| He is partly based on , the protagonist of the original novel and the | Wikiquote has quotations related to: |
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| Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers, and boxer to attain the body type that he wanted for the role | Embodying the rise from the bottom to the top, Tony Montana has become a cultural icon and is one of the most famous movie characters of all time |
The carnage continues until Sosa's top assassin "the Skull" sneaks up behind him and shoots him in the back.
14| After one month in the camp, Frank Lopez, head of a Miami drug cartel, offers to obtain green cards in return for murdering Emilio Rebenga | Eventually, Tony is able to eliminate all his competition in Miami and reestablish his empire, before travelling to the to help a cocaine producer called "The Sandman", who in turn sells him his plantation |
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| At The Babylon nightclub, Tony is shaken down by corrupt narcotics detective Mel Bernstein, who informs him he has evidence linking Tony to the murders of Rebenga and the Colombian drug dealers | However, cracks in Tony's "American dream" begin to form as both he and Elvira become addicted to cocaine |
However, because of a -style tattoo on his right hand, which indicates that he was an in prison, his request is denied.
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