The Spanish title of the film, "El Precio del Poder", literally translates to "The Price of Power".

Oliver Stone wrote this film while fighting a cocaine addiction.

The house that was used for the exterior scenes is available to rent for just 30 grand per month.

To help stay in character, Al Pacino asked director of photography John A. Alonzo to speak to him only in Spanish.

Brian DePalma had trouble getting an R rating for the film. The MPAA gave the film an X rating at first. De Palma refused to cut the film any further to qualify it for an R. So he arranged a hearing with the MPAA.

...They brought in a panel of experts, including real narcotics officers, who stated that the film was an accurate portrayal of real life in the drug underworld and should be widely seen...

...DePalma decided to release his intended first cut anyway.

Steven Bauer is the only actual Cuban in the principal cast.

Body count: 42

When Scarface was re-released in theaters in 2003, the studio wanted Brian De Palma to change the soundtrack so that rap songs inspired by the movie could be used. De Palma refused.

There was a huge controversy in the city of Miami during the making of the film over whether the producers should be allowed to shoot in the city...

...The Miami Tourist Board decided not to allow filming, as they were afraid the movie would discourage tourism to Miami, particularly as it showed Miami's latest Cuban immigrants as gangsters and drug dealers.

Oliver Stone named Tony Montana after his favorite football player, Joe Montana.

Robert De Niro was offered the lead role but turned it down.

The prop firearms were equipped with electronic synchronizing devices so that they would only fire when the camera shutter was open.

When caught, Tony was acquitted from the drugs charges, but he would get sent to jail for tax evasion. Al Capone was convicted and sent to prison for this very same crime.

This version of "Scarface" is actually a remake of a black and white film of the same title from 1932. Al Pacino came up with the idea to remake the the original Howard Hawks-directed Scarface, says Al Pacino...

Pacino states: I went and saw that film and called the producer Marty Bregman after. There's a remake here. And he, very wisely, very astutely, got out there and put the whole thing together.

Miriam Colon, who plays Tony's mother, is only four years older than Al Pacino.

The cocaine used throughout the shooting of the film was allegedly dried milk, but still is a debated mystery.

Al Pacino reportedly stated that Tony Montana was one of his favorites of all the characters he's played.

The word "yeyo" is used by Tony Montana as a slang word for cocaine. This word was not in the script, and was ad-libbed by Pacino during the first drug deal scene...

...Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent. Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film.

All of the music on the "Grand Theft Auto 3" Flash FM radio station is heard in various scenes in Scarface. The DJ's name also happens to be Tony.

Two of the songs played in the film - "Shake it Up" and "I'm Hot Tonight" are performed by then-21-year-old Elizabeth Daily. She is also responsible for the voice of Tommy Pickles in the Rug Rats

According to the "scorecard" feature on the Platinum Edition DVD, the word F word and its derivatives are used 226 times for an average of 1.32 times per minute.

Although Tony Montana is supposed to be Cuban, making his first language Spanish, he only speaks one line of Spanish during the entire movie.

The international corporation set up by Saddam Hussein to launder money from his various enterprises was called Montana Management, as in the movie.

In the scene where Tony is in the bathtub watching TV, he says to Manny, "Look at dem pelicangs fly." This line was what Al Pacino practiced with a language coach to get the Cuban accent right.

The film features many memorable quotes but, "Say hello to my little friend," ranks as the 61st most famous quote in the American Film Institute's 100 years...100 movie quotes.

Tony's "little friend" is an M16 assault rifle with an M203 40mm grenade launcher attached to the barrel.

In the final shootout sequence, Al Pacino grabs the gun by the barrel. Although only blanks were used, his hand was badly burned, and production had to be shut down for a few weeks.

The American Film Institute ranks Scarface as the tenth best film in the gangster film genre.