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TIL that the movie Serpico was filmed in reverse, and Al Pacino had to be shaved as the shooting progressed. Pacino started with long beard and hair. He was shaved to a mustache, and then eventually his hair was cut, and he was clean-shaven for the beginning of the film.

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