SCENT OF A WOMAN

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1992
CAST:  Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn
DIRECTOR:  Martin Brest
WRITER:  Giovanni Arpino, Bo Goldman

PLOT:  A prep school student in need of some money takes a job as a babysitter for a blind man.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Devil's Advocate, Philadelphia, Awakenings

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Al Pacino

Name:  Alfredo James Pacino

AKA:  Al Pacino

Date of birth:  April 25, 1940

From:  New York City, NY

Specialty:  Actor, director, screenwriter, producer

Al Pacino Inside The Actors Studio

AL PACINO FILMS YOU CAN'T MISS

Scarface
Crime Drama Thriller

The Devil's Advocate
Drama Mystery Thriller

Dog Day Afternoon
Crime Drama

Scent of a Woman
Drama

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1975
CAST:  Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning
DIRECTOR:  Sidney Lumet
WRITER:  P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Frank Pierson, Leslie Waller

PLOT:  When Sonny hastily decides to rob a bank with the help of two friends for money for his male lover's sex change things go horribly wrong right from the beginning.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Point Break, Inside Man, Scarface

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SCARFACE

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1983
CAST:  Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer
DIRECTOR:  Brian De Palma
WRITER:  Oliver Stone, Armitage Trail, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks

PLOT:  Set in Miami during the 80s a determined Cuban immigrant takes over the cocaine drug scene.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Blow, Carlito's Way, Goodfellas

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THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
DIRECTOR:  Taylor Hackford
WRITER:  Andrew Neiderman, Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy

PLOT:  A young rising lawyer is recruited by an esteemed firm led by Lucifer himself.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Constantine,  Jacob's Ladder, The Omen

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