Where to watch Scent of a Woman (1992)
Scent of a Woman is available to stream in CA on Crave. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A poor prep-school student takes a Thanksgiving job caring for a blind, retired army officer. What begins as a difficult assignment becomes an unexpected trip to New York, where the mismatched pair confront personal struggles, questions of integrity, and the possibility of meaningful change.
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Ron Eldard, Rochelle Oliver, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler
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Trivia & production notes
- Director Martin Brest chose to make Scent of a Woman instead of a remake of Death Takes a Holiday, which he eventually directed as Meet Joe Black in 1998 with Brad Pitt.
- Al Pacino extensively researched his role as a blind man by meeting with clients of New York's Associated Blind and The Lighthouse advocacy group, who taught him techniques like how to locate a chair, pour liquid, and light a cigar.
- Jack Nicholson was offered the role of Lt. Col. Frank Slade but declined the part.
- Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brendan Fraser, Anthony Rapp, Chris Rock, and Stephen Dorff all auditioned for the role of Charlie Simms before Chris O'Donnell was cast.
- The film was shot over five months from December 1991 to April 1992 across multiple New York locations including the Plaza Hotel, Waldorf-Astoria, and Princeton University.
- Screenwriter Bo Goldman described the film's moral as exploring how we can find strength by remaining open to life's surprising contradictions.
- The tango Frank and Donna dance to is Por una Cabeza, a song that originated as a 1930s hit by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo La Pera.
- Thomas Newman composed and conducted the film's soundtrack.
- Al Pacino won his first Academy Award for Best Actor with this film, after receiving four previous nominations for Best Actor.
- Producer Ovidio G. Assonitis, who originated the project, chose to go uncredited on the final film and later took out a full-page advertisement in Variety congratulating the filmmakers and Pacino on his Oscar win.
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