![]() ![]() George's father sits with George and pressures George to identify the three perpetrators, and he provides tentative identifications. ![]() Frank unexpectedly arrives and sits with Charlie. On Monday morning, Charlie and George are subjected to formal inquiry by the disciplinary committee, with the rest of the student body present as an audience. They fight over the gun, but Frank backs down after Charlie convinces him that he has much to live for and should face his circumstances courageously. ![]() Charlie leaves but quickly becomes suspicious and returns to find Frank in his dress uniform, preparing to commit suicide with his service pistol. When they return to the hotel, Frank sends Charlie to buy cigars. Frank talks the officer into letting them go without revealing that he is blind.Īfter returning the car, Frank becomes despondent and walks into traffic on Park Avenue, where he narrowly avoids being struck by multiple cars. Frank is elated until he is pulled over by a police officer. Once on the road, Frank becomes depressed again, until Charlie allows him to drive. Frank talks the reluctant salesman into letting them take the car. He invites her to the dance floor, where they perform a spectacular tango (" Por una Cabeza").ĭeeply despondent the next morning, Frank is uninterested in Charlie's suggestions for that day's activities until Charlie suggests test driving a new Ferrari. While at a restaurant, Frank notices Donna, a young woman waiting for her date. Frank advises Charlie to turn informant and go to Harvard, warning him that George will probably submit to Trask's pressure, so he should act and obtain a benefit before George does. Frank deliberately provokes everyone at dinner, which ends after a heated confrontation with his nephew Randy.Īs they return to New York City, Charlie tells Frank about his problem at school. On Thanksgiving they pay an uninvited visit to the home of Frank's brother in White Plains, where the cause of Frank's blindness is revealed: while drunk, he juggled live grenades to show off for a group of younger officers, and one exploded. During dinner at the Oak Room, Frank glibly states his intention to commit suicide. Trask sets a meeting of the school disciplinary committee to take place the Monday after the Thanksgiving weekend.įrank unexpectedly takes Charlie on a trip to New York City, where they stay at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. He privately offers Charlie a bribe: a letter of recommendation to attend Harvard University if Charlie cooperates. After falling victim to the prank, Trask learns of the two witnesses and unsuccessfully presses them to name the perpetrators. He discovers Frank to be a blind, highly decorated Vietnam War veteran who has become a cantankerous alcoholic.Ĭharlie and another student, George Willis, Jr., witness three classmates set up a prank to humiliate the headmaster, Mr. Charlie accepts so he can buy a plane ticket home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas. A woman hires him to watch over her uncle, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, over Thanksgiving weekend. Plot Ĭharlie Simms is a scholarship student at Baird, an exclusive New England preparatory school. The film won three Golden Globe Awards, for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Motion Picture – Drama. Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance and the film was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. It received generally positive response from critics and was a box office success. The film was released on December 23, 1992. The film was shot primarily around New York state, and also on location at Princeton University at the Emma Willard School, an all-girls school in Troy, New York and at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. Hoffman), Gabrielle Anwar, and Bradley Whitford in supporting roles. The film stars Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell, with James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman (credited as Philip S. The film is a remake of Dino Risi's 1974 Italian film Profumo di donna, adapted by Bo Goldman from the novel Il buio e il miele ( Italian: Darkness and Honey) by Giovanni Arpino. Scent of a Woman is a 1992 American drama film produced and directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irritable, blind, medically retired Army lieutenant colonel. ![]()
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