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Based on the case study (in the bottom) entitled "Firstt-Yoou-Gett-thee-Money...." bottom of the page.

Descibe the following:

1. Though the initial reviews were mixed, time has proven the film's popular appeal. More than twenty years after its release, Scarface continues to be a rental favorite, a standard campus feature, and a late-night TV standard. How can the notion of the general welfare be used to justify giving big bucks to the stars making the film: actor Al Pacino, director Brian De Palma, and writer Oliver Stone?
2. Can form an argument against the concentration of money in the hands of a very few people that would work equally well against Al Pacino's (presumed) wealth and Tony Montana's?
3. Given the way Montana got wealthy, can the duty to beneficence argument against the star system still be applied to him? Why or why not?
4. Possibly the movie's most repeated line is Al Pacino as Tony Montana explaining that to be successful in America, "First-you-get-the-money, then-you-get the power, then-you-get the women." Does the story the movie tells about Montana's life-coming to America with nothing as an immigrant and getting ahead by killing and drug dealing-make more or less envious of his success (at least the money and power parts), or does it not make any difference?

Case Studies: "Firstt-Yoou-Gett-thee-Money...-

"The film Scarface cost $25 million to make and has earned back about $200 million so far. The story follows Tony Montana as he enters the cocaine dealing business. His mentor tells him that to survive over the long term got to fly under the radar and stay small. Comfortably wealthy, yes, but wildly rich, no. Montana isn't so sure. Later he decides the advice is directly bad, kills the mentor who gave it to him, and expands his business as far and as fast as he can. As moviegoers learn at the film's end, the mentor was probably right."