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Al Pacino Donated ‘Cruising’ Pay To Charity After Film Felt “Exploitative” To LGBTQ Community

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Nearly 45 years ago, Al Pacino knew his controversial 1980 film Cruising wouldn’t age well. In his new memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner admitted he found the movie “exploitative” to the LGBTQ community upon its release, revealing that he donated his pay from the William Friedkin-helmed film to various charities.

He explained he was interested in “pushing the envelope” but the project “became very controversial during its production” with protesters at set “almost every day,” concerned the film would depict the LGBTQ community in a negative light, according to People.

Loosely based on the 1970 Gerald Walker novel, Cruising stars Pacino as Detective Steve Burns, who goes undercover in New York City’s S&M bars to catch a serial killer that’s viciously murdering the city’s gay men.

Pacino found Cruising “exploitative” once it was released in 1980, and he ultimately “remained quiet” instead of promoting the film. “I took the money, and it was a lot, and I put it in an irrevocable trust fund,” he explained. “I gave it to charities, and with the interest, it was able to last a couple of decades.

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