This movie was filmed in Miami, Florida, California, New York,
Synopsis
Scarface follows gangster Tony Montana (Al Pacino) and his close friend Manny Ray (Steven Bauer)
from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. After killing a
powerful Cuban figure, Montana and company gain the ability to leave their refugee
camps and roam around the U.S. After unsuccessfully trying to make it legitamately in
the country, Montana and Ray resort to selling cocaine to dealers around the world.
Tony's rise is quick, but as he becomes more powerful, his enemies and his own
paranoia begin to plague his empire.
Below are the THEN and NOW
shots of the filming locations used
in Brian De Palma,
Scarface. The now shots are taken
accordingly during our recent visit
to the place (2007) while the then shots (1983)
are the still images from the movie. This
is a direct visual comparison of how
the filming locations have changed over
time. Some places and buildings are
now totally unrecognizable due to massive
development and area progress while
some have undergone the opposite direction
towards deterioration and decay. Some
places, however, have stayed intact
as they were, unaffected by the passage
of weather and time.
The order below is the same order
from the beginning to the end of the
movie. If you can provide further information
or help me locate the missing links,
it will be greatly appreciated. These
are all my personal observations and
any form of constructive criticism or
informative suggestion would be most
welcome. Roly – Filming Locations Detectives
The opening scene, which has the (archive footage) from the migration.
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We were unable to find this filming location, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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The Interment camp
After the arrival of Tony Montana (Al Pacino) Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) and the crew they are held in the Interment camp before the papers could be filled in.
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The Interment camp was filmed in Los Angeles and not Florida under the freeway interchanges at the junction of I-10 the Santa Monica Freeway and I 110, the Harbor Freeway, downtown LA behind the new Convention Center.
Unfortunately we were unable to vist LA on this trip, if you can help in this department please let us know!
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The Dish washer
This where Tony and Manny go and work – Tony Montana the Dish Washer.
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This was recreated at Little Tokyo in downtown LA.
Unfortunately we were unable to vist LA on this trip, if you can help in this department please let us know!
We were unable to find this filming location, if you recognise the
harbour or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Frank Lopez house
Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) house
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We were unable to find this filming location, if you recognise the
harbour or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
This is where Tony first meets Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer)
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Thanks to Mike over at
Movie Shot's LA
who was kind enough to tell me that the Babylon Club is soundstage 25 at Universal Studios, Hollywood.
If you have any photo's of Universal Studios, Hollywood Sound Stages, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Money and the Power
This is the hotel where Manny gives Tony a lession in American women and how to pull them!
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The hotel is located at Fontainebleau Hilton Resort - 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. You can not see the beach now as a boardwalk as been built linking all the hotels from the carpark
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The pool scene
Manny acting cool by the pool
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The hotel is located at Fontainebleau Hilton Resort - 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. It still looks the same as in 1980's
We were unable to find this filming location, if you recognise the
car showroom or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
Thanks to Mike over at
Movie Shot's LA
who was kind enough to tell me that this house is located in Wilmington, CA.
If you have any photo's of Universal Studios, Hollywood Sound Stages, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
This estate is called Rococo Spanish Hacienda, located in the town of Montecito a few miles from Santa Barbara.
We were unable to visit LA, however if you have photos of this location, could you
please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Lopez Motors
This is Lopez motors.
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We found this totally by accident, this is now called Braman Motors, however no one could confirm this, I have to go by my gut feeling.
This is Franks's hideaway, where Elvira plays hard to get
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We were unable to find this filming location, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Tri American City Bank
Tri American City Bank, is where Tony and his crew bank all of their money
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Thanks to Mike over at
Movie Shot's LA
who was kind enough to let us use these images of the bank used in the filming. This bank is located in Located in San Fernando Valley on Ventura Blvd, Encino, Los Angeles
Thanks Mike
Montana Management Company is a respectible front for Tony
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While zooming in on this building, we noticed it has 9401 Brickell Ave on the front of the building.
We could not find this address in Florida, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
Montana Travel Company is another enterprise of Tony's
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While zooming in on this building, we noticed it has 9401 Brickell Ave on the front of the building.
We could not find this address in Florida, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Gina’s Beauty Salon
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We could not find this building in Florida, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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The wedding
Tony’s House the wedding scene
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We could not find this building in Florida, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
Tony and his crew is sent to New York to take out a journalist planning to expose the drug trafficking industry.
(Click on the Stills for a better & larger image)
We believe this to be actually in New York, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Waiting for the journalist
Tony and his crew wait outside the journalist's hotel for him to emerge after planting a bomb under his car.
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We believe this to be actually in New York, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
We are unsure were the left still is located however the right still is located at the United
Nations building, located in Manhatton, New York City. If you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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Calling Frank Lopez
Tony calls Frank Lopez to give him the bad news about the hit.
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We could not find this building in Florida, if you recognise the
port or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
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The end
The gates leading to Tony's house
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We could not find this building in Florida, if you recognise the
building or anything in the still, could you please send me an e-mail along
with the still number (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image) Thanks Roly
All words and photographs are (copyrighted) to Roland Keates, the still images are
(copyrighted to) the film owners. If you wish to reproduce anything on this website,
please e-mail me first. Roly Keates
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