On Saturday, the star celebrated 80th birthday • In honor of the event we chose 8 significant stations in the legendary career of the legendary actor • Congratulations!

"Panic in the drug park"

In his first major role in cinema, 31-year-old Pacino plays a young, jaded, hyperactive New York junkie who falls in love with an innocent girl (Kitty Wynn) and drags her into the harsh drug world. Apart from Pacino's bouncy and almost animalistic appearance, this romantic and realistic drama carries no real line. But Jerry Schatzberg, who directed, causes matters to remain interesting and authentic, and the script (by esteemed writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunn) avoids browsing from didactic didacticism. "Panic in the Drug Park" may not have been a blockbuster, but the drug use shown in it was considered bold at the time, and the film made its mark at the Cannes Film Festival (where Wynne won the Best Actress award). In the meantime, Pacino's filthy appearance caused Hollywood fans to notice him, which helped get him summoned for his next job.

"The Godfather"

Although director Francis Ford Coppola has insisted on casting him for the role of Michael Corleone, the role that made the anonymous Pacino a superstar - is hardly given to him. Producers wanted someone famous (and higher), and the long list of candidates included names like Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman and Martin Sheen. However, after no less than seven auditions, Coppola finally managed to convince his bosses to hire Pacino (who was even Italian), and the rest is history. As Michael Corleone, Pacino is required to undergo a major and compelling change throughout the film, from law abiding citizen to the heir to his father's crime empire, and making the move - culminating in the restaurant murder scene - memorably. In return, the academy gave him his first Oscar nomination.

"Afternoon of calamity"

Almost everything that Pacino touched on in the 1970s is worth watching. In 1973 alone he starred in the classic police thriller "Serpico" (which earned him a second Oscar nomination), as well as the excellent "Scarecrow" wanderlust alongside Gene Hackman. A year later, he starred in the acclaimed sequel to The Godfather (and picked up another Oscar nomination). Which brings us to "Afternoon Afternoon" - an electrifying anti-establishment thriller about an amateur bank robbery that turns into a media circus. Pacino portrays Sonny Wortsick, who is leading the robbery, and who needs money to fund a sex change surgery for his partner. Mythical character actor John Casale (who played Fredo in "The Godfather") appears as Sal, his partner in Sunny's unsuccessful robbery. The film was directed by Sydney Lumet, and under his guidance "An Afternoon of Rampage" becomes a daring New York creation that has not lost a milligram of its power. 

"Scarface"

Pacino did make some gangster films I like better than this one (like "Carlito's Way" and "Donnie Brasco," for example), but none of them can compete with the mythological status that clings to "Face Scar." When he went to screen, Brian De Palma's operatic film - which tells the story of the rise and fall of a Cuban drug dealer named Tony Montana - actually failed at the box office and was taken by critics. But over the years he has amassed fan regiments and has been critically re-examined. Today it can be said that this is one of the most influential gangster movies of all time. De Palma's exaggerated and bombastic tone is backed by a plethora of horrific violence, an atheistic synthesizer sound and a great performance by Pacino - all of which contribute to the creation of a spectacular and shocking cultural document that best captures the capitalist spirit of the 1980s.

"Frankie and Johnny"

Michelle Piper stars alongside Pacino in this endearing and somewhat memorable romantic comedy, which Gary Marshall directed immediately after making "Beautiful Woman." The role was part of a successful Pacino comeback (which began with the erotic thriller "Sea of ​​Love") after a series of embarrassing box office failures convinced him to take a four-year break from acting. Here he portrays Johnny, a liberated prisoner who starts working as a cook at a Greek diner in New York. Piper embodies Frankie, the sour and heartbroken waitress with whom he falls in love. Unlike Pacino's "High Volume" roles, his work on "Frankie and Johnny" amounts to never-ending attempts to impress the girl he has a crush on. It's a warm, liberated and adorable performance that allows him to showcase his soft and humane side, and despite the age-old disparaging drop, his shared scenes with Piper boast an undeniable chemistry. Definitely worth watching again.

"Save"

Of all the exaggerated roles that Pacino did in the '90s, Dick Tracy, "The Attorney's Trap," "The Fragrance of a Woman" for which he finally won an Oscar, the role he did in Michael Mann's exemplary crime epic is by far the most exaggerated and perfect of all . Pacino portrays Vincent Hanna, a tough Los Angeles detective who fires after a skilled gang of robbers led by Robert De Niro. His turbulent appearance is peppered with a series of sudden and unexplained tantrums. In the interviews we gave, Mann and Pacino explained that Hannah's reason for doing so was because he was actually a cocaine addict, but for some reason Mann decided to omit this information from the final version of the film. Either way, Pacino gets unlimited leeway here and plenty of opportunities to go crazy. He exploits each one to the fullest (and then some more). In many cases, Pacino also improvised his lines, leading to the unforgettable moment when he opens his eyes and blames one of his interrogators for being keen on someone because she has. "GREAT ASS !!!" The shock on the actor's face (Hank Azaria) Totally real.

"Insomnia"

The 2000s were very difficult years for Pacino, and most of the films he attended are not worth mentioning. However, the understated and impressive role he did in Christopher Nolan's first Hollywood film serves as a fascinating counterpart to his maximalist work on "The Hit," and is another highlight of the legendary actor's glorious career. Pacino portrays Will Dormer, a Malay detective sent to Alaska to capture a dangerous killer in the midst of a DIP investigation in his area. Things get complicated after Dormer accidentally kills his partner, and after the dangerous killer (played by Robin Williams) starts playing psychological games In Insomnia Pacino looks old, tired and helpless as never before, and as the film progresses - so does Dormer's mental state only to deteriorate and deteriorate. In real time it was hard not to be disappointed that Nolan actually chose this thriller (Reworking a successful Scandinavian film) as his next film after "Memento", but the years that have passed have surely hit In it, Williams and Pacino's collaborative scenes rise to a very high level, with each of the actors seeming to spur the other to be even better than usual, the result being pure gold.

"The Irish"

In 2011, after many long-running roles in horrific films, El Pacino appeared in the horror comedy "Jack and Jill," won two "Razi" awards (the Oscars for the Worst Movies of the Year) and reached the bottom. Happily, he was not left there, and last year he finally managed to redeem himself officially and definitively. The (probably last) comeback began in a tiny (but significant) role in Quentin Tarantino's "Hollywood Times," and continued with an instructive performance as Jimmy Hoffa in Martin Scorsese's "Irish" masterpiece. Working with Scorsese - and sub-actors at the level of Robert De Niro and Joe Peschi - produced one of Pacino's best performances, and he seems to relish every second (look at the way he licks his ice cream, for heaven's sake). De Niro may be the star of the movie, but Pacino is his heart, and his complex and exciting relationship with the characters embodied by De Niro and Peshi yields several scenes worthy of the Pantheon (and let's not forget the scene in which Tony Pro is late for his encounter with Hoffa, and more Dare to reach her in shorts (or the scene where Hoffa screams at his advisers). It's hard to ask for a perfect ending chord.

• Want to participate in a "friends" union?

• What happened to Michael Jordan?

• Dozens of free content to watch

• Nature series that must be seen

• Alkali Asif is being attacked on the network