Untouchables-Dvd
EAN: 9780792167228
ISBN: 0792167228
Sales Rank: 99393
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 1987
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is 'like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters.' In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the 'Odessa steps' sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com:
As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is 'like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters.' In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the 'Odessa steps' sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. --Jeff Shannon
Average Rating: 
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- Paramount "Touched" the UntouchablesI've always been a big fan of this movie, which I remember as first marking Brian DePalma as a "blockbuster" ... Read More
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- An absurd battle that should never have startedThe film came long after the 1960s series and it was able to improve the discourse a lot from pure police and ... Read More
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- Still UntouchableEven after all these years, this film great!! And being remastered to blu-ray is awesome.
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- A Bloody Prohibition Era Mob Drama by DePalma. I'll Drink to That!DePalma's dramatization of the legendary showdown between US treasury agent Elliot Ness and original American ... Read More
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- Not quite untouchable...`The Untouchables', from a distance, looks wonderful. I mean in all seriousness it is a beautifully shot film ... Read More
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