``Serpico'' Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino portray a gritty police drama that restores faith in law and justice.

"Serpico" synopsis

At a time when everyone was losing faith in public authority, a detective openly accused the police of corruption. The man's name is Frank Serpico. While working as a plainclothes police officer in New York, he is shocked to discover that his colleagues routinely bribe and extort. Serpico firmly refuses to accept bribes and becomes isolated within the organization. Even so, he struggled alone to remain faithful to the spirit of the law.

Index

• Frank Serpico , a real-life police officer who denounced the police system
• Al Pacino completely assimilated with Serpico
• The harsh filming that troubled Sidney Lumet

Frank Serpico , a real-life police officer who denounced the police system

America in the '70s was hurting. Defeat in the Vietnam War. Inflation due to oil shock. Distrust in politics stems from the Watergate scandal. Its authority as a superpower that had led the world was lost, and it began to decline.

At a time when everyone was losing faith in public authority, a detective openly accused the police of corruption. The man's name is Frank Serpico. While working as a plainclothes police officer in New York, he is shocked to discover that his colleagues routinely bribe and extort. He steadfastly refused to accept bribes and fought alone to stay true to the spirit of the law. Despite the risk of being lynched by his colleagues, he takes the stand to testify at the Corruption Investigation Commission. Eventually, journalist Peter Maas published a book about Serpico's courageous whistleblowing story. Many people praised his actions, saying, ``Was there a man who dared to stand up against public authority?''

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There was a man who saw Serpico's heroic actions as a business Being There. This is Detective David Dalke, who was a member of the investigation committee. If this true story were made into a movie, it would make money, and it would also serve as a personal heroic tale of how he played a role in investigating police corruption. At that time, Paul Newman would play the role of Darc, and Robert Redford would play the role of Serpico, a golden duo from `` Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' ' (1969) and `` The Sting '' (1973). Darc was renamed Bob Blair and played by Tony Roberts.)

Serpico must have felt embarrassed. Will even a life-threatening accusation be used as a tool to satisfy the vanity of a detective other than himself? However, script development did not go well, and Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and possible director Sam Peckinpah also left the project.

However, there was another man who had an extraordinary interest in Serpico. This is Dino De Laurentiis, a major Italian producer who has worked on films such as `` War and Peace '' (56), ``The Tempest'' (58), and `` Creation '' (66). Laurentiis had moved his activities from Italy to the United States, believing that the Italian film industry was in decline. A discerning man, he immediately purchased the film rights to Peter Maas's original work for $400,000.

Martin Bregman was the actual producer, including selection of the director and casting. He originally worked as a manager for Michael Douglas, Faye Dunaway, and Barbra Streisand, but this is his first time trying to produce. For the role of Serpico, the lead role, he fiercely pushed the actor he discovered, Al Pacino.

Al Pacino completely assimilated with Serpico