Tony Montana
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Antonio "Tony" Montana is the main character in Brian DePalma's 1983 remake of the movie Scarface, played by Al Pacino.
"In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun washed avenues of Miami... wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana but the world will remember him by another name... Scarface".
Tony Montana was a Cuban refugee arriving on the Mariel Boatlift who quickly entered a life of crime and underwent a meteoric rise to the top of Miami's criminal underworld, feared for his willingness to kill anyone who got in his way, before an equally meteoric fall. During his time on top, Montana was highly addicted to cocaine.
Montana became a powerful drug lord after violently eliminating all of his competition, including his one-time mentor, Frank Lopez, whose girlfriend, Elvira Hancock, Montana then promptly married. The marriage was rocky, marked by vicious, drug-fueled arguments, and Montana's new wife grew to despise him.
In his rush to have it all, Montana failed to acquire Lopez's experience and business acumen, and soon he was facing criminal charges for tax evasion and money laundering. Determined to not to spend any time in prison, Montana sought the aid of powerful crimelord Alejandro Sosa. But Sosa demanded a heavy price: he wanted Montana to assassinate a political enemy. Montana failed to carry out the contract, and Sosa vowed to destroy him.
The one person Montana cared anything for was his sister, Gina. She began dating his best friend and business partner, Manny, in secret, terrified of what her brother would do to them if he found out. The couple eventually married, thinking that joining together respectably would win Montana's approval; when Montana found them together, however, he flew into a rage and killed Manny by shooting him in the stomach with a pistol, without knowing about the wedding.
The very same night, Sosa's henchmen invaded Montana's house and opened fire on him, killing Gina by mistake. In one last act of defiance, Montana went to the top of his balcony and opened fire on his would-be assassins with an M16 and an M203 grenade launcher. As he sprayed the house with gunfire, however, a gunman shot and killed him from behind. In this scene Tony delivered the famous line, "Say hello to my little friend."
His remorseless antics put him high on the list of people's villians list, as they marvelled his quick rise to the top of organized crime. Many people, especially those in the hip-hop world, see him as an icon.
Memorable Quotes
- "I'm Tony Montana! You fuck wit' me, you fuckin' wit' da best!"
- "Say 'ello to my little frien'!"
- "I neva fucked anybody over in my life, who didn't have it comin' to 'im, you got that? All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one, jou understand?"
- "Manolo, shoot dat piece of shit for me."
- "Fuck Gaspar Gomez, and fuck the fuckin' Diaz brothers! Fuck'em all! I bury those cock-a-roaches!"
- "You know what capitalism is? Gettin' fucked!"
- "For a green card, I gonna carve 'im up real nice."
- "Say goodnight to the bad guy"
- "Well you stupid fuck, look at you now!"
- "Why don't you try stickin' jou head up jour ass -- see if it fits."