The Untouchables (1987)

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Oscar Fraley (suggested by book) and
Eliot Ness (suggested by book) ...

Release Date:

3 June 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | History | Thriller

Tagline:

The Chicago Dream is that big

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Treasury Agent | Accountant | Federal Agent | Prohibition | Police

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Los intocables (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Die Unbestechlichen (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Les incorruptibles (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Os Intocáveis (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
мЕОПХЙЮЯЮЕЛШЕ (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
Aki legyözte Al Caponét (Hungary) [hu]
Az érinthetetlenek (Hungary) [hu]
De omutbara (Sweden) [sv]
De ubestikkelige (Norway) (video box title) [no]
De uovervindelige (Denmark) [da]
Dokunulmazlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Els intocables d'Elliot Ness (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Lahjomattomat (Finland) [fi]
Los intocables de Eliot Ness (Spain) [es]
Neúplatní (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Nesalomivi (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) [sr]
Nietykalni (Poland) [pl]
The Untouchables - gli intoccabili (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

40 miles south, Great Falls, Montana, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Agent George Stone is introduced, Malone founds out that his real name is Giuseppe Petri and he was born in Italy. In Italian, Giuseppe Petri can be literally translated as "George Stone".

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Capone's accountant's glasses have a flat reflection - they're non-corrective. Why would someone in the 1930s wear glasses for fashion's sake?

Quotes:

[first lines]
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.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Conker: Live and Reloaded (2004) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Vesti la giubba

Great stuff

An absolute classic. These three words describe this masterpiece. De Palma and his supreme cast give us what we want. An intense drama about good and bad. A towering performance by Connery as an Irish-American cop with a Scottish accent stand out but Costner, De Niro and the rest of the cast, down to the baby in the Potemkin inspired scene at the train station, deliver great performances. Another reason for loving this movie is, that it is full of really bad editing mistakes. The best one being the roof top scene, where Ness helps Niiti to his car. If you haven't seen it I feel sorry for you. Whether you rent it, or buy doesn't matter. But it is a MUST SEE!