Al Pacino Admits the Movie “Cruising” Was “Exploitative” of Gays
The 84-year-old actor reveals in his new memoir that he anonymously donated his salary from the film to various charities.
Al Pacino Says His 1980 Film Cruising Was ‘Exploitative’ to LGBTQ Community in New Memoir
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Al Pacino Recalled Seeing Protestors “Almost Every Day” While Shooting His Film “Cruising” And Detailed The Moment He Realized It Was “Exploitative” Of The Gay Community
Released in 1980, Cruising starred then-39-year-old Al as a police officer who went undercover at underground gay bars in New York to catch a serial killer suspected of killing gay men. It was directed by William Friedkin,
Al Pacino Donated ‘Cruising' Pay To Charity After Film Felt "Exploitative" To LGBTQ Community
Nearly 45 years ago, Al Pacino knew his controversial 1980 film Cruising wouldn’t age well. In his new memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner admitted he found the movie “exploitative” to the LGBTQ community upon its release,
Al Pacino thought 'Cruising' was 'exploitative' of LGBTQ+ people, so he donated his paycheck
The actor revealed in his recent memoir, Sonny Boy, that he was so uncomfortable with how the final cut of the movie portrayed LGBTQ+ people that he ended up anonymously donating his entire paycheck to various charities.
Al Pacino donated earnings from role in ‘exploitative’ gay film to charity
Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino donated the money he earned from gay film Cruising to charities after realising that it was “exploitative” of the queer community. The 1980 film, loosely based on a novel by Gerald Walker,
Al Pacino reveals the surprising thing he did with his paycheck from the gay thriller “Cruising”
A Memoir. As we’ve previously reported, Pacino’s career is littered with roles of particular interest to LGBTQ+ moviegoers. One of these was playing a cop in the 1980 crime thriller Cruising. The movie was written and directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist,
The Biggest Bombshells from Al Pacino's “Sonny Boy: ”His Bond with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and Turning Down “Star Wars”
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‘Please Tell Me, What’s Wrong With Me?’
In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Al Pacino looks back on his “moon shot” of a life in Hollywood — and a few acute regrets.
Al Pacino Shares Secrets From Life and Career in New Memoir, Including Near-Death Experience
In 2020, a COVID infection brought Al Pacino as close to dying as he has ever been. "They said my pulse was gone. It was so — ...
Listen to Al Pacino Narrate His Life Story in New Memoir, ‘Sonny Boy'
The Oscar winner opens up in his audiobook about his famous friends, struggles with alcoholism and close call with Covid ...
‘Sonny Boy’ Review: A Star Early and Late
Al Pacino was so displeased with one film that he gave his earnings to charity. Another project led him to walk away from ...
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BOOK: SONNY BOY - Al Pacino
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12 Things We Learned About Al Pacino, 84, From His New Memoir ‘Sonny Boy’
Al Pacino, 84, came from a gritty childhood in the South Bronx to establish himself as one of the most iconic film stars. In ...
Meet Al Pacino’s 4 children: the Hollywood great just released his memoir Sonny Boy – so which of his kids was behind his viral Shrek phone case?
Pacino’s Shrek phone case was spotted when he was out and about with Jason Momoa – and Scarface has held on to it after ...
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A More Freewheeling Book Lives Inside Al Pacino’s Memoir
From Shakespeare to Strindberg to “Scarface”: The actor remembers all of it and talks about some of it in “Sonny Boy.” By Caryn James Caryn James is a film and television critic for the BBC.
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Al Pacino says his 16-month-old son texts him as he reveals they don’t live together
He also shared that when writing his new memoir, Sonny Boy, titled after a nickname his mother gave him, he wanted it to be something for his loved ones, including his children. “At least ...
Al Pacino still ‘haunted’ by decades-old penis injury
Well, it’s officially spooky season, because even Al Pacino is “haunted”... by a decades-old penis injury, no less. The Oscar ...