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Universal once tried to slap a rap soundtrack on the movie until De Palma blocked it

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While Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack to the 1983 crime epic Scarface is considered a classic, Universal once tried to replace it with hip-hop. While far from a smash hit in its original 1983 theatrical release, Brian De Palma’s Scarface, over time, became seen as a classic. The rise of home video played a big role, with … Read more

Schrader suggests his feud with De Palma is out of his hands

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Paul Schrader and Brian De Palma had a falling out nearly 50 years ago when making Obsession and it may never be patched up. The Movie Brats of the New Hollywood took Hollywood by storm beginning in the late ‘60s, blasting through the studios and marking their territory in modern cinema. Scorsese, Bogdanovich, Ashby, Friedkin, … Read more