good director, she is, tho.
man.
Quote from: polkablues"YOU'RE TEARING THIS BOARD APART!!!"
hehe. nah, i could name a few who are tho. but not shanghai. he's cool, he's just too sad all the time.
so who in ur opinion are tearing this board apart? not an attack, just a general wondering...
i always hoped shanghai was a chick. :(
Quote from: ewardso who in ur opinion are tearing this board apart? not an attack, just a general wondering...
boring ppl, phonies, and compulsive liars.
I think Pacino is great, no matter what movies he's in... the movie may suck big time, but he's always great in them. Although I also think that doesn't happen very often because he knows what movies to pick
Quote from: RoyalTenenbaumAlthough I also think that doesn't happen very often because he knows what movies to pick
You know he's in this, right?
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No...... I didn't know that....... I....... uh...... well........ uh...... let me just take some time to digest those news now....
ben afflecks face looks fuckin weird on that poster
Ben Affleck looks like a munter in that poster.
Al Pacino, is a fantastic film. He puts his all into his acting. I respect that fella loads.
Quote from: ***beady***Ben Affleck looks like a munter in that poster.
Al Pacino, is a fantastic film. He puts his all into his acting. I respect that fella loads.
al pacino's a movie too????????
Quoteal pacino's a movie too????????
yeah, but I think they're gonna separate it in two. you know..... the first film is about his life before Revolution and the second is after.... the rise and fall and rise of the guy. seems promissing
:wink:
lol, major typo. It was 1.00am, so I think I might have needed some sleep!
I ment actor! ........ :crazyeyes: :lol:
Quote from: m©gwaiSome dude cgi'd J.LO's butt on that poster.
Did they make it bigger, or smaller? I can't tell.
Nick
I'm going to go for......smaller! Because she has a big butt!
And they're trying to make Ben look like James Dean in the picture...
Nick
God, he's really becoming a joke of himself now....Walken too (aside from Catch Me if You Can). Lol, De Niro kinda is too. Now I'm depressed.
Quote from: ebeamanGod, he's really becoming a joke of himself now....Walken too (aside from Catch Me if You Can). Lol, De Niro kinda is too. Now I'm depressed.
u don't know what ur talking about..
anyway, go to the pta section and tell us how ur pta experience went. pics would be super, and be sure to check out this thread (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2641&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0).
Oh hi P, I missed you very very much during my time away. Looks like I was well missed too, lol...almost a whole page of stuff, huh? No but seriously...that is damn funny, lol. One thing though, I will only fuck on the first date with dinner and a movie though... couldn't fit it all on the front of the shirt, just wanted to clear that up.
Anyways, I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that I probably won't be coming to the site anymore very soon as I'll probably be without a computer (and therefore a scanner). So these may indeed be my final days here. Try not to cry too much, k? First sphinx...now ebeaman, right? What is the world coming to!!? :wink:
So...your mom found out you were dealing or what?
Ebeaman, this whole thing you're doing, you know, this "fuck the world" act. Now that might work with your mama. It might even work with a couple of these local XIXAX pricks, who have known you long enough to figure you're too dumb ever to leave here without coming back. Ain't gonna work with me, because I know things, you understand? I know you've been going to McDonalds lately behind our backs. I know you were given the option of going to Burger King, Wendys or McDonalds, and you chose McDs. Now, you're gonna tell why that might be? Or are you so fucking stupid, you're going to leave here without a fight?
And as we're straddling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the burgers anyway? as the air thickens, the bugers sog up, and even the chicken nuggets start to boil in the metallic taste of radioactivity. And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, to prepare; it's buy futures, sell futures, when there is no future!
I can't deal with this place anymore, I'm outta here. No, that's enough. I want McDonalds dead and I want the Big Mac dead. What's the matter, you bums forgotten how to eat real burgers? 99 Million Sold.. Have you no sense of pride in what you do? No sense of duty, no sense of destiny? I'm looking for Whoppers; what have I got? Big Macs! I want Ronald McDonald dead!
im meeting my friend at mcdonalds tomorrow. im such a fucking rebel
Quote from: Cecil B. Dementedim meeting my friend at mcdonalds tomorrow. im such a fucking rebel
I have to hold back my fist. Saved because of the passion in his eyes.
Man, if Tremolosloth hadn't posted, we'd have three erotic, passionate avatars in a row. Why do you ruin things, tremolosloth?
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QuoteEbeaman, this whole thing you're doing, you know, this "fuck the world" act. Now that might work with your mama. It might even work with a couple of these local XIXAX pricks, who have known you long enough to figure you're too dumb ever to leave here without coming back.
Oooook......lol, you really are crazy, aren't you man?
No, I think you misunderstood...if I do leave...it definitely won't be by choice. I would never leave this board by choice. I love it lots. I'm trying to spend as much time as possible here before I might not be able to, that's all. I'm not trying to build up a big exit. I know I'm no sphinx, lol.
Quote from: ebeamanQuoteEbeaman, this whole thing you're doing, you know, this "fuck the world" act. Now that might work with your mama. It might even work with a couple of these local XIXAX pricks, who have known you long enough to figure you're too dumb ever to leave here without coming back.
Oooook......lol, you really are crazy, aren't you man?
My life? No. No, my life's a disaster zone. I got a step-daughter so fucked up because her real father takes her to McDonalds every day. I got a wife. We're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time going to Burger King and spitting on McDonald lovers like you around the block. That's my life.
I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ebeaman. You know, you can leave this hell hole, if she wants you to. You can lounge around on her sofa, in your daddy's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to go to McDonalds drive-through!
I just realized that I started this thread. :(
My theory about about Walken's, Pacino's, De Niro's, etc crappy roles as of late: They aren't whoring their talent so much as taking easy roles that don't require their talent. Think about it. De Niro could do "Meet The Parents" in his sleep. (Maybe he did. :() It's kinda like retirement, but they still get shitloads of money. :(
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeI just realized that I started this thread. :(
My theory about about Walken's, Pacino's, De Niro's, etc crappy roles as of late: They aren't whoring their talent so much as taking easy roles that don't require their talent. Think about it. De Niro could do "Meet The Parents" in his sleep. (Maybe he did. :() It's kinda like retirement, but they still get shitloads of money. :(
Right, they are smarter than they seem in their role choosing as of late, your definitely right. It's like, they've proven themselves so why not actually work before they move to Hawaii and write their autobiographies...very very good idea if you ask me. And don't get me wrong...I don't think Meet the Parents is bad, I love it a lot actually. I was leaning towards stuff like Showtime, Analyze That, and his very recent stuff...then also Rocky and Bullwinkle which could have should have would have been fun if it hadn't been boring and sucky. It's just still a little sad to see them in so FEW good films anymore, that's all I was saying, you know? Like De Niro's last good film was probably Jackie Brown, Pacino's was god knows what...ok, Walken's was Catch Me imo...so he's not really doing that bad after all. But amongst all the Gigly and Country Bears shit it seems like a needle in a haystack, right? That's all I was getting at.
But I don't know what I'm talking about, right P? :roll:
Quote from: ebeamanBut I don't know what I'm talking about, right P? :roll:
wow, what the fuck are u bringing me up for?
weren't u just teenage-girl-level happy about a few minutes ago?
fucking manic.
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeI just realized that I started this thread. :(
hahah. great.
i really like u shanghai. just wanted u to know.
Quote from: PQuote from: ebeamanBut I don't know what I'm talking about, right P? :roll:
wow, what the fuck are u bringing me up for?
weren't u just teenage-girl-level happy about a few minutes ago?
fucking manic.
I'm bringing you up cause you brought me up pal. You said right out that I didn't know what I was talking about outta nowhere when you know damn well you just MIGHT have kinda sorta agreed with what I said if you had thought for two seconds what your most recent favorite Pacino or De Niro movie is and not just blown the whole thing off because it looks cool and witty...while at the same time totally sabotaging the thread and turning it in a different direction. Send me a PM if your THAT desperate to try and hurt my little feelings and make me cry over the internet. And if your talking about why I brought you up in my other post saying "I bet you'll be happy to hear..." and all that is cause you've been a dick to me from day one and you didn't really think about "gee, why might he be leaving?" or "this kid posts a million times a day and he's gone for a week and a half all of a sudden?" I mean, I'm just saying you should lay off a little bit when you don't know someone personally, right? Life doesn't stop for xixax. You don't have to assume the worst, I'm not saying that...I'm just saying you should be more careful with shit like that. And christ, you don't know if I am a manic depressive man...I'm not but...I could have been. Or worse, somebody in my family could have been. I'm not threatening you...I'm just speaking from personal experience. I'm a person that could give a little advice on getting caught with your foot in your mouth, trust me, lol. I'm the king of that. Especially over the internet, it's so much more common cause it's less personal.
Anyway, back to Pacino...he is a man deserving of a thread.
Quote from: ebeamanI'm bringing you up cause you brought me up pal. You said right out that I didn't know what I was talking about outta nowhere when you know damn well you just MIGHT have kinda sorta agreed with what I said if you had thought for two seconds what your most recent favorite Pacino or De Niro movie is and not just blown the whole thing off because it looks cool and witty...while at the same time totally sabotaging the thread and turning it in a different direction. Send me a PM if your THAT desperate to try and hurt my little feelings and make me cry over the internet. And if your talking about why I brought you up in my other post saying "I bet you'll be happy to hear..." and all that is cause you've been a dick to me from day one and you didn't really think about "gee, why might he be leaving?" or "this kid posts a million times a day and he's gone for a week and a half all of a sudden?" I mean, I'm not saying you should lay off a little when you don't know. You don't have to assume the worst, I'm just saying you should be more careful with shit like that. And christ, you don't know if I am a manic depressive man...I'm not but...I could have been. Or worse, somebody in my family could have been. I'm not threatening you...I'm just speaking from personal experience. I'm a person that could give in advice on getting caught with your foot in your mouth, trust me, lol. I'm the king of that.
i brought u up as a direct reply to what u'd written, not because my anti-deppressants stopped working.
i quoted u, and as everyone saw, u replied in a laughing/happy manner like u saw i wasnt being serious and redirected u to a thread u may not hav seen cos u've been away.
make up ur hormone riddled brain man, either ur gonna hav a huge cry or ur gonna be cool about shit like u had been for many weeks before ur disappearance. all of a sudden u felt like reacting to sumthing u'd already laughed off? if ur nuts, like a lot of us are, at least try to be aware of these inconsistencies.
now, go on.. say the magic words.. "lol", and everything will be sunshine again. :yabbse-thumbup:
I never replied in a laughing manner to the specific things that you said though man. I never did that. I specifically mentioned the "fuck on the first date" thing which you did not post. You said something like "oh yea, he's dead...too bad." That's what I was referring to just now. I mean, yea...in school they always say that...but that's cause their 95% sure your not dead or even injured or anything cause they know kinda where you live and what kind of person you are and all that. But on a message board, god knows...maybe I could have been dead or you know, very sick or in some state of depression...which, again...I wasn't. But if I was, you would never find out, right? I mean, it's not like my mom's gonna come on and say, "oh yea, sorry...my son is dead, he won't be coming here anymore." She wouldn't do that, she doesn't know how. And even if she did, she wouldn't think to do it. Who would? Alright, so that's pretty much the end of that. You know you weren't trying to be funny too, right? I mean, let's get that straight. You know you wish I wasn't on this board. I'm not saying you wish I was dead of course cause that would be melodramatic and wrong above all things but...I bet you were a little hopeful that SOMETHING would prevent me from coming here. I mean, you don't often just ignore my posts. Sometime you'll subtlely hide a little jab at my persona or thoughts or...you sometimes even reply quite directly to them and EVERY-SINGLE-TIME you do either of these things, it's a complaint about this or fucking that...it's never anything positive...am I wrong? No I'm not. Show me proof of ONE time you replied to a post of mine and said something remotely positive. Or even neutral, I'll even give you that! Even neutral for christ's sake!!! Lol.
Pacino rocks. I've always wanted to know, what does it mean to call someone a "Devil's Advocate" and is that a good Pacino movie?
Quote from: ebeamanI never replied in a laughing manner to the specific things that you said though man. I never did that. I specifically mentioned the "fuck on the first date" thing which you did not post. You said something like "oh yea, he's dead...too bad." That's what I was referring to just now. I mean, yea...in school they always say that...but that's cause their 95% sure your not dead or even injured or anything cause they know kinda where you live and what kind of person you are and all that. But on a message board, god knows...maybe I could have been dead or you know, very sick or in some state of depression...which, again...I wasn't. But if I was, you would never find out, right? I mean, it's not like my mom's gonna come on and say, "oh yea, sorry...my son is dead, he won't be coming here anymore." She wouldn't do that, she doesn't know how. And even if she did, she wouldn't think to do it. Who would? Alright, so that's pretty much the end of that. You know you weren't trying to be funny too, right? I mean, let's get that straight. You know you wish I wasn't on this board. I'm not saying you wish I was dead of course cause that would be melodramatic and wrong above all things but...I bet you were a little hopeful that SOMETHING would prevent me from coming here. I mean, you don't often just ignore my posts. You sometimes actually reply quite directly to them and EVERY-SINGLE-TIME you do, it's complaining about this and that...never anything positive...am I wrong? No I'm not.
hahhaa. yeah, you're really wrong. so much of what u just said is in ur paranoid mind, it's unbelievable. and i know u don't see that. ur deranged and hav no memory of ur good weeks when we got along.
so, since i make a point of not talking to crazy ppl in the street, i think from now on i'll do the same with u. sorry u were so affected by everything i said, u were cool for a while but like most good things that was fleeting. i won't even go into ur "mom" or "sumone u know" coming on the board and telling us what's happened to u.
ur just weak. bye, and i hope one day u can be a functioning member of society. that's all i wish for.
The one thing that bothered me, the one thing that stayed in my mind and I couldn't get rid of it, that haunted me, was why. Why would he leave? What was his motive for leaving? Was it blackmail? No. Was it jealousy? No. Yesterday I found out why. He doesn't have a motive, you know why? Because he's not lying... And ladies and gentlemen of the XIXAX, ebeaman is not going to go today, no, because I'M GONNA BOOT HIM! THE HONORABLE EBEAMAN SHOULD GO RIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL!
A Devil's Advocate is someone who tests the validity of some cause or position by taking the opposing view. It comes from the Catholic church. The Devil's Advocate would argue against the canonization of saint. :(
De Niro, I suspect, just wants to mak emoney for his Producing Company Tribeca, let's hope he uses that money on more decent films than the ones he's been making. About a Boy was a good start...
On the other hand, I don't think he has given any bad performances, even in so so to bad films like Showtime...Actors like him never do roles "on their sleep". In fact, I don't think any trained actor would. Each role, no matter how stupid or flat you feel it, you always try to make it work...I say this as a stage actor...
Pacino has not been chosing that badly, ha she?? I mean, Insomnia was pretty cool, and that was a great performance from him. I haven't seen Simone or People I know, but those films were made back to back with Insomnia so we'll have to wait for the next movies. Gigli doesn't count, it's an obvious favor for Martin Brest...
On Inside the Actor's studio Christopher Walken said plain and simple: I take the first job that comes, when I'm done, I take the first one that comes...that would explain A LOT, don't you think? The man doesn't care about scrypts, he just jumps in and works all the time...
Al is good ...but lately in all of his films he always has a line where he yells in that tone of voice.ALWAYS......
of topic(a little but)is Road to Perdition the only filmwhere Hanks does not screeam and yell in that same voice (hopefully some know what i mean about this issu w/Hanks and Pacino)............
Al Pacino is Napoleon in Monster of Longwood
Source: Variety
Al Pacino will play Napoleon Bonaparte this fall in The Monster of Longwood, an adaptation of a Staton Rabin novel about the French dictator's last days and his relationship with a young British girl who befriended him after he was exiled to the isle of St. Helena.
According to Variety, Patrice Chereau (Queen Margot) is on board to direct, and he is overseeing a polish of Michael Tolkin's last draft with scribe-author Paul Auster.
However, the story is essentially the same as that of Napoleon and Betsy, a project that was just set up at Lions Gate as a star vehicle for Scarlett Johansson, with Rebecca B. Kennedy writing the script.
"Longwood" producer Howard Rosenman has retained litigator Martin Singer to halt the other project. Rosenman claims Kennedy wrote the first draft of his "Longwood" project and said Scarlett Johansson has flirted with his film since she did a reading with Pacino last fall. Furthermore, Rosenman said, Melanie Johansson, Scarlett's mother and manager, was attached as associate producer to his film and Gilles Arondeau was supposed to be its production designer.
Shooting on "Longwood" is scheduled to begin on the Isle of Man and Fiji.
thats bullcrap... i hate when they do these things... the story doesnt really seem so interesting anyways
A fine example of a man's man I must remember to invite him to my penthouse for dinner and a smoke afterwards.
Al Pacino Set for James Foley's 88 Minutes
Source: Variety
Emmett/Furla Films will finance and produce the thriller 88 Minutes, with Al Pacino set to star, reports Variety. James Foley will direct the film from Gary Scott Thompson's screenplay.
In the film, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI receives a death threat that says he has only 88 minutes to live. To save his life, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, which include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover and a serial killer on death row.
Budgeted at under $30 million, the project starts shooting in August in Vancouver.
Pacino Eyeing 'Witness' Remake
Al Pacino, who's demonstrated a flair for courtroom theatrics in movies like "... And Justice for All" and "The Devil's Advocate," could be stepping before the bar once again in a remake of the Billy Wilder classic "Witness for the Prosecution."
Although no formal offers have gone out, Pacino has shown interest in the MGM project, based on the Agatha Christie play, which Wilder shot in 1957. Charles Laughton played the lead attorney in a case in which a wife appears as a witness for the prosecution against her husband.
Veteran TV producer David E. Kelley, who applied his law degree to such TV shows as "L.A. Law," "The Practice" and current Sunday entry "Boston Legal," would write the script.
With Pacino's decision likely to depend on the choice of director, preliminary discussions have begun with Robert Benton, who most recently directed "The Human Stain." Pacino, meanwhile, will be seen in another courtroom -- albeit a period one -- when he appears in Michael Radford's "The Merchant of Venice" opening this month.
Helmer on Pacino's Minutes
Avnet on new drama.
Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes) has signed to direct Al Pacino's forthcoming dramatic 88 Minutes, according to Variety.
The film, based on a screenplay by Gary Thompson (TV's Las Vegas, The Fast and the Furious) centers around a college professor (Pacino's character) who also works as a forensic psychiatrist at the FBI.
When he receives a message saying he'll be killed in 88 minutes, he must solve the case of his own murder before it happens.
Director James Foley has been previously associated with the project.
88 Minutes will start filming on October 15th in Vancouver.
Quote from: MacGuffin88 Minutes will start filming on October 15th in Vancouver.
and to coincide, the rest of the world will watch Nick of Time, back to back seasons of 24, and read goddamn cliché scripts long ago thrown in the garbage.
this sounds worse than a remake.
They oughta just change the title to "High Concept" and get it over with.
did he ever look anything between young and old?
godfather pt 1 through scarface: young.
godfather pt 3 to present day: old.
i understand that there were 7 years and two other features between those films, but i never saw revolution or sea of love. maybe he looks somewhere between young and old in them.
anybody else notice this?
Al Pacino to direct, star in film of biblical tale 'Salome'
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Oscar-winning star Al Pacino is reportedly set to play King Herod in a movie version of Oscar Wilde's biblical drama Salome, reprising a role he has played on stage.
Pacino, 65, will also direct the tragi-comedy "Salomaybe?" while taking on the Herod role he has played on stage in both New York and Los Angeles, according to Daily Variety.
The privately-funded movie to be made this year will interweave behind-the-scenes footage from a current Los Angeles staging of Wilde's "Salome" with fictional elements.
"Al is interested in the process that actors go through and what we go through as filmmakers," Navidi told Variety.
An avid lover of traditional theatre, in 1996 Pacino made "Looking for Richard", a documentary about a stage production of William Shakespeare's play "Richard III".
Barry Navidi, who produced "Looking for Richard", will produce the new "Salomaybe".
Pacino is best known for his movie roles in "Scarface" and "The Godfather".
Al Pacino to get AFI's lifetime achievement award
Screen legend Al Pacino has been chosen for the American Film Institute's 2007 lifetime achievement award, the movie industry organization announced.
The star of classics including "The Godfather" and "Scarface" will receive the honour at a gala tribute in June next year, AFI board of trustees chairman Howard Stringer announced.
"I am moved and honored to be considered for such a prestigious award," Pacino said in a statement.
Stringer described Pacino as "an icon of American film."
"He has created some of the great characters in the movies -- from Michael Corleone to Tony Montana to Roy Cohn," Stringer said.
Al Pacino Unplugged: Actor On 'Godfather,' 'Heat' And Origin Of 'Hoo-Ah!'
Iconic actor regales small audience with stories to promote DVD release of 'Babbleonia.'
BEVERLY HILLS, California — To many, he's the greatest film actor of the past four decades; to others, his best work has been bled out on the stage. You might know him from "The Godfather" trilogy, "Scarface," "Heat," "Richard III" or simply as that old guy in "Ocean's Thirteen." Regardless, few have seen the side of Al Pacino that he recently showed a small audience of journalists and actors on the 20th Century Fox lot.
"Hi!" is how the seven-time Oscar nominee introduced himself. Wearing his trademark black, he took a director's chair, left his microphone turned off, leaned in and added with sincerity, "This is unusual, to present an audience with something like this. It's the first time for me, but I work best when people ask me questions."
The occasion was the DVD release of "Babbleonia," a compelling discussion between the 67-year-old actor and New York University film professor Richard Brown. Playing like "My Dinner With Andre" meets "Inside the Actors Studio," the Pacino flick will be released next week in a box set alongside his similarly scholarly passion projects "Chinese Coffee," "The Local Stigmatic" and "Looking for Richard." If you want to be an actor — or are simply fascinated by what makes one tick — the films are like kneeling at the feet of a bearded wise man on a mountaintop.
"I had just heard about the Actors Studio when I was a teenager, but I had acted my whole life," Pacino said, remembering the days when he came up alongside people like James Dean, Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman. "I didn't know of anything else but acting as something I wanted to do. ... I really thought there was something here that I could live through, have a life through."
During Pacino's nearly 90-minute chat, he demonstrated two things that are rare among today's actors: a larger-than-life ability to fill a room and a sheer joy at having a genuine exchange with others. Every question was answered, and Pacino kept asking for more.
"I was working with a lieutenant colonel who was teaching me the ways [of the Army]," Pacino said when asked about the origins of "hoo-ah," the trademark line of his Oscar-winning "Scent of a Woman" performance. "We worked every day, and he'd teach me how to load and unload a .45 and all this stuff. Every time I did something right, he'd go, 'Hoo-ah!' Finally, I asked, 'Where did you get that from?' And he said, 'When we were on the line, and you turned and snapped the rifle in the right way, [you'd say,] 'Hoo-ah!' So I just started doing it. It's funny where things come from."
The actor compared the phrase to another line he made famous with his Oscar-nominated role in "Dog Day Afternoon." He recalled that he and assistant director Burtt Harris came up with the idea of shouting out a certain word to incite nearby onlookers. " 'Hoo-ah' was like 'Attica!' — it wasn't in the script," he revealed. "I guess it's a fun thing about films, when they land [famous catchphrases]. But a lot of them don't land."
One of the more intriguing parts of the evening came when Pacino dared the crowd to guess the movie whose deleted scene caused critics to accuse him of overacting.
"Movies are great, and I love them, and sometimes I even like working on them," he joked. "But your performance really isn't yours.
"I was in a movie once, which will go nameless, and I did a certain thing in this movie: I based my entire character on a scene of me snorting cocaine," he continued. "And no, this isn't 'Scarface.' There was just one little scene of me chipping cocaine, so that's what I did. Well, they cut that scene out of the picture. They had their reasons for it, legitimate reasons I'm sure. But what happened is I based my character on the fact that he chipped cocaine, so my interpretation — my reactions to things — were colored by that. It's like, 'What's that guy so nervous about?' It would be the same as watching 'The Godfather' and never knowing about the gun in the toilet. I assume everybody knows that scene."
Oh boy, do we ever. While the lucky few dozen soaked it all in, Pacino peppered his language with references to everything from Marlon Brando to Charlize Theron, " ... And Justice for All" to "The Devil's Advocate," and much more.
"I spent countless hours just trying to figure out where Michael Corleone goes and how he develops to try to figure him out," Pacino recalled of his iconic "Godfather" character, urging the actors in attendance to do their homework. "He was a very difficult character to portray. I thought he was a great character, of course, but when they told me I had the role, I thought, 'How am I gonna do this? This is the hardest part I've ever had.' You see him come out of nowhere and become ultimately an enigma. At the end of that movie, you don't know who he is."
"Directors?" he answered, when asked about the people who've helped make his classics. "Well, you gotta have 'em. There's a big difference between Francis Coppola, who says, 'What do you want to do?' and Sidney Lumet, who says, 'Go here and go there. Do this and do that.' "
Eager to offer his recollections of both the stage and screen, Pacino delivered enough gems to fill five articles. But for fans of the greatest heist flick of this generation, no Pacino remembrance would be complete without a few words about the scene that had him finally sitting down opposite another living legend.
"In 'Heat,' for the scene with Robert De Niro and me, that was completely scripted," Pacino recalled. "There were no rehearsals. I just met him there. I know him very well — there was no rehearsing there."
Earlier, Pacino had mulled over the oddity of film crews who applaud a successful stunt yet rarely acknowledge actors who pull off work more subtle but equally daring. So naturally, he was asked whether those fortunate few on the set of "Heat" realized they had just watched the making of an all-time classic scene.
"Well, I'm getting older and I can't remember," Pacino said, widening his eyes and flashing his famous grin. "I'd like to think that they did applaud. But I bet you they didn't."
Al Pacino set to play Napoleon
Actor joins film adaptation of 'Betsy and the Emperor'
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Al Pacino, who has long been interested in tackling the character of Napoleon, is on tap to play the French emperor in a screen adaptation of Staton Rabin's children's book "Betsy and the Emperor."
GC Corp., the venture capital fund headed by Adi Cohen and Joseph Grinkorn, has picked up rights to the project that had been held by the Bob Yari Co. GC, which will secure financing, has assigned "Betsy" to Killer Films, with plans to begin filming in late autumn.
John Curran ("The Painted Veil") is attached to direct from a screenplay by Brian Edgar.
Producing are Killer Films' Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler as well as Zvi Howard Rosenman, Colleen Camp and Fonda Snyder. Cohen and John Wells will serve as exec produce.
This has snoozefest written all over it.
Quote from: Stefen on April 08, 2009, 03:47:49 PM
This has snoozefest written all over it.
Not at all. I'm pumped to see it because Al Pacino, one of our great aging actors, at least has the gull to want to take on these roles. Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall are fighting classic definitions of leading man with continually taking on character actor roles, but Pacino is going the route of Laurence Olivier and taking on the roles that beg for the greatest challenges and spotlights. As Olivier once said, the greatest actor isn't the best actor, but the one willing to take on all the great roles. It's to our benefit that Pacino has the talent to warrant these headlining roles. The question will be if he will ever get to do perform King Lear which I would die to see.
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on April 08, 2009, 03:57:13 PM
Quote from: Stefen on April 08, 2009, 03:47:49 PM
This has snoozefest written all over it.
Not at all. I'm pumped to see it because Al Pacino, one of our great aging actors, at least has the gull to want to take on these roles. Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall are fighting classic definitions of leading man with continually taking on character actor roles, but Pacino is going the route of Laurence Olivier and taking on the roles that beg for the greatest challenges and spotlights. As Olivier once said, the greatest actor isn't the best actor, but the one willing to take on all the great roles. It's to our benefit that Pacino has the talent to warrant these headlining roles. The question will be if he will ever get to do perform King Lear which I would die to see.
totally agreed. and you're kind with de niro. this is old of course but the cynical way in which the guy has become a major whore will never stop breaking my heart. it would be fine if, like Pacino, from time to time he had the impulse to truly sink himself in something truly difficult and soul searching, like napoleon. pacino also whores himself out but he makes choices, most of them actually, based on his enthusiasm with the material. and to see him perform is truly to see a pro in love with his craft and with doing it. he will keep kicking major ass till his death.