William Schoell is the author of numerous books about the performing arts and pop culture, and the writer of the blog Great Old Movies. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteviii

Preface

Part One: Pacino's Life

Pacino and the Ladies¿13¿¿¿Reassessing Pacinö16¿¿¿Honors¿17

Part Two: Pacino's Films

Me, Natalie (1969)¿20¿¿¿The Panic in Needle Park (1971)¿22¿¿¿The Godfather (1972)¿26¿¿¿Scarecrow (1973)¿31¿¿¿Serpico (1973)¿35¿¿¿The Godfather Part II (1974)¿38¿¿¿Dog Day Afternoon (1975)¿42¿¿¿Bobby Deerfield (1977)¿47¿¿¿...And Justice for All (1979)¿50¿¿¿Cruising (1980)¿54¿¿¿Author! Author! (1982)¿60¿¿¿Scarface (1983)¿63¿¿¿Revolution (1985)¿68¿¿¿Sea of Love (1989)¿72¿¿¿Dick Tracy (1990)¿76¿¿¿The ­Godfather Part III (1990)¿79¿¿¿The Local Stigmatic (1990)¿82¿¿¿Frankie and Johnny (1991)¿85¿¿¿Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)¿89¿¿¿Scent of a Woman (1992)¿91¿¿¿Carlito's Way (1993)¿95¿¿¿Two Bits (1995)¿99¿¿¿Heat (1995)¿100¿¿¿City Hall (1996)¿103¿¿¿Looking for Richard (1996)¿105¿¿¿Donnie Brasco (1997)¿108¿¿¿The Devil's Advocate (1997)¿112¿¿¿The Insider (1999)¿115¿¿¿Any Given Sunday (1999)¿118¿¿¿Chinese ­Coffee (2000)¿120¿¿¿Insomnia (2002)¿123¿¿¿Simone (S1m0ne) (2002)¿126¿¿¿People I Know (2002)¿128¿¿¿The Recruit (2003)¿131¿¿¿Gigli (2003)¿133¿¿¿Angels in America (2003)¿135¿¿¿The Merchant of Venice (2004)¿139¿¿¿Two for the Money (2005)¿141¿¿¿88 Minutes (2007)¿143¿¿¿Ocean's Thirteen (2007)¿145¿¿¿Righteous Kill (2008)¿147¿¿¿You Don't Know Jack (2010)¿150¿¿¿The Son of No One (2011)¿152¿¿¿Wilde Salomé (2011)¿154¿¿¿Jack and Jill (2011)¿156¿¿¿Stand Up Guys (2012)¿158¿¿¿Phil Spector (2013)¿160¿¿¿Salome (2013)¿162¿¿¿The Humbling (2014)¿164¿¿¿

Manglehorn (2014)¿167¿¿¿Danny Collins (2015)¿168

Part Three: Pacino on Stage¿171

Major Stage Appearances¿179¿¿¿Additional

Workshops, Readings and Small Productions¿181

Notes

Bibliography

Index