“In the early ’90s, I would start getting recognized on the street by rappers. “‘Scarface’ was dead and buried until hip-hop rediscovered it,” says the 61-year-old actor. ![]() But as Steven Bauer (who played Montana’s sidekick, Manny Ribera) tells The Post, it was hip-hop culture that did the most to restore it to prominence. Thirty-five years later, the movie is lauded as a classic, and it’s being given a special anniversary screening Thursday at the Beacon Theatre, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. The Post’s headline at the time simply called it a “pointless bloodbath.” “An overblown B-movie,” was New York Magazine’s assessment of De Palma’s ultra-violent depiction of Cuban immigrant Tony Montana (played by Al Pacino) and his rise through the drug world. ![]() Brian De Palma’s “Scarface” has a rightfully earned reputation as a blood-fest, but the reviews it received upon release in 1983 were almost as gory.
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