>> ^Dignant_Pink:

jesus, phillip seymour hoffman is an underrated actor. i've never seen him have a bad performance, but for some reason i feel like he's not among the acting elite. the guy's amazing in every role he does.


PSH has been awesome for several years now. But he's no longer underrated.

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>> ^Retroboy:

He had a bunch of really good lines in this. Very, very entertaining.
Hanks was good in the film, but Hoffman was like Hit Girl in KickAss - owned every scene he was in.


right on brother.
hoffman banked this movie all the way.

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Interviewed by Philip Seymour Hoffman no less!

Philip Seymour Hoffman is great, isn't he? Actually, so is Catherine Keener I reckon.

....and don't forget,
Philip Seymour Hoffman....one of the best of the best of the best....

Scent of a Woman is a 1992 film which tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible blind, medically retired Army officer. It stars Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Al Pacino) and was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

This should be watched by everyone growing up. Some trivia for you

* Al Pacino was helped by a school for the blind in preparation for his role. He says he made himself look blind by not focusing his view on anything, and that using prosthetic contact lenses would "fake" his performance.

* During the disciplinary meeting, the headmaster tells Slade "You are out of order!", a line told to another of Pacino's characters in ...And Justice for All (1979).

* Director Martin Brest disowned the version of the film shown on airlines and television.

* In order to get Charlie out of the hotel room Slade asks him to buy some aspirins and a Montecristo no. 1 cigar, a Cuban product banned in the US due to the Cuban embargo. As this task is impossible it would keep Charlie away for a long time.

* Pacino prepared for the famous "tango" scene in the movie by taking intensive Argentine tango lessons at DanceSport, a Manhattan dance studio located near Columbus Circle.

* Slade notices the girl he will tango with a few minutes later by her smell. When Slade and Charlie talk to her, she tells her name was Donna - which is the Italian word for "woman". The approach scene therefore is a homage to the title of the original 1974 movie Profumo Di Donna.