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how... the *beep* was pacino not nominated?


Silly or not, that is one hell of a performance. Pacino for sure has deserved 3 oscar wins for: Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather, and Scarface.

Those 3 are landmark performances that are completely distinct. He got basically what is an honorary Oscar for Scent of a Woman which isn't a remarkable film apart from him. How he did not get nominated for Scarface is unbelievable.

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"Scarface" was way too controversial for the Academy to touch. They tend to shy away from films like this. They are pussies. This movie is extremely politically incorrect as well, and it offended a LOT of people upon release, especially Cuban-Americans. This was made in 1983, when all this stuff was actually going on. It just made people uncomfortable. It even made people sick; I'm sure that's why the Academy neglected it. Anyway it doesn't matter because we all know that is all meaningless BS anyway..

Fabio Testi is GOD

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You forgot TGF2

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