Tony Montana is the central character of Scarface, the 1983 crime film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, played by Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises through the Miami drug trade. The character and his lines became enduring pop culture references, widely quoted, parodied and sampled in music, games and online videos. Short clips of his voice circulate as reaction sounds because the delivery is instantly recognisable, even out of context, and still signals ambition, defiance and excess decades after the film's release.