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Grand Theft Auto - The Scarface Connection 28

Posted by simoniker from the adam-sandler-too dept.
Tony Montana writes "If the words, "Say hello to my little friend!" mean anything to you, you'll want to check out an article at Game Chronicles detailing the similarities between the Grand Theft Auto Double Pack and Brian De Palma's Scarface." The comparison may be obvious, but the article adds some finely observed details of the homage: "[Tommy] Vercetti's office closely resembles [Tony] Montana's (video monitors and all), while the downstairs room has the same palm tree mural that decorates Frank Lopez's private office."
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  • i think a lot of people made that connection when they first started playing the game.

  • This is only NOW being noticed? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by ChaoticLimbs ( 597275 ) on Tuesday October 28, 2003 @07:14PM (#7334088) Journal
    Um, Uh, GTA and Vice City are '80's gangster/organized crime games.
    The difinitive '80's gangster movie is Scarface.
    Der.
    • to me Vice City is a lot like watching Miami Vice

      (reurns airing every day overhere -Antwerp, Belgium)

      when you reach a certain wanted level, you even get one cop car chasing you containing two vice cops that just happen to 'look' like crocket & tubbs

      gotta love that game :D
      • Totally offtopic but can't stop myself from doing this: I'm from Antwerp too!!

        On-topic: I like Starsky and Hutch better than Miami Vice, but there's another little easter egg in Vice City, but I couldn't find anything about it on google so perhaps it's just my imagination: In Vice City there's a cab company that you can buy and it's called Kaufman Cabs. There's an 80's TV show starring Danny DeVito called "Taxi", that has a character called Latka (he's a foreigner and speaks funny). The actor that plays
        • it's not as much an easter egg, as it is the rockstar guys really liking their classics.

          Yes it is a reference to the Taxi television series. Even the cabs look the same to the ones in the series. Notice that the rival cabcompany in vice city has different cabs.

          The car dealership you buy from the footballpro is called 'sunshine autos' ... the name of the company in 'Taxi' was 'Sunshine Cabs'

          to go completely off topic... Taxi the movie rules :P
    • It's just a nicely put-together article summarizing some of the neater details in the comparison. Considering they use the Scarface soundtrack in the game, I think everyone is well aware that there's a homage already - this writes it all up in a worthwhile way and points out some extra cool things, though. Honestly. :P
  • In one of the apartment buildings you could get a chainsaw in a bathroom covered in blood.
  • I'd say that merits a collective "No shit, Sherlock" from the peanut gallery...
  • Guh, I noticed this forever ago when downloading tracks from the game for my amusement. Here is more info: http://www.bunker306.com/gta_music/gta3_music.shtm l

    Must be a slow day, I know it is over here and these crap-ass articles aren't helping! I smell a dupe in our future..

  • Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Tuesday October 28, 2003 @08:24PM (#7334528)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
  • I kill a moderator for fun, but for a +5 funny, I gonna carve him up real nice.

  • In fact I've never seen Scarface and the Scarface connections were obvious. I do like this article being posted, however, just to read the 20+ sarcastic comments generated.
  • One of the stations in GTA3 (not VC) played nothing but songs from that movie! The DJ was named Tony (female voice though so I guess it's Toni?) for criminy's sake!

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