![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The 1959 incarnation of Frank Serpico is a very different animal. Smith Goes to Washington and the nerve-jangling authenticity of Scorsese’s early 70’s work, a quality found in Serpico’s opening frames our hero is flat on his back with a bullet in his head and the police radio is buzzing-who shot Serpico and, more to the point, was it one of his own colleagues? The film turns back the clock to find the answer. The film thrives on the populist anger of Mr. Featuring a kaleidoscopic Al Pacino in all his multi-colored splendor, the image reflected a uniquely 70’s phenomenon shared by that same year’s Godspell and Jesus Christ, Superstar: the saintly hippie.īased on Peter Maas’ biography, Serpico was directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler. Paramount’s posters for Serpico resembled ads for the Fillmore East or the Whisky a Go Go-and that was the point. Starring Al Pacino, John Randolph, Tony Roberts ![]()
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