I don’t know when I first realized De Niro and Pacino had never been in a movie together (really together)–it was long before Heat; their pairing doesn’t exactly seem obvious (both were always leading men), but something about their acting pedigree just made it seem natural. For example, Pacino’s never made a film with Scorsese […]
Entries Tagged as 'Al Pacino'
Righteous Kill (2008, Jon Avnet)
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tagged: Al Pacino· Brian Dennehy· Jon Avnet· Overture Films· Robert De Niro· Russell Gewirtz· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
88 Minutes (2007, Jon Avnet)
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Al Pacino has reached the point William Forsythe has supporting roles in his movies. That facet just about sums up 88 Minutes, which would have been a great late 1990s Dimension movie, maybe even with Pacino, and all those young actors Miramax had on call (I’m thinking it would have been most effective with Neve […]
Tagged: Al Pacino· Gary Scott Thompson· Jon Avnet· Tri-Star Pictures· ★
The Godfather: Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
May 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Francis Ford Coppola created the modern film sequel with The Godfather: Part II. I wonder how people who’ve never seen the first one understand the second one. I was talking to a friend about it and he described it as the best filmic account of “the darkening of a man’s heart.” I hadn’t seen it […]
Tagged: Al Pacino· Francis Ford Coppola· Mario Puzo· Paramount Pictures· Robert De Niro· Robert Duvall· ★★★★
The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
April 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Talking about The Godfather earnestly has got to be hard. Also talking about it not in relation to its sequel–which happens less and less these days, something I’m going to blame on the sequel discussion scene in Scream 2. It’s stunningly unsurprising. My most profound observations this viewing–and its been ten years or so, since […]
Tagged: Al Pacino· Francis Ford Coppola· James Caan· Mario Puzo· Marlon Brando· Paramount Pictures· Robert Duvall· Sterling Hayden· ★★★★



