Best of (birthday boy) Al Pacino

[ColinM]

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I know there have probably been about a kajillion Best of Al Pacino threads before, but today is the man's 63rd birthday, and so I thought we could celebrate by posting our Top Ten lists of this truly brilliant actor. Here's mine...

Top Ten Al Pacino Performances
1) Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy
2) Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon
3) "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy
4) Will Dormer in Insomnia
5) Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman
6) Lt. Vincent Hanna in Heat
7) Arthur Kirkland in ...And Justice for All
8) Richard "Ricky" Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross
9) Lowell Bergman in The Insider
10) Tony Montana in Scarface

Top Ten Al Pacino Movies
1) The Godfather (10/10)
2) Heat (9/10)
3) The Godfather: Part II (9/10)
4) Glengarry Glen Ross (9/10)
5) Dog Day Afternoon (8/10)
6) The Godfather: Part III (8/10)
7) The Insider (8/10)
8) Dick Tracy (8/10)
9) Scarface (8/10)
10) Insomnia (7/10)

I have not yet seen Serpico or Carlito's Way. :(

[BakeTheMooCow]

Al Pacino overacts too much and its often distracting enough to make me lose interest in a movie.


His best performance (and film) is Glengarry Glen Ross.

[Mad Maggot]

Well Al is easily one of the best actors ever. Btw, happy birthday Al ;)

Top10 movies:

Scent of a Woman
The Godfather (I, II and III)
Scarface
Carlito's Way
Heat
Dog Day Afternoon
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Insider
Devil's Advocate
Serpico

Top3 performaces:

Scent of a Woman
The Godfather
Heat

[zsofika]

insominia
two bits
devil advocate
scent of a woman
the recruit.....happy 63 years young...

a man who actually gets younger as he gets older..
as it should be...boom boom birthday guy

thanks for many years of manly manly..

[rupert pupkin]

I agree with you bake

His hamming and shouting has become a bore

truly fabulous in the godfather but has not better that performance if truth be told

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

Happy Birthday Al

I'm sure your reading this :)

TOP TEN PERFORMANCES

1. Michael Corleone - THE GODFATHER TRILOGY
2. Vincent Hannah - HEAT
3. Sonny - DOG DAY AFTERNOON
4. Carlito Brigante - CARLITO'S WAY
5. Lowell Bergman - THE INSIDER
6. Big Boy Caprice - DICK TRACY
7. Tony Montana - SCARFACE
8. Lt. Col. Frank Slade - THE SCENT OF A WOMAN
9. Richard Roma - GLENGARRY GLEN CROSS
10. Will Dormer - INSOMNIA

[bankholdup]

Top 10 Al Pacino Films:
1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather, Pt. II
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Dick Tracy
5. Scarface
6. Glengarry Glen Ross
7. Serpico
8. Insomnia
9. The Godfather, Pt. III
10. Heat

[The Claw]

Serpico
Insomnia
Scent of a Woman
Dick Tracy

that's all i've seen. I need to see more.

[MickeyKnox]

1.The Godfather
2.The Godfather Part II
3.Dog Day Afternoon
4.Heat
5.Scarface
6.Serpico
7.Carlito's Way
8.Glengarry Glen Ross
9. The Panic In Needle Park
10.Donnie Brasco
11.The Insider
12.And Justice For All
13.Insomnia
14.Dick Tracey
15.Scent Of A Women
16.The Godfather Part III

[bob]

Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon is tops for me, my favorite performance EVER.

[Brock-Landers]

Tony Montana in SCARFACE!

[Hannibal21]

PERFORMANCES:
1. The Godfather I and II
2. Scarface
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. The Insider
5. The Godfather Part III
6. Donnie Brasco
7. The Insider
8. Scent of a Woman
9. Dick Tracy
10. Glengarry Glen Ross

FILMS:
1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. The Godfather Part III
5. Scent of a Woman
6. The Insider
7. Donnie Brasco
8. And Justice for All
9. Glengarry Glen Ross
10. Scarface (I didn't enjoy this movie as much as the others did)

Haven't seen Heat yet.

[Hucksta G]

Best Pacino Films:

The Godfather (10/10)
The Godfather part 2 (10/10)
Heat (9/10)
Donnie Brasco (9/10)
The Devil's Advocate (7/10)
Any Given Sunday (7/10)

I cant believe thats all the Pacino films I've seen :o

[Cosimo]

Performances

Godfather1, 2
Serpico
Scarface
Dog Day Afternoon
Scent Of A Woman
Insomnia
The Insider
Donnie Brasco
Heat

Films

Godfather 1,2
Heat
Scarface
The Insider
Serpico
Dog Day Afternoon
Donnie Brasco
Insomnia
Scent Of A Woman