Pacino as Paterno, and Who Is That Producer? Anthony Scaramucci
Supported by Media Pacino as Paterno, and Who Is That Producer? Anthony Scaramucci Photo Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director, is credited as an executive producer on “Paterno,” which stars Al Pacino, center, and is scheduled to air Saturday on HBO. Credit Atsushi Nishijima/HBO, via Associated Press Eagle-eyed viewers of the HBO film “Paterno” — a biopic of the disgraced Penn State football coach, starring a slurring, pancake-faced Al Pacino — may spot a surprising name in the credits: Anthony Scaramucci, the world’s most famous former White House communications director.
Mr. Scaramucci, it turns out, is a dabbler in the biz.
“I just gave them the dough,” he said during a brief telephone conversation the other day.
Officially, he is a co-executive producer of “Paterno,” having bought the rights to a book about the saga at Pennsylvania State University several years ago with a producing partner, Edward R. Pressman. His involvement with the movie, which..