Q 01/05

Who directed the 1983 Scarface?

A) Martin Scorsese

B) Brian De Palma

C) Oliver Stone

D) Francis Ford Coppola

Answer · why

B) Brian De Palma

He was Martin Bregman's replacement for Sidney Lumet, who had first been attached.

Q 02/05

Who wrote the screenplay for the 1983 Scarface?

A) David Mamet

B) Robert Towne

C) Oliver Stone

D) Paul Schrader

Answer · why

C) Oliver Stone

He researched it while fighting his own cocaine habit and moved to Paris to write it clean.

Q 03/05

Where did the screenwriter go to write the script, believing he could not kick his addiction in the US?

A) Rome

B) Mexico City

C) London

D) Paris

Answer · why

D) Paris

He has said the film's cocaine paranoia came straight out of his own experience.

Q 04/05

Which director was originally attached to the 1983 film before being replaced?

A) Bob Fosse

B) Sidney Lumet

C) William Friedkin

D) Michael Cimino

Answer · why

B) Sidney Lumet

Lumet's idea to make Tony a Cuban refugee survived his departure.

Q 05/05

Who produced the 1983 Scarface?

A) Jerry Bruckheimer

B) Dino De Laurentiis

C) Robert Evans

D) Martin Bregman

Answer · why

D) Martin Bregman

Bregman was also Al Pacino's longtime manager and produced Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon.

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