Scarface (1983 film) to leave the antihero floating face down in a literal bloodbath." The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers a contemporary interpretation of the film's reception, providing an 81% approval rating from 68 critics – an average rating of 7.4/10 – with the following consensus: "Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess." Metacritic gives it an average score of 65/100. "Scarface" was released theatrically in North America on December 9, 1983. The film earned
Samuel De Palma De Palma held this office from February 7, 1969 until June 20, 1973. De Palma left government service in 1973, becoming international analysis unit director of ITT Corporation. He retired in 1983. In retirement, De Palma was president of the American and international committees of the Community of Democracies. He lived in Bethesda, Maryland until his death from pneumonia on March 21, 2002. Samuel De Palma Samuel De Palma (June 22, 1918 – March 21, 2002) was an official in the United States Department of State. De Palma was born in Rochester, New York. He was educated at the University