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Al Pacino Did Not Want Michelle Pfeiffer For Scarface and 8 Other Revelations About the Gangster Classic

In honor of Scarface ‘s upcoming Blu-ray release, Universal Studios hosted a lavish soiree on Tuesday night to celebrate the Brian De Palma gangster flick which has become a machismo cult classic since its poor critical reception in 1983. At the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the event featured Cuban cuisine, desserts shaped like lines of cocaine, a Ludacris concert and a Q&A panel with stars Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia and F. Murray Abraham, as well as Scarface producer Martin Bregman. From their Scarface -style thrones on stage — bathed in red light and surrounded by Roman sculptures, natch — the cast reflected on their movie’s present-day popularity, machine-gun injuries and Eddie Murphy. The nine most interesting revelations follow.

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Al Pacino Did Not Want Michelle Pfeiffer For Scarface and 8 Other Revelations About the Gangster Classic

Check Out New Look at Jude Law’s Shot Glass Helmet in Latest Contagion Still

Not Surprisingly, Yoda Will Be Computer-Generated on the Phantom Menace Blu-ray

Because you don’t own Star Wars on enough platforms, Lucasfilm is releasing the complete saga on Blu-ray in September. The massive and anticipated release will feature loads of bells and whistles — including Original Trilogy deleted scenes! — plus some new stuff. Like a computer-generated version of Yoda to replace the puppet used in The Phantom Menace . Click through for a comparison.

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Fantastic Fest Shorts Program Includes The Dungeon Master, Co-Directed by Boy Meets World’s Rider Strong

Sure, Rider Strong has done a ton of stuff since his days on the ABC series Boy Meets World , but far be it from me to pass up a chance to name drop that TGIF classic! Since his days playing Cory Matthews’s BFF Shawn, Strong’s continued to act and began directing, co-helming the Dungeons & Dragons-themed short The Dungeon Master with brother Shiloh, which is set to screen at next month’s Fantastic Fest . After the jump, watch the film’s trailer and get the full list of genre shorts playing at the Austin festival.

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Fantastic Fest Shorts Program Includes The Dungeon Master, Co-Directed by Boy Meets World’s Rider Strong