Al Pacino’s solely Oscar win movie is leaving Amazon Prime Video very quickly | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Al Pacino has been nominated for an Oscar 8 occasions however by no means gained for his best-known classics like The Godfather, Heat or Scarface.

Instead, the 86-year-old’s solely Academy Award win was for Best Actor in 1992’s Scent of a Woman.

Adapted from the Italian novel Darkness and Honey, Pacino stars as a blind and depressed retired Army lieutenant colonel, a task that Jack Nicholson had turned down.

Filmed on location at Princeton University, the movie follows a prep college pupil referred to as Charlie Simms who takes a short-term job round Thanksgiving to help and be a companion to Pacino’s character.

Rising stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brendan Fraser and Chris Rock all auditioned for the latter position, which went to future Robin star Chris O’Donnell in the long run.

Pacino famously carried out deep analysis into his position to grasp what it means to be blind, paying explicit consideration to those that misplaced their sight throughout trauma. Aside from his Best Actor win, the film was nominated for 3 different Oscars, together with Best Picture.

Scent of a Woman leaves Amazon Prime Video in lower than two weeks.