Scarface (novel) that follows a Mexican immigrant's rise in the criminal underworld as he strives for the American Dream. On August 10, 2016, Deadline Hollywood reported that Antoine Fuqua was in talks to direct the film. On September 28, 2016, "Variety" reported that Terence Winter would be penning the script for the film. Scarface (novel) Scarface is a novel written by Armitage Trail in 1929 and published in 1930. The 1932 film "Scarface" was based on it. The twenty-eight year-old author died suddenly of a heart attack in 1930. The book's storyline is heavily inspired by the real life gangster Al Capone
Scarface (1983 film) one night only on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. A twenty-minute documentary on how the film impacted the world today also featured. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Instead of using music from the period in which the film was set, the generic music in "Scarface" was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly of muzak-like synthesized new wave, electronic music. De Palma says that he has repeatedly denied Universal's requests to release the film with a "pop" score because he feels that Moroder's score is adequate.