Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Untouchables [1987]

"Never stop fighting till the fight is done"


BASED ON A TRUE STORY

Director: Brian De Palma
Writers:  Oscar Fraley (suggested by book), Eliot Ness (suggested by book)
Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro

 

Storyline

 

Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's 'The Battleship Potemkin'.

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