The title of this post is 100% correct and true. One of the greatest actors, this planet ever had. I always have great pleasure in watching the movies he acted. Here I am happy to share a documentary filim based on his life which everybody would like it.
Before seeing that video, let us see some interesting facts about him.
- Son of Sal Pacino ( an Italian American insurance agent) and mother Rose Pacino.
- Dropped out of school at the age of 17.
- His grandparents are from the Godfather fame, Corleone, Sicily.
- He is one of the Hollywood actors who has never married.
- He won his first Oscar for Scent of a women (1992) twenty one years after his first nomination in Godfather (1972)
- In between he was nominated for five times.
- He was repeatedly rejected by the studio heads for the role of Michael, but director Coppola foght for him and took him in.
- Turned down the role of Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
- Turned down Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
- Turned down Apocalypse Now (1979).
- Turned down the role of Han Solo in Star Wars (1977).
- Turned down Pretty Woman (1990).
- Turned down Crimson Tide (1995).
- At the age of 60 he become the father of the twins.
- Stopped a 2-pack-a-day smoking habit in 1994 to protect his voice. He now only occasionally smokes herbal cigarettes.
- Al Pacino is only 5' 7."
- In order to work on the low-budget film Glengarry Glen Ross, Al Pacino cut his usual per-picture salary from $6 million to $1.5 million.
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