Carlito's Way child and start a new life. As he is wheeled away on a gurney, Carlito stares at a billboard with a Caribbean beach and a picture of a woman. The billboard then comes to life in his mind, and the woman, who is Gail, starts dancing as Carlito dies. Pacino first heard about Carlito Brigante in a YMCA gym in New York City in 1973. Pacino was working out for his movie "Serpico" when he met New York state supreme court Judge Edwin Torres (the author who was writing the novels "Carlito's Way" and "After Hours"). When the novels were
Al Pacino to snap. He is all brooding menace and crocodile grimace, butchering his way to the top with unnervingly sinister glee." Pacino returned to the stage in the summer of 2010, playing Shylock in the Shakespeare in the Park production, "The Merchant of Venice". The acclaimed production moved to Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in October, earning US$1 million at the box office in its first week. The performance also garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Pacino starred in the 30th-anniversary Broadway revival of David Mamet's classic play, "Glengarry Glen Ross", which ran from