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SCORSESE MADE TWO NODS TO SCARFACE IN THE DEPARTED

posted 8 years ago by archer6749

February 16, 2007

BACKSTORY
Martin Scorsese made two nods to the original Scarface: During killings, an X is seen in the frame: Scarface’s Paul Muni whistles the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor-the opera Jack Nicholson’s character sees (it’s his ringtone, too.)