Al Pacino
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
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Scent of a Woman is a 1992 American drama film produced and directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irritable, blind, medically retired Army lieutenant colonel. The film is a remake of Dino Risi 's 1974 Italian film Profumo di donna, adapted by Bo Goldman from the novel ...
- $31 million
- December 23, 1992
- Martin Brest
- Thomas Newman
Jan 8, 1993 · A retired blind colonel hires a student to spend Thanksgiving with him in New York, where he plans to sue a military academy for expelling his grandson. The film won an Oscar for Pacino's performance and features a famous courtroom speech.
- Martin Brest
- 513
- 4 min
A blind ex-army officer takes a young student to New York for a suicide mission, but changes his mind along the way. The web page provides three summaries of the film's plot, with details about the characters, the setting, and the events.
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to college. To help pay for a trip home for Christmas ...
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- Martin Brest
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- Al Pacino
Dec 23, 1992 · Scent Of A Woman. The colonel sits alone in his room, drinking and nursing his self-pity. He is a mean, angry, sarcastic man. We sense he has always been lonely, but never lonelier than now, when he is trapped inside blindness. He lost his sight late in life, through his own stupidity, and now he gets drunk and waits for victims.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1992 film Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest and starring Al Pacino. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
