The bright white, postmodern Miami-area house made famous in Brian De Palma’s Scarface is on the market, according to reports from The Miami Herald and others. The asking price? A cool $237 million.
The 2.38-acre property is situated on the water in Key Biscayne. It boasts 868 feet of water frontage, a boat dock, a 20,000 sqaure-foot overwater helipad and piano-shaped pool. The 13,000 square-foot home itself includes floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline, five bedrooms and a steel-and-glass elevator.
The elevator is the centerpiece of one one the movie’s most memorable scenes — of which there are many. In it, Tony (Al Pacino) visits the home of his new boss, the drug/car dealer Frank (Robert Loggia). As they banter, Frank’s “girl” Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) descends in the building’s see-through elevator. It’s an entrance akin to Scarlett O’Hara descending the staircase at
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