The Untouchables R

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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 9, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1987
  • Label: Paramount

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Academy Awards 1987 - Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery

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Certified Fresh82%

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 217,484
5 stars out of 5 -- A masterpiece from Brian De Palma....A strikingly polished presentation...
Ultimate DVD
Aug 1, 2007
...A beautifully crafted portrait of Prohibition-era Chicago....Propelled by scripter David Mamet's rich dialog, Connery delivers one of his finest performances ever. It is filled with nuance, humor and abundant self-confidence...
Variety
Jun 3, 1987
Rating: 9.5/10 -- The best cop/mob movie remains decidedly untouchable. Full Review
Lyles' Movie Files
Oct 28, 2013
While overtly melodramatic, The Untouchables is a perceptive and hard-driven actioner. It's an intriguing character confrontation, loaded with ironies, both personal and social. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Jun 5, 2018
De Palma does superb job with the action sequences, which are choreographed, paced and acted out so well that they don't leave a palm dry in the house. Full Review
Philadelphia Daily News
Jun 25, 2013
Included in the New York Times 10 Best Films of 1987
New York Times
Dec 27, 1987
...Packed with surprises, not the least being that it's a smashing work....THE UNTOUCHABLES is an original...
New York Times
Jun 3, 1987

Product Description:

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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  • Sales Rank: 6,158
  • UPC: 032429258472
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