Serpico is a 1973 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino.
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24 Facts About Serpico
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Pacino met with Serpico to prepare for the role early in the summer of 1973.
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NYPD Officer Frank Serpico is rushed to the hospital, having been shot in the face.
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Serpico soon learns that corruption is rampant in the police department.
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Serpico makes several attempts to alert superiors to the corruption but is rebuffed every time.
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Serpico begins brutalizing well-connected suspects who had been bribing other officers and thought themselves protected.
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Finally, Serpico informs McClain that he has reported his experiences to oversight agencies outside the police force.
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The DA limits his questions and prevents Serpico from revealing the ubiquity of corruption in the police force.
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Serpico distanced himself from the project, as he felt that he would be merely portrayed as a sidekick.
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Pacino and Serpico met several times in Montauk, New York, where the actor rented a house for the summer season.
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Serpico was refused service at a Manhattan restaurant for the appearance he kept for the film.
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Serpico was shaved to a mustache, and then eventually his hair was cut, and he was clean-shaven for the beginning of the film.
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Serpico's had a limit of forty-eight hours to finish her work for its delivery to the sound department.
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Serpico learned that Mikis Theodorakis was released from prison in Greece.
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Serpico was able to locate him in Paris, as the composer quickly left his country of origin.
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Serpico met with the director, who played the movie for him the day of his arrival.
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Serpico attended the premiere of the film, but he did not finish watching it.
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Serpico watched the film in its entirety for the first time in 2010.
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Serpico criticized the dismissal of Avildsen by the production team.
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The Detroit Free Press suggested that Serpico would be a breakthrough role for Pacino as an actor, and called his work "fascinating".
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette found Serpico to be "meticulously crafted, intelligently written, unflinchingly honest".
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The piece noted that despite the fictional additions, Serpico was a "superrealistic dramatization".
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Pacino's role as Frank Serpico ranked at number forty on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years.
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Meanwhile, Serpico ranked at number eighty-four on AFI's AFI's 100 Years.
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