Al Pacino stars as the Cuban refugee, Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and incestuous desire for his kid sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) prove his undoing. ... The plot is generally the same as the original, including the implied incestuous relationship with his younger sister. ... One less sexually charged than the relationship between Montana and his sister Gina (Mastrantonio), but unsurprisingly for a Stone-scripted film, the boys tend to have all the fun; partying, spen...

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Ruth's sisters persuaded her to take care of them, and other family members provided housing and financial support for the King family in Durham. ... But as luck would have it, Tabitha, rescued it and persuaded him to continue and in 1974, Doubleday published Carrie, which became a bestseller and a hit 1976 movie, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek. ...

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• Grade Level: High School