Scarface was Based on Al Capone?

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Answer 1

Depends on which "Scarface" you mean.

Here's the old (1932) one:

"Loosely based on the career of Al Capone.

Screenwriter 'Ben Hecht' was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the city's Prohibition-era gangsters, including Al Capone. During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone. Hecht assured them it wasn't, saying that the character Tony Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo and Charles Dion O'Bannion. "Then why is the movie called Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think it's about Capone!" "That's the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the movie Scarface, people will think it's about Capone and come to see it. It's part of the racket we call show business." The Capone hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated.

Al Capone was rumored to have liked the film so much that he had his own copy of it.

The sign outside Camonte's apartment says "The World Is Yours". That was also prominently used in this film's 1983 remake.

Many of the events in the film are based upon the life of Al Capone and the Chicago gang wars of the 1920s. In order, the most prominent are: 1. When Tony kills his boss, "Big Louie" Costillo in the lobby of his club is based on when Capone killed his first boss, "Big Jim" Colosimo. 2. Guino (George Raft) comes into Tony's apartment wearing a flower in his coat lapel and we learn he killed rival boss, O'Hara. In real life, Capone's men killed Dion O'Bannon in his flower shop. 3. When Gaffney (Boris Karloff) leads a caravan of cars in a drive-by shooting at Tony in a restaurant. That was based on an incident in 1927 when Capone's rival, Hymie Wiess, did the same thing to him. 4. When Johnny Lovo tries to get Tony killed in a car chase. That comes from the demise of Capone's allies, the Genna Brothers. 5. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929."

Here's the 1983 version:
"Scarface is a 1983 motion picture remake of the 1932 Howard Hawks gangster film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a fictional Cuban refugee who comes to Florida in 1980 as a result of the Mariel Boatlift.
Scarface was directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Martin Bergman, and written by now famed director Oliver Stone while he battled a cocaine addiction. Stone consulted the Miami police and the Drug Enforcement Agency while writing the film, incorporating many true crimes into the film (one set of crime scene photos Stone was shown depicted a man who had been dismembered with a chainsaw and stuffed into an aluminum trashcan). Also, there is some controversy regarding the origin of the character Tony Montana. Some people believe that the character was originally based on a wrestler who appeared in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1970s. Incidentally, Scott Hall recently confirmed in an interview with the Pro Wrestling Torch that he based his popular 1990s character "Razor Ramon" whole-cloth on the character Tony Montana. Writer Oliver Stone claims in an interview first featured on the Collector's Edition DVD release, that he took the character's last name from his favorite football player at the time - Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers.
The film was originally to be filmed in Florida but it received criticism from the Cuban community, which objected to the film's representation of Cubans as drug dealers. Also, leaders in the Cuban community wanted Stone and the movie's producers to include scenes which would show Anti-Castro activity in Miami as part of the movie's plot. After protracted negotiations over the script, the producers ultimately refused to give in to their demands, saying that the film was about cocaine and not the politics of Castro's Cuba. As a result, numerous employees who worked on the films received death threats."



So, the first (1932) Scarface was "loosely based" on Capone's life and times. But the second (1983) one owes almost nothing to Capone.

Answer 2

Yes, both films are based on Armatage Trail's original novel, which was the Author's thinly veiled biography of Al Capone. The 1983 film updates the character to a modern day Cuban drug dealer, but other than that the basic story and plot remains the same, especially in relation to the family subplot involving Tony's mother, sister and his best friend. The second film doesn't retain the Prohibition setting, bringing the story instead roaring into the 1980s, but the theme of a Capone style rags to riches Gangster story remains intact from the novel regardless of what others think. The character ultimately was inspired by Capone.

Answer 3

Scar face the movie, has nothing to do with Al Capone a 1920s Chicago mobster. In scar face it deals with drugs. Al Capone was organized crime or Mafia who made their money through gambling, prostitution and alcohol. It was felt during his time that dealing in drugs would cause them to lose support of the politicians and police officers that were on their payroll.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

No
The only similar aspects are that that were both mobsters.One real the other not. Tony Montana and Al Capone have nothing to do with each other.

Answer 6

yes, thats true

Answer 7

NO !