Michelle Pfeiffer Misses Potential ‘Scarface’ Oscars Reunion With Al Pacino
deadline.comAll evening, the Oscar ceremony appeared on course for a Scarface reunion of Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer to introduce the final award for Best Picture.
Instead, Pacino walked out by himself to present the category, with the announcer portraying this as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of one of Pacino’s signature movies, The Godfather. (The first Godfather film was released 52 years ago, in 1972.) While the Scarface reunion was never announced, it was fully expected, and Pacino and Pfeiffer were both confirmed as presenters, so Pacino going solo was a surprise.
According to sources, Pfeiffer was not able to attend the ceremony for personal family reasons and was on the East Coast Sunday night.
As he walked on stage, Pacino was greeted with a standing ovation as the camera cut to fellow Godfather star Robert De Niro with whom Pacino shared the screen in Heat.
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