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In film he portrayed a corrupt Los Angeles official in cahoots with Denzel Washington’s immoral narcotics officer in “Training Day,” a dismissive judge who oversees the court case against the supernatural sleuths in “Ghostbusters II,” and a detective interested in doing business with Al Pacino’s Tony Montana in “Scarface.”

Credit where due, though: the script, which he wrote with Enrico Natale, packs food for thought into a low-key speech, delivered by Pacino 17 minutes in, about the peril of division.

Filmmaker James Foley, whose directing career spanned music videos, television and film, with stars including Madonna, Al Pacino and Bruce Dern, has died.

Pacino received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his work on the dark comedy.

The Al Pacino I saw in “The Godfather” was so understated, he didn’t have to do much.