Produzion De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.P.A.
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures (United States and United Kingdom) Columbia Pictures (International)
Release date
December 5, 1973 (1973-12-05)
Running time
130 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3.3 million[2]
Box office
$29.8 million (US/Canada)[3] $23.4 million (worldwide rentals)[4]
Serpico is a 1973 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter Maas with the assistance of its subject, Frank Serpico. The story details Serpico's struggle with corruption within the New York City Police Department during his eleven years of service, and his work as a whistleblower that led to the investigation by the Knapp Commission.
Producer Dino De Laurentiis purchased the rights from Maas. Agent Martin Bregman joined the film as co-producer. Bregman suggested Pacino for the main part, and John G. Avildsen was hired to direct the film. Pacino met with Serpico to prepare for the role early in the summer of 1973. After Avildsen was dismissed, Lumet was hired as his replacement. On a short notice, he selected the shooting locations and organized the scenes; the production was filmed in July and August.
Upon its release, Serpico became a critical and commercial success. At the same time, the film drew criticism from police officers. It received nominations at the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. Pacino earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, while Salt and Wexler received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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film Dick Tracy. He appeared in Serpico (1973) in a small but notable role as a policeman who loudly accuses Officer Serpico of having a homosexual encounter...
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York in 1973. In film, George acted in Brubaker (1980), Klute (1971), Serpico (1973), Harsh Light (1997), his last film, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's...
Virginia, he lectured on morality and ethics erosion. Leuci knew Frank Serpico, known for being the first officer to expose corruption within the police...
international following, which include famous film scores such as Zorba the Greek, Serpico, Never on Sunday, America America, Eternity and a Day, Chariots of Fire...
unit or organization, as the experience of police whistleblower Frank Serpico illustrates. Police are known to have a well-developed blue wall of silence...
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on Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home, as well as earning a nomination for Serpico.[citation needed] Salt is featured in the extras for the Criterion Collection's...
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