When Fidel Castro opens the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, he sends 125,000 Cuban refugees to reunite with their relatives in the United States. Among all the refugees, there is one who wants it all, his name is Tony Montana. Tony and his friend Manny arrive in the United States and start in small time jobs. Soon, they are hired by Omar Suarez to pay money to a group of Colombians. When the deal goes wrong, Tony and Manny leave with the money and succeed in their job. Soon Tony meets with drug kingpin Frank Lopez and falls for his boss's girl, Elvira. Pretty soon Tony will know that those who want it all, do not last forever; that is the price of power. The world will know Montana by one name....SCARFACE.
Written by Emphinix
The Spanish title of the film, "El Precio del Poder", literally translates to "The Price of Power".
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When in the bathtub, the flying "pelican" that Tony tells Manny to watch on TV is actually a flamingo.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Fidel Castro:
...al esfuerzo y al heroísmo de una revolución... ¡No los queremos! ¡No los necesitamos!
[translated... to the effort and heroism of a revolution... We don't want them! We don't need them!]
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Crazy Credits
We see a proverb at the beginning of the movie that says:
"Enjoy yourself, every day above ground is a good day."
ANONYMOUS, MIAMI 1981
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