He played in Heat with Actor Robert De Niro.During this time earth was 2 different side ; Robert de Niro fans and Al Pacino Fans...

He reuinited with Scarface director Brian de Palma to play yet another Spanish-speaking gangster, this time in the 1993 movie Carlito's Way. During this time, Al Pacino had been dating director/producer Lyndall Hobbs. When their relationship began to take a turn for the worse, it is rumored that Al had an affair with his attractive Carlito's Way co-star Penelope Anne Miller. Pacino and Hobbs did not last, nor did he and Miller. He had a short role in 1995's Two Bits, and then what seemed to be a gift from the action-flick gods was released: Heat, directed by Michael Mann had Pacino starring opposite Robert de Niro (who had played Al's father in The Godfather Part II, however in that they had no screentime together). The movie was a smash. After that came the mediocre political drama City Hall co-starring John Cusack and Bridget Fonda.

Al tried his hand again at directing in the clever documentary Looking for Richard, which basically entails the story of Pacino trying to direct, star, and produce a production of Shakespeare's Richard III. This time, he released the movie to the public and it was very well-recieved; he even won the Best Director of a Documentary award from the Director's Guild of America.

In 1997, Al co-starred with Johnny Depp in the fantastic Mafia movie Donnie Brasco, then went on to play Satan himself in The Devil's Advocate next to Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. In 1999, he reunited with director Michael Mann to make the excellent drama/thriller The Insider with Russel Crowe. The movie was highly praised and nominated for seven Academy Awards. Then Al Pacino worked with renowned director Oliver Stone in the epic football film Any Given Sunday, followed by yet another movie directed by and starring Pacino, Chinese Coffee, which is at last due for release in 2005.

Around this time, Al became romantically involved with actress Beverly D'Angelo, and things seemed to be going very smoothly between them. In 2001, D'Angelo gave birth to twins--Olivia and Anton (perhaps named after one of Pacino's favorite playwrights, Anton Chekhov)--on January 25. Soon after, however, they decided to split, and a fierce custody battle ensued. Al claimed that Beverly was charging him money to see their children, while D'Angelo said that Al was abusing his custody rights and demanding to see the children more than he was allowed. The battle was long and exhausting, and the results were not disclosed to the public; however it is known that Pacino (grudgingly) had to move to LA so he could see the children three times a week. Al now rotates his schedule between New York--still his favorite place to be--and Los Angeles, so he can try and spend time with both Julie and the twins.

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