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The Untouchables (1987) -- Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
The Untouchables (1987) -- Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   80,130 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Oscar Fraley (suggested by book) and
Eliot Ness (suggested by book) ...
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Release Date:
3 June 1987 (USA) more
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The Chicago Dream is that big more
Plot:
Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(36 articles)
Film: Review:Police, Adjective
 (From The AV Club. 23 December 2009, 10:00 AM, PST)

Five Questions with Patricia Clarkson
 (From Cinematical. 4 December 2009, 6:02 PM, PST)

User Reviews:
Brian De Palma's Masterpiece more (324 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Costner ... Eliot Ness

Sean Connery ... Jim Malone

Charles Martin Smith ... Agent Oscar Wallace

Andy Garcia ... Agent George Stone / Giuseppe Petri

Robert De Niro ... Al Capone
Richard Bradford ... Police Chief Mike Dorsett
Jack Kehoe ... Walter Payne
Brad Sullivan ... George
Billy Drago ... Frank Nitti

Patricia Clarkson ... Catherine Ness

Vito D'Ambrosio ... Bowtie Driver

Steven Goldstein ... Scoop
Peter Aylward ... Lt. Anderson

Don Harvey ... Officer Preseuski
Robert Swan ... Mountie Captain
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Runtime:
119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Though the patron saints of police are Michael the Archangel and Saint Sebastian, Irish police officers often carried Saint Jude medals, the patron saint of hopeless causes. more
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Continuity: During the bridge shootout, a barrel of whisky stops leaking but then starts up again. more
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Title Card: 1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and tommy gun. It is the time of the Ganglords. It is the time of Al Capone.
Reporter: [to Al Capone] An article, which I believe appeared in a newspaper, asked why, since you are, or it would seem that you are, in effect, the mayor of Chicago, you've not simply been appointed to that position.
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MOOD INDIGO more

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75 out of 105 people found the following review useful.
Brian De Palma's Masterpiece, 30 January 2005
10/10
Author: jcanettis from Athens, Greece

"The Untouchables" is in my opinion De Palma's greatest work, with his other masterpiece, namely "Scarface", coming a very close second. In "Scarface" the focus is on a paranoid and self-destructive gangster who rises to meteoric heights and then falls; in "The Untouchables" the focus is on a very honest man with a noble mission, Elliot Ness (Kostner), who is prepared to do anything to clean Chicago from the corruption and mayhem caused by the notorious gangster Al Capone (De Niro). His quest is really tough, as his opponent is determined and powerful, but he has the help of three invaluable partners: Malone (Connery), a no-nonsense experienced cop, Wallace (Martin Smith), an accountant who will try to help bring tax charges against Capone, and Stone (Garcia), a great shooter.

As I noted before the film is brilliantly directed, with some scenes such as the one with the baseball bat, or the one with the baby in the train station, having become classic. The acting is superb, and while Connery was the one who received his well-deserved Oscar, Kostner and De Niro made Oscar-class performances too.

Although belonging to a typical genre, this film certainly stands out. Don't miss it! 10/10.

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