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Release Date
Jun 3, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 16, 2001
• R2: 4 Jun 2001
Budget $25,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• The Untouchables
• Die Unbestechlichen (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Gangsters, Detectives, Drugs, Revenge, Period Piece, Police, True Story, Marriage, Gore, Martial Arts, Murder, Courtroom, Suspense
Tagline: AL CAPONE. He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. - Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.
Plot: Kevin Costner is idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness, whose assignment to clean up Prohibition-era Chicago leads to violence and manly questions about upholding the law. Initially powerless to stop the flow of booze into the city (the police force is corrupt and everyone in town seems to be on the mob’s payroll), Ness finds guidance from an older streetwise cop (Sean Connery, who won an Academy Award for this role) who convinces him he'll need to break some rules if he wants to bring down head mobster Al Capone (Robert De Niro). Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith play Ness’s other recruits, who together must stand tall against a city full of assassins. Director Brian De Palma (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) packs the film with violence and creative camera movements while David Mamet's intelligent script capably dodges cliché at every turn. There’s a real sense of what's at stake for these characters on a personal level, which contrasts nicely with the futility inherent in enforcing Prohibition in the first place. The film is based on the autobiographical book by Ness (cowritten with Oscar Fraley) and the 1959-63 TV series; Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY) composed the uninhibitedly bombastic score.
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 | Sean Connery
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Rock, The Hunt for Red October |
 | Andy Garcia
Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, The Godfather: Part III |
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Ennio Morricone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West |
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