# Small scenes an actor absolutely nails

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 31, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-scenes-an-actor-absolutely-nails/435775 "2008-01-31T21:57:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-scenes-an-actor-absolutely-nails/435775/101 "2008-02-15T17:12:17Z")

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Probably the last time Al Pacino has been subtle. In GFI he gets his brother in law to confess to setting up Sonny. There is a brief pause where you just know that he wasn’t 100% sure that he did it but he tricked him into confessing.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-scenes-an-actor-absolutely-nails/435775/102 "2008-02-15T18:41:42Z")

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“Memento.” The actor is Stephen Tobolowsky, a veteran supporting actor who has been in many shows and movies.

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