Al Pacino in the equally successful sequels "The Godfather Part II" (1974) and "The Godfather Part III" (1990). Pacino's performance as Michael Corleone in these films is regarded as one of the greatest screen performances in film history. Pacino received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for "Serpico" (1973); he was also nominated for "The Godfather Part II", "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) and "...And Justice for All" (1979), and won the award in 1993 for his performance as blind Lieutenant Colonel Slade in "Scent of a Woman" (1992). For his performances in "The Godfather", "Dick Tracy" (1990), and "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992),
Glengarry Glen Ross (film) Cinema over the course of four years. Al Pacino originally wanted to do the play on Broadway, but at the time he was doing another Mamet production, "American Buffalo", in London. He expressed interest in appearing in the film adaptation. In 1989, Tokofsky asked Jack Lemmon to act in the film. During this time, Kershner dropped out to make another film, as did Pacino. Alec Baldwin, who also attached, left the project over a contract disagreement. James Foley's agent sent Foley Mamet's screenplay in early 1991, but Foley was hesitant to direct because he "wanted great actors, people with movie