Editing Al Pacino (section)

=== 1984–1999: Established career=== 
[[File:Al Pacino Cannes 1996.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Pacino at the [[1996 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
His 1985 film ''[[Revolution (1985 film)|Revolution]]'' about a fur trapper during the [[American Revolutionary War]], was a commercial and critical failure, which Pacino blamed on a rushed production,<ref>Grobel; p. xiv</ref> resulting in a four-year hiatus from films. At this time Pacino returned to the stage. He mounted workshop productions of ''Crystal Clear'', ''National Anthems'' and other plays; he appeared in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' in 1988 in producer [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[New York Shakespeare Festival]]. Pacino remarked on his hiatus from film: "I remember back when everything was happening, '74, '75, doing ''[[The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui]]'' on stage and reading that the reason I'd gone back to the stage was that my movie career was waning! That's been the kind of ethos, the way in which theater's perceived, unfortunately."<ref>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Lovece |title=Pacino re-focuses on film career: After five-year absence, actor returns to the big screen |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-17-ca-518-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 17, 1989 |access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112225858/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-17/entertainment/ca-518_1_al-pacino |archive-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> Pacino returned to film in 1989's ''[[Sea of Love (film)|Sea of Love]]'',<ref name="actors" /> when he portrayed a detective hunting a [[serial killer]] who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. The film earned solid reviews.<ref>Grobel; p. xxv</ref> Pacino received an Academy Award nomination for playing [[Big Boy Caprice]] in the box office hit ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' in 1990, of which critic [[Roger Ebert]] described Pacino as "the scene-stealer".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900615/REVIEWS/6150301/1023 |title=Dick Tracy Review |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=June 15, 1990 |author=Roger Ebert|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226062708/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19900615%2FREVIEWS%2F6150301%2F1023 |archive-date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> Later in the year he followed this up in a return to one of his most famous characters, Michael Corleone, in ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990).<ref name="actors" />

In 1991, Pacino starred in ''[[Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'' with [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], who co-starred with Pacino in ''Scarface''. Pacino played a recently paroled cook who begins a relationship with a waitress (Pfeiffer) in the diner where they work. It was adapted by [[Terrence McNally]] from his own off-Broadway play ''[[Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]]'' (1987), that featured [[Kenneth Welsh]] and [[Kathy Bates]]. The film received mixed reviews, although Pacino later said he enjoyed playing the part.<ref name="Grobel; p. xxvii">Grobel; p. xxvii</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Mr. Pacino has not been this uncomplicatedly appealing since his ''Dog Day Afternoon'' days, and he makes Johnny's endless enterprise in wooing Frankie a delight. His scenes alone with Ms. Pfeiffer have a precision and honesty that keep the film's maudlin aspects at bay."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04EED7123AF932A25753C1A967958260 |title=Short-Order Cookery And Dreams of Love |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 11, 1991 |first=Janet |last=Maslin |authorlink=Janet Maslin|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918013705/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04EED7123AF932A25753C1A967958260 |archive-date=September 18, 2013}}</ref> For his portrayal of the irascible, [[blindness|blind]] U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in [[Martin Brest]]'s ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]'' (1992)<ref name="actors" /> Pacino won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] next year. He was also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'', making Pacino the [[List of actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year|first male actor ever]] to receive [[List of actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year|two acting nominations for two movies in the same year]], and to win for the lead role.<ref name="actors" />

[[File:Al Pacino and Felicity Dean.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Pacino with [[Felicity Dean]] in 1999]]
Pacino starred alongside [[Sean Penn]] in the crime drama ''[[Carlito's Way]]'' in 1993, in which he played [[Carlito Brigante]], a gangster released from prison with the help of his corrupt lawyer (Penn) and vows to go straight.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fordy|first=Tom|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/making-carlitos-way-al-pacino-brian-de-palmas-underrated-gangster/ |title=A gangster movie with heart: how Al Pacino and Brian De Palma made the criminally underrated Carlito's Way |date=November 13, 2018 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=April 10, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217082222/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/making-carlitos-way-al-pacino-brian-de-palmas-underrated-gangster/|archive-date=February 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Pacino starred in [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]]'s ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (1995), in which he and Robert De Niro appeared on-screen together for the first time (though both Pacino and De Niro starred in ''The Godfather Part II'', they did not share any scenes).<ref name="actors" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/05/27/al-pacino-robert-de-niro-discuss-their-famed-heat-face-off/102229228/ |title=Al Pacino, Robert De Niro discuss their famed 'Heat' face-off |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=May 27, 2017|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225013429/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/05/27/al-pacino-robert-de-niro-discuss-their-famed-heat-face-off/102229228/|archive-date=February 25, 2020|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref> In 1996, Pacino starred in his theatrical docudrama ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', a performance of selected scenes of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture. The cast brought together for the performance included [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Kevin Spacey]], and [[Winona Ryder]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |authorlink=Kenneth Turan|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-25-ca-57361-story.html |title='Looking for Richard' but Finding Only Pacino |date=October 25, 1996 |newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410180526/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-25-ca-57361-story.html|archive-date=April 10, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Pacino played [[Satan]] in the supernatural thriller ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997) which co-starred [[Keanu Reeves]]. The film was a success at the box office, taking US$150 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=devilsadvocate.htm |title=The Devils Advocate Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911113127/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=devilsadvocate.htm |archive-date=September 11, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] wrote in the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', "The satanic character is played by Pacino with relish bordering on glee."<ref>{{cite news |title=Devil's Advocate Review |first=Roger |last=Ebert |authorlink=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971017/REVIEWS/710170302/1023 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=October 17, 1997 |access-date=August 1, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125080648/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19971017%2FREVIEWS%2F710170302%2F1023 |archive-date=November 25, 2011}}</ref> In 1997's ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'', Pacino played gangster "[[Benjamin Ruggiero|Lefty]]" in the true story of undercover FBI agent [[Joseph D. Pistone|Donnie Brasco]] ([[Johnny Depp]]) and his work in bringing down the [[Italian-American Mafia|Mafia]] from the inside.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/donnie-brasco-118576/ |title=Donnie Brasco |last=Travers |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Travers |date=February 28, 1997 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021025419/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/donnie-brasco-118576/|archive-date=October 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Pacino starred as ''[[60 Minutes]]'' producer [[Lowell Bergman]] in the multi-Oscar nominated ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' opposite [[Russell Crowe]], and in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Any Given Sunday]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-insider-1999 |title=The Insider movie review & film summary (1999) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |language=en |date=November 5, 1999|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215180137/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-insider-1999|archive-date=February 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Derek|last=Lawrence|url=https://ew.com/movies/2020/01/22/any-given-sunday-oral-history/ |title='We were at war in South Beach': An oral history of 'Any Given Sunday' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 22, 2020 |language=EN|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123135122/https://ew.com/movies/2020/01/22/any-given-sunday-oral-history/|archive-date=January 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>