Director
Brian De Palma, Brian De Palma
Music (original)
Ennio Morricone
Cast
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Edition 1998
119'
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1987
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Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Dialogue:
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The story of the war between gangster boss Al Capone and T-Man Elliot Ness. After being humiliated when an early raid on a Capone stronghold yields nothing but Canadian textbooks, Ness is willing to listen to the advice of veteran cop James Malone. Ness organises a group of detectives whom he calls the "untouchables" - men who can't be bought off by Capone. David Mamet's fanciful screenplay includes such fabrications as a vengeful Ness throwing Frank Nitti off a courthouse roof to his death (Nitti actually committed suicide), and a climactic railroad-depot shoot-out "borrowed" from Eisenstein's “Potemkin”. Somehow it matters very little that truth is a virtual stranger to the film: it thrills and entertains, and isn't that what movies are all about? (Hal Erickson)
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Credits
Directors
Brian De Palma, Brian De Palma
Music (original)
Ennio Morricone
Cast
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Scenario
David Mamet, David Mamet, Oscar Fraley, Eliot Ness
Director of Photography
Stephen H. Burum
Editors
Gerald B. Greenberg, Bill Pankow
Producers
Art Linson
Production studios
Paramount Pictures
Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)
Rights Owner
United International Pictures (UIP)
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United States of America
Screenplay based on
"The Untouchables" (Oscar Fraley, Eliot Ness)
Year
1987
Filmography
Brian De Palma
Icarus (short, 1960), 660124: The Story of an IBM Card (short, 1961), Woton's Wake (short, 1963), Jennifer (short, 1964), The Responsive Eye (short, 1966), Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank (short, 1966), Murder a la Mod (1968), Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), To Bridge This Gap (short, 1969), Dionysus in '69 (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972), Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Obsession (1976), Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Scarface (1983), Body Double (1984), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: American Storm (music video, 1986), The Untouchables (1987), Casualties of War (1989), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Raising Cain (1992), Carlito's Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), Femme Fatale (2002), The Black Dahlia (2006), Redacted (2007), Passion (2012), Domino (2019)
Brian De Palma
Icarus (short, 1960), 660124: The Story of an IBM Card (short, 1961), Woton's Wake (short, 1963), Jennifer (short, 1964), The Responsive Eye (short, 1966), Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank (short, 1966), Murder a la Mod (1968), Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), To Bridge This Gap (short, 1969), Dionysus in '69 (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972), Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Obsession (1976), Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), Scarface (1983), Body Double (1984), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: American Storm (music video, 1986), The Untouchables (1987), Casualties of War (1989), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Raising Cain (1992), Carlito's Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), Femme Fatale (2002), The Black Dahlia (2006), Redacted (2007), Passion (2012), Domino (2019)
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