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 bordering on glee." In 1997's "Donnie Brasco", Pacino played gangster "Lefty" in the true story of undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp) and his work in bringing down the Mafia from the inside. In 1999, Pacino starred as "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman in the multi-Oscar nominated "The Insider" opposite Russell Crowe, and in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday". Pacino has not received another Academy Award nomination since winning for "Scent of a Woman", but has won three Golden Globes since the year 2000, the first being the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001 for lifetime achievement in motion