Uncompromising on his charisma and dazzling with his talent, "The Godfather" is the life story of Al Pacino...
When Al Pacino was born on April 25, 1940, in East Harlem, the only child of Sicilian-born Salvatore and Rose Pacino, they named him "Alfredo James Pacino."
Alfredo was actually the fruit of love. Maybe he would have had a very different childhood if his father hadn't left home one morning. One morning his father left, settled in California, and his mother took him and moved in with his family, who lived near the Bronx Zoo. He would grow up in a broken family.
Al was a child angry with his father; he spent almost all his energy getting angry with him. They've never been good. The only comforting thing that made her feel less hurt was that her father hadn't left the house because of her. Of course, he was very upset, the boy was angry with his father with his mind.
He was a shy kid. Maybe it was shyness brought on by loneliness, he was withdrawing. His mother was determined to dedicate her wealth to her son. She was going to make a financial investment in his. When Al was just 3 years old, Rose started taking him to the movies; They went almost every evening. When they returned home after watching a movie, the first thing Al did was stand in front of the mirror and reenact the scenes he liked.
He was talking to himself in front of the mirror with his tiny body, and this frightened his grandmother very much. In Al's life, acting was as natural as eating and drinking water. In his own words, he felt “born into a movie theater.”
He discovered himself again for the first time.
Education Life
In Al's eyes, the school was a fairy tale land with friends, which he knew would quench his loneliness. But when he started going there, it didn't turn out quite as he expected. He had his good points, of course, he was no longer alone; but he could not make peace with the discipline of the school.
Al couldn't warm up to school life. If his mother had not been an understanding woman, he would not have survived what he had been through. He was 11 years old when he ran away from home for the first time, and it wasn't the last. Rose stood by her son in this regard, too, and tried to understand him.
Al was 14 years old when he had the day that changed his life. A traveling cinema arrived in the Bronx; With the movie Seagull. Al didn't really like the movie, but that day Al realized that his whole life would change. Because it was the first time he had encountered such a thing. Ogun was completely sure that he wanted to be an actor. His mother was always there for him. Rose would do anything to make sure her son wasn't one of those lost children. He was constantly reading and improving himself. If Al wanted to be an actor, of course, he wanted it too.
Al was 16 when his mother started having serious health problems. She stopped working first and then supported her son in what everyone thought was a dreamer. Just as his mother had taken care of him all these years, Al knew it was his turn now. But he didn't like it when his mother asked him to stop dreaming about acting.
It was as if she wasn't the mother who had been with him until yesterday. Al left the house. He had left school. He rushed from one job to the next. He was sending all his earnings home for his mother. He sent not only money but also hopes; He said that very soon he would do great things and become rich. He would have taken very good care of her.
His mother, unfortunately, died when he was 43 years old.
A star is growing
Al had advanced quite a bit in his acting classes. He was now taking roles in shows, albeit small ones. He was improving himself day by day. As a result of all his efforts, he got the right to study at the "Actors Studio" in 1966. Al worked hard to become someone his mother would be proud of.
His way was clear now, a star would come. He played a cruel street thug in "The Indian Wants the Bronx" during the 1967-1968 drama season. This role brought Al the "Best Actor" award at the "Obie Awards". His success could not be passed without being crowned with an award.
Al made his Broadway debut in "Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie" as a drug addict who can't fit in with society. This game was removed after only 40 impressions. However, it was enough to earn Al the "Tony Award".
The godfather Pacino
The first film of Al's career was 1969's "Me Natalie". He had proven himself so well and talked about his performance so much that it could not escape the attention of the producers. It was this success that brought Al to the movie that made him famous, “The Godfather.”
He had played the role of "Michael Corleone" in "The Godfather," a "Francis Ford Coppola" movie produced by Paramount. But he also felt something was missing in his life. He desperately needed to feel for his mother.
Al's biggest fight in life was with himself, like all of us. He realized that his pride was the reason he missed many things in life. Maybe he learned to be so proud of his mother. After all, she was a lonely woman who had to raise her child alone. Al didn't blame anyone. He just wanted to break this pride that he carried as a burden, which was too much for him. He found the solution to go to his father. The Godfather was still filming, and Al was obviously looking for the word "dad" in his life.
He didn't know his father very well, maybe a few scrambled memories, that's all. His father didn't seem like a bad person either. But he didn't think he could call someone "dad," either. That's why he called him by name. He didn't like that either. He longed for someone to look at him the way his mother did.
Fortunately, Al also found a middle ground with his father; he could feel a kind of family feeling. He had defined it by blood ties. Feeling this bond actually made him play the role of his life. It made him feel more possessive of his role in the movie Baba. Moreover, he felt closer to his mother now, it was worth the world.
Relationships
Al had relationships with famous names such as “Jill Clayburgh, Marthe Keller, Diane Keaton, Penelope Ann Miller, Debra Winger, and Kathleen Quinian”.
They had a child named “Julie Marie” from their first relationship “Jan Tarant”.
In January 2001, they had twins named "Olivia and Anton" from "Beverly D'Angelo", with whom they began their relationship in 1997.
Success and failure together
Al was aware of his talent. Not just Al, but his audience and producers as well. He was nominated for an Oscar for the third time for "The Godfather II".
In 1975's "Dog Day Afternoon," he played a lover who robs a bank to pay for his gay lover's sex change. Al had a successful career chart. However, 1977's "Bobby Deerfield", which was about car racing, was not liked. Unfortunately, those who praise you and those who stone you could be the same people.
Al found the solution by returning to Broadway plays. A few unpopular jobs that came out of all his success were not going to make him give up acting. He won the "Tony Award" for the second time for his lead role in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel".
Life had its ups and downs; Alongside success is a failure. The 1980's "Cruising" and 1982's "Author Author", in which Al plays the police officer who is later on the hunt for a homosexual serial killer, were also unsuccessful.
But 1983's violent film "Scarface", directed by "Brian De Palma", became one of the cult films of the cinema from the moment it was first shown.
After 1985's "Revolution", he went out of sight. In this process, he became a director with the movie he named "The Local Stigmatic", but he did not release this movie.
After a long silence, his return was with 1989's "Sea of Love". Al made quite a splash with his performance in this movie. Shortly thereafter, "Dick Tracy" was filmed in 1990, in which he plays a flashy gangster. He was nominated for an "Oscar" for the sixth time with this film.
In 1991, "Frankie and Johnny" in the romantic comedy genre and "Glengarry Glen Ross", which were shot right after, were his acclaimed films. After all this and after a long silence, his success was crowned with the "Oscar" for his role in the 1992 movie "Scent of a Woman". Al received the Oscar for Best Drama Actor.
He starred in "Carlito's Way" in 1993. In 1995, he continued his acting career with "Heat", which was written and directed by "Michael Mann" and portrayed a cop in pursuit of a thief, brought to life by "Robert De Niro". The success graph was on the rise. He was in “City Hall,” a political drama, in 1996. However, he also made a name for himself with "Looking for Richard", which he wrote, directed and acted in this year.
It came to the fore with young Hollywood stars in 1997; "Donnie Brasco" with Johnny Depp, and "The Devil's Advocate" with Keanu Reeves. In 1999, he shared the lead role with Russell Crowe in the movie "The Insider"...
Al Pacino in the 2000s
Al entered the millennium in 2000 with "Any Given Sunday," directed by Oliver Stone. He played a football-loving coach named “Tony D’Amato” in this movie. He was also with actors like “Cameron Diaz, James Woods, and Dennis Quaid”.
In the 2002 movie "S1M0NE", directed by "Andrew Niccol", Al played a director named "Viktor Transky" who aims to react by taking every opportunity he gets to the whims of Hollywood stars.
In 2003, he was in the movie "Rookie" with the young star "Colin Farrell". He also starred in the mini-series "Angels in America" in 2003, for which Al received the "Emmy" award for the first time. In addition, the series received "Emmy" awards in 12 different categories.
2003 was a lucky year for Al. The movie “The Merchant of Venice” was also shot this year and Al played the role of “Shylock the Jewish Money-lender”.
He took a break and appeared in the movie "Dirty Money" in 2005. However, this movie was not well received. In 2007, he played the leading role again; He was in the movie "88 Minutes", where "Jon Avnet" was in the director's chair. His role was a homicide psychiatrist who was a lecturer at the university.
In 2008, they shared the lead role again with "Robert De Niro", with whom he last worked in 1995. In the 2008 movie "Righteous Kill", "Jon Aventin" was in the director's chair this time.