Al Pacino one of his most famous characters, Michael Corleone, in "The Godfather Part III" (1990). The film received mixed reviews, and had problems in pre-production due to script rewrites and the withdrawal of actors shortly before production. In 1991, Pacino starred in "Frankie and Johnny" with Michelle Pfeiffer, who co-starred with Pacino in "Scarface". Pacino portrays a recently paroled cook who begins a relationship with a waitress (Pfeiffer) in the diner where they work. It was adapted by Terrence McNally from his own Off-Broadway play "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" (1987), that featured Kenneth Welsh and Kathy Bates.
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder & Stoughton. ) is a 1988 autobiographical crime book written by Joseph D. Pistone (assisted by Richard Woodley) about his story as an FBI agent going undercover and infiltrating the Mafia. In 1997, the book was made into a feature film titled "Donnie Brasco", starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Louis DiGiaimo, a casting director who worked on "The Godfather" and a childhood friend of Pistone, consulted on the book and film. The book was re-released in a second edition the same year