Niue 2023 $2 Scarface 40th Anniversary 1oz Silver Coloured Rectangle CoinReleased in 1983 Scarface is American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Loosely based on the 1929 novel of the same name and serving as a loose remake of the 1932 film, it tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (played by Al Pacino), who arrives penniless in Miami during the Mariel Boatlift and becomes a powerful and extremely homicidal drug lord. The coins reverse features a replica of the Scarface poster