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.
- $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...
- (5.1K)
- Martin Brest
- R
- Al Pacino
Dec 23, 1992 · Martin Brest's "Scent of a Woman" takes Charlie and the colonel and places them in a combination of two reliable genres. There's the coming-of-age formula, in which an older man teaches a younger one the ropes.
Hoping to earn some cash over a holiday weekend, a prep-school student agrees to take care of a cantankerous retired Army colonel who's lost his sight. Watch trailers & learn more.
