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The role will define Al Pacino his whole life and cast a
Narrateur 1:13 shadow across all of his other roles.
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It’s as if the Goodfellas were having a class reunion. Just as
he did for his 1990 Mafia epic, director Martin Scorsese
got the gang back together for his latest film The Irishman:
Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci. New on board: Al Pacino, who
Narrateur 2:28 despite his nearly 80 years has lost nothing of his
trademark verve.
Damn it! How do you do that?! How stupid can you be?!
That fucking cocksucker Kennedy has got his nose up my
Archive 2:55 ass, tell me where I go?!
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Monica And I think that’s really beautiful that he’s able to still
Castillo 3:24 show that he’s got it.
New York. Still his home to this day. Here he was born in
Narrateur 3:43 1940. As Alfredo James Pacino, the son of Italian
immigrants.
His father Salvatore left the family when Al is two years
Narrateur 3:58 old. He is raised by his mother Rose and his Sicilian
grandparents, in the rough and tumble South Bronx.
It wasn’t a very wealthy area. You had a lot of poor
Lawrence people living in the in the South Bronx. That was his
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experience. So you’re never sleeping in your own room.
You have three or four other people in the room with you
Well, it’s a little scary, but there are so many other things
Archive 4:19 that are more scary than that.
What ? What scares you ?
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Why ?
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Why ?
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I don’t know
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Where did it start? Why did you start to act? Or when did
4:29 you start?
Well that's what I did the first part of my life, you know. I
9:24 did only comedy. You see how funny I am?
I went, saw the play, and I was really blown away by him.
It was just: “Wow, that’s really an actor!” We went
backstage after and I was so impressed by the difference
between what I saw on stage and then this… Al’s really a
Jerry pussycat, you know. He is just a sweet guy. And the power
Schatzberg 11:16 he has when he is acting, his talent, I said to the manager:
“Boy, if ever I got into film, I’d love to do a film with that
guy!”
The last person that come in and read for me was Bobby
Jerry
Schatzberg 14:12 De Niro and I said: oh boy ! You know, this guy is goo. And
I remember one day I was on 3rd Avenue looking into an
army-navy-store, and I hear a voice at the back of me
That’s how Pacino got his first role.
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I’m gonna work for Hank. I don’t want you taking shit from
Archive 14:55 nobody.
I just…
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Bobby!
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Whore! You’ve been peddling your ass all over the West
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it’s quiet. One is talking and there’s all these other noises
Monica
Castillo 19:35 around him and you know what he’s thinking about, you
know what he’s getting ready for
What I want, what’s most important to me is that I have a
Archive 19:47 guarantee no more attempts on my father’s life.
He's, you know, become his own man in such a way that
Monica
Castillo 23:48 there's almost no one around him, no one, that he can,
kind off, lean on. And there's a, sort of, tragedy to that.
He was lonely a lot of the time. He was with different
Lawrence
Grobel 24:03 women. He just sometimes would go off. He would just
drink too much. He knew he had a problem. But he
couldn’t get out of that problem.
Instead, Pacino dives head first in his craft. And continues
Narrateur 24:12 to search for his characters in real life.
1973’s “Serpico” based on the true story of a New York
Narrateur 24:26 cop. To prep the role, Pacino meets the real Frank Serpico,
who discovered a corruption scandal in his own ranks.
What kind of guy does that what he did? You know? What
Lawrence
Grobel 24:45 kind of guy is going to report on the corruption of your
fellow officers? And that’s a very dangerous thing to do.
So, he’s got to have a very high moral standard. And he’s
Once you get the shoes right, once you get the, you know,
Lawrence
Grobel 24:56 the jacket that you like or the hat, or whatever the look is,
you start changing from you to them. And I think that’s
what happened with “Serpico”.
So fucking corrupt. Everybody, everyone. Nobody giving a
Archive 25:04 shit! There’s gotta be a way to wipe it out, goddamn it.
There’s gotta be…
Let’s get out of here for a while, huh, honey? Let’s go to a
25:06 movie.
Hey, you.
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Hey, who?
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I don’t do that.
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You’re my prisoner. You do, what I tell you to do. Get over
25:48 here.
It was very controversial, and the fact that they also show
Monica
Castillo 29:01 his partner who he's trying to rob the bank for, for his
gender reassignment surgery, but it was done
empathetically. Sidney Lumet, I think, really approaches
You know one of the most famous scenes in the movie is
Lawrence
Grobel 29:18 when he goes outside and he is yelling “Attica! Attica!
Attica!”. Well, that wasn’t in the movie. That wasn’t
written by anybody, and Al hadn’t thought of it either.
“Attica, Attica!”
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“Attica, Attica!”
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And then the people who are behind, watching this, they
Lawrence
Grobel 29:34 are not even extras, I mean, they just… They go: “Attica!”
They’re yelling back at him.
“Attica, Attica, Attica!”
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Why?
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Why?
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I’m gonna tell you something and I don’t wanna scare you
34:11 or anything. But I find you irresistible.
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Hey, take a look over there. You see that man, there?
Archive 40:13 Watch that guy. I gotta sit down here . I gotta watch my
friend here. He’s gonna stick his tongue out to that girl.”
Pang! We did it 22 times. I remember: 22 takes. So, I was
Steven Bauer 40:23 like talking to her and I was saying :
We’re gonna eat that Sosa for breakfast. Close that fucker
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Ellen Barkin was terrific in it, you know… Was she the
Lawrence killer or not? And he is the cop who is on… You know, he is
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falling for her. And yet, he doesn’t know if she’s going to
shoot him.
What are you looking?
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I’m out.
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Dad?
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His own daughter in his arms at the height of his glory, the
Grey
Frederickson 49:18 height of his career. When a man has everything and you
see him losing the thing that is most valuable to him in the
whole world, right there he let's out this horrifying scream
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So, it’s like a silent scream, but it’s like Munchs scream.
Lawrence
Grobel 50:11 And you feel this incredible emotion as he is holding her.
And he is screaming to God or whatever. And you don’t
hear the sound. It’s just the horror in the face and the
It was very emotional, very disturbing.
Grey
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You’re not handicapped if you don’t believe it, you know.
Lawrence
Grobel 51:57 If you believe in yourself, you can do anything, including,
you know, dance the tango when you’re blind.
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Yeah.
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And then he would go back and you would see him do the
Lawrence
Grobel 54:48 scenes. They would be discussing it. And they got Kevin
Spacey and Winona Ryder, and he got all these people to
be in it in different ways. And the scholars he went to
As soon as he gets what he wants, as soon as he gets Lady
Archive 54:55 Anne, as soon as he gets the crown, than the whole
thing…
the emptiness of it. Cousin of Buckingham
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Al Pacino
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His fans worship him for that. Pacino has learnt to deal
Narrateur 57:54 with the cult around his person, albeit in his own way.
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Code Couleur
Dialogue FR / Sous-titre FR
C'est une mélodie qui vous donne des frissons. / Celle de
la plus grande épopée mafieuse d'Hollywood, / Le
Parrain / de Francis Ford Coppola.
La performance de Marlon Brando dans le rôle de Don
Vito Corleone, restera mémorable / mais le véritable choc
a été provoqué par un acteur jusqu'alors inconnu: / Al
Pacino.
C'est le rôle de sa vie./ A 32 ans, Al Pacino devient du jour
au lendemain Michael Corleone / et une star mondiale.
Ça par exemple
Pourquoi?
Pourquoi?
Je ne sais pas
J'ai juste...
Bobby
Salope ! Tu as vendu ton cul dans tout le West Side.
Éh toi
Éh qui?
Je ne le ferai pas.
Tu es mon prisonnier. Tu fais ce que je te dis de faire.
Viens ici.
Il va devenir méchant.
“Attica, Attica!”
Pourquoi ?
Pourquoi ?
Et il disait,"Ils recommencent."
Je suis allée à New York, / ils m'ont mis dans une chambre
avec Al, / et ça a été... le coup de foudre. (rire)
Il m'a dit : "J'ai vu un gars une fois qui voulait parler à une
fille, un Cubain. Et il est a été la voir en faisant ça.
Que faites-vous ?
Je me tire.
Papa?
Sa propre fille dans ses bras ... au sommet... de sa gloire,
au sommet ... de sa carrière. Quand un homme a tout et...
que vous le voyez perdre la chose qui lui est la plus
précieuse dans le monde entier, là, il laisse échapper ce cri
Al Pacino avait été nominé six fois aux Oscars. Deux fois
comme meilleur second rôle et quatre fois pour le
meilleur acteur / il n'avait jamais gagné.
Je tiens à remercier l'académie de nous avoir offert un
cadeau d'encouragement. Et c'est un cadeau, un grand
cadeau pour moi. Je vous remercie tous. Vraiment.
C’était un acteur avec de belles récompenses. Mais je
pense que le... le summum est... d'obtenir l'Oscar, oui.
L'amour qu'il a ressenti par la suite et le fait qu'il l'ait eu,
ça l'a mis dans une catégorie différente.
Mais il tourne à nouveau le dos à Hollywood et retourne à
New York.
C'est gratuit.
Oui.
Al Pacino
Jimmy tu es malade!
Arrête, Tony!
Soudain, ils sont tous là, / incarnés en Jimmy Hoffa :
Michael Corleone, Serpico, Tony Montana et tous les
autres
Il y a tellement de personnes différentes dans une seule
personne. Parfois, vous ne savez pas quelle personne est
là quand vous êtes... quand vous êtes... quand vous êtes
avec lui. Et je trouve cela fascinant.
En dépit de ses presque 80 ans, il s'immerge sans peur
dans ses personnages.
Il embrasse tout parce que cela fait partie de... cela fait
partie de ce qui fait de lui un artiste.
I want you in this role but it Je vous veux dans ce rôle mais cela
depends on what Mr. Pacino says dépend de ce que dira M. Pacino
because he has the other leading car il a l'autre rôle principal.
role. Pouvez-vous m'assurer que vous
Can you make sure you don't wear
high heels. Mr. Pacino is pretty ne porterez pas de talons hauts.
short and you are quite tall. " I M. Pacino est assez petit et vous
êtes assez grande. J'ai dit : "Oui,
said: "Yeah sure, it's fine." bien sûr, ça m'ira."
Marthe Keller - Actress Marthe Keller - Actrice
early,so that I am seated when he
quand il arrive. Puis il me demande
arrives.Then he asked me: "Do you : "Vous avez le dos bloqué?" "Non,
have a crooked spine?" "No, I'm mais je n'ai pas le droit de me lever
not allowed to stand up because I
am too tall." When I flew back that parce que je suis trop grande."
Bobby Deerfield - Directed by Bobby Deerfield - Réalisé par
Sidney Pollack, 1977 Sidney Pollack, 1977
needs to do something, he...He besoin de faire quelque chose, il...
comes alive through her, who is Il prend vie à travers elle, elle qui
dying. And when I tell him: est en train de mourir. Et quand je
"Scream, scream!" He can't lui dis : " Crie, Crie ! " Il ne peut pas
scream, nothing comes out except crier, rien ne sort sauf un tas d'air
Bobby Deerfield - Directed by Bobby Deerfield - Réalisé par
Sidney Pollack, 1977 Sidney Pollack, 1977
the theater is. And not where the trouve le théâtre. Et non pas là où
limelight is. He's against all of that. se trouvent les feux de la rampe. Il
He's not a showbiz person. He est contre tout cela. Il n'est pas un
doesn't like...He doesn't feel at adepte du showbiz. Il ne l"aime
Marthe Keller - Friend Marthe Keller - Amie