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.

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....got the scent myself last night, knew she was a keeper when she jumped a fence at the BMW dealership, to grab her cellphone charger......RRROORWWWF!

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

great scene, cept in reality we may've only heard 20 seconds of Pacino's monologue followed by the sound of him getting tasered by a sadistic security guard for the remaining 8 mins..

Scent of a Woman is a nice piece of screenwriting and acting - not sure it qualifies as "great cinema".

Pop culture, yes...cinema, maybe.

I'd say this is cinema. What more could you ask for in a movie with good writing and acting? Especially compared to all the crappy movies in recent years.

Seriously, what more could you want here? If still think this is just a pop culture reference, just pop in the movie '300' again repeat the 'SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!' scene over and over.

That'll lower your somewhat unrealistic standards quite significantly.

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I'm constantly amazed by Pacino's talent. Even though I'm more often than not, repulsed by the characters he plays. I don't know if it's a case of type-casting, or if he just prefers these roles, but he seems to play nothing but assholes...even if they're doing good things (like Slade), they seem to find the obnoxious way possible to do it.

And yet, I'll watch anything he's in...he's just that good.

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