As the star of ‘Scarface’ and ‘The Godfather’ turns 80, Martin Chilton looks back at his drunken early years and his ascent to Oscar-winning glory
A forgotten gem in Pacino’s filmography, Scarecrow offers a bristling display of the actor’s full-range of talents. Here, director Jerry Schatzberg pairs him up with Gene Hackman for an odd-couple comedy about two drifters who travel from California to Pittsburgh to start a car wash business. They’re at odds, but harmonious. Hackman plays the brutish lothario, while Pacino is the wounded clown. He’s jittery, but sweet and sensitive in ways he rarely got to explore in later roles.
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