Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia And 7 Other Movies You Might Not Know Are Remakes

Scarface – 1983 (Scarface – 1932)

And then there is Brian De Palma’s 1983 crime masterpiece Scarface, which surprise, surprise, is a remake of a film of the same name that came out more than 50 years earlier. Both films focus on up-and-coming gangsters (Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the remake, Paul Muni as Antonio “Tony” Carmonte in the original), but each film is set in a different location. While the 1983 version is set in the steamy and sunny Miami, the original uses Chicago as its backdrop, but besides that and a few situations, there’s not a lot of differences. Both versions of the “Tony” character are inspired by flashing signs that read “The World Is Yours,” even if they have to lose everything in order to achieve their ultimate goal.

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