Southern accent
Is it just me or was Pacino trying to pass himself off as Bubba in this movie? It makes no sense; he's a New York press agent. Why would he be speaking in a southern drawl?
shareThe character explains that he's from Georgia. I think they were trying to portray him as a Southern boy caught up in the (first Hollywood and now) NYC entertainment world. I didn't care for the accent though.
shareIt was a fairly unconvincing character. Which, in Al Pacino's case, is saying a lot.
shareI thought it was one of the worst accents ever in a movie. Didn't come off as authentic at all.
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I actually think his accent is on target - I know someone who is from Alabama and moved to NY and what comes out of their mouths after 15 years isn't too far from what Pacino sounds like here.
I think sometimes it can be hard to lose yourself in an accent if you know the actor. There are people in real life who just have the strangest accents and if you saw them in a movie, you'd be like......."sounds fake". lol
Anyway, I think he's close to being great in this movie - I'd rather see him do this kind of character work than "The Recruit" and "88 Minutes".
Pretty good movie - very good performance.
I agree w/Pacinoyes: I am a Yankee, with relatives who lived in New York City for years (been there over 30 times), who lived in Tennessee for 3 years! The accent was perfect. He definitely claimed it.
But, I think everything Pacino does is perfect! He's my favorite actor.
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." George "Dubya" Bush
I knew a woman from Georgia who sounded very similar, so I'm guessing it's a real accent, although likely not a widespread one. I will say, though, that it's one of the most irritating accents I've known.
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