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Pacino

British  
/ pəˈtʃiːnəʊ /

noun

  1. Al, full name Alfredo James Pacino born 1940, US film actor; his films include The Godfather (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Scent of a Woman (1992), for which he won an Oscar, and Insomnia (2002)

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One of Oseguera’s brothers, Antonio, known as Tony Montana after the Al Pacino character in the movie “Scarface,” was in charge of acquiring heavy weapons, according to a recent report by the Mexican Attorney General’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said through the years that was because the film’s star, Al Pacino, was to be paid five times as much as he was.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Pacino had only made two to three times as much, he told Bob Costas, “that would be acceptable, but not ideal.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Of course, retweeting photos of attractive male celebrities doesn’t mean you’re attracted to men in real life — I have saved more fan edits of Al Pacino and Michael B. Jordan than I’d like to admit.

From Salon

Van Sant sees the parallels between Kiritsis and “Dog Day Afternoon’s” populist bank robber Sonny Wortzik — heck, he’s even stunt-cast Pacino as the fat-cat financier — but the film doesn’t appear to have the budget to examine how Kiritsis’ anger fires up the cash-strapped masses.

From Los Angeles Times