This was filmed at my grandma’s work. I got to go down there and watch. DeNiro was the nicest guy. He had all these questions for my grandma about the history of the building and the architecture. He could’ve easily just went to his dressing room and ignored everybody but he didn’t. He was so generous & sweet, and then when it was time to film, he’d get in front of the camera and be all “F&-k YOU!!” and then they’d call cut and he’d come back all calm & normal to ask more questions to my grandma about the building.
Fun Fact: Tom Cruise was a little OLDER than Sean Connery's age when making "Maverick", than when Connery made "The Untouchables". People age differently now.
The truth about getting Capone into trouble with the IRS was his own lawyer Edward J. O'Hare, who was afraid if he continued to help the gangsters, his son would someday find out about his father's crooked professional life and would no longer respect his dad. So, he turned Capone's records over to the federal government. Edward J.'s son, Edward H. O'Hare, eventually became a hero US Army Air Force fighter pilot in World War II winning the Congressional Medal of Honor after being killed in battle. So, the City of Chicago named their biggest airport after the younger O'Hare.
In real life Capone actually batted one guy at the table like in the film & chased a second man around the round table with the bat & bat him to death on the floor
If you admit a guilty plea you don't get a trial or anything you can even be sentenced that day depending on where you are, but a guilty plea means you've admitted guilt to the crime accused and you surpass the litigation section of the court phase
De Niro really did put weight on for this role... And the thing this film gets wrong is that in real life it was the IRS who caught Capone when Ness was just a Prohibition agent in charge of getting him on illegal booze charges...and Capone actually ordered his men to not touch Ness because of the heat it would bring to his gang by killing a cop... And Capone was a lot of things but killing kids is something he'd never do IMO...
in real life Capone actually cared very much for children and the working man. In Chicago he ran soup kitchens and it is said that on Thanksgiving day in 1930 his organization fed some 5000 people who otherwise probably wouldn’t have had any meal at all , he even lobbied for it to be made into law that milk should have some type of freshness date stamped on the bottle for children to have good milk to drink
The scene with the baby stroller rolling down the stairs during a shootout, with a baby inside was actually inspired by a film that was from 1925 called Battleship Potemkin. I believe it was an Italian silent movie.
I enjoy watching this movie, but yes, you're speaking facts. lol And you didn't mention some other plot points, which I thought were ridiculous (though maybe historically accurate? I haven't looked it up). But like the judge just switching juries? I think the most he could do is dismiss the jury and begin a new jury selection process from scratch, but to switch the Capone jury with that of a divorce case? And without asking the judge presiding over that divorce case? And then Capone's defense attorney withdrawing a non-guilty plea, and entering a guilty plea, without consulting his client? And Malone surviving a dozen of bullet shots long enough to tell Ness where the bookkeeper was? And even one of the scenes that's a highlight of the film, that of Malone blowing away a guy who was already dead in order to scare another guy into talking. Well, after Malone blows away the already dead guy and scares the other criminal, Malone walks in, all self-satisfied, and says to Ness, "Now, ask him what you want to know.", in a manner which would give away that it was all just an act. Also, Ness's wife is a waste in this movie, and the movie comes to a screeching halt every time she appears. Either do something interesting with her, or don't have her in the film at all. Those are some of my pet peeves with this movie, besides the things you mentioned. Still, there are enough good scenes in this movie, that I enjoy watching it, and have seen it lots of times. lol
I have seen this movie so many times, but it wasn’t until recently that I figured out where I knew the actor who plays the bookkeeper, the one they get at the train station. It’s Jack Kehoe, who I know best as Kid Erie in The Sting, which is one of my all time favorite films.
This movie wasn't supposed to be about Al Capone. It was not a mob movie, maybe that's why your expectations wasn't met. This wasn't supposed to be from the perspective of Capone, he is just another criminal as far as this movie is concerned. Just a tough one to catch. It's about Elliot Ness and the crew taking him down. I highly disagree with your points but I really appreciate hearing your thoughts. It's much better than those reviewers that pretend to like something they are clearly not into.
Deniro informed the director he planned to gain 30 pounds to play capone. That is significant, but only half of what deniro gained to play an older jake lemotta for a few scenes--during that same film production, deniro had to get in boxing shape. It is one of the classic cases of method acting that added to deniro's reputation of truly commiting to a role. But he later admitted (along with christian bale, who also has gained and lost significant amounts of weight) that it was not the healthiest thing to do. And yes, this film involved a double order of cheese.
The thing is you're looking at this film and the screenplay all wrong.. it ISNT supposed to be a historical crime movie..its SUPPOSED to be a pulpy adventure because its a movie version of a 1950a pulpy tv series. Hence the Western scene. De Palma made it faithful to that and if you look at it that way it kind of makes sense of all your issues with the script and acting.
No one ever bothered with the real Elliot Ness. He died in relative obscurity. Most news papers didn't even bother printing an obituary. Hollywood fictionalized his story from the very start. Ness was a heavy drinker and womanizer and died at 55 from a heart attack. The one thing that seems to be totally accurate is that he never took a bribe.
A few things: - De Niro did put on weight specifically for his role as Al Capone. - Malone knew booze was being made at the Post Office because the police force was corrupt and were paid to look the other way so he was likely offered a bribe in the past. (he obviously didn't take it, because that's not his way, but he still new about all of the dealings the mob had with the police) - You said that Ness was a stereotype with a strict moral code that he never violates, but as you see at the end of the movie he strays from that code by throwing Frank Nitti off a building. - Sean Connery should've won an Oscar just for the way he delivers the line, "That's the Chicago way". (35 years later I still imitate him saying that to this very day if I beat someone at Darts, Pool or a videogame, and i'm not even from Chicago or America! lol)
the train station shoot out scene was fictionalized however on the stairway where this was filmed (the north stairway ) has a spot (chip in the marble) on the wall right where capones man was standing when he got shot through the mouth.
There is a great channel on RUclips called Biographics that did a video on Elliot Ness, and another called History Buffs where they take a look at movies and compare them to what actually happened in real life. History Buffs did a video on The Untouchables. Both give out great information on what really happened and what the actual people were really like. One thing I learned was that Elliot Ness was actually an alcoholic.
Yup Ness was a heavy drinker and womanizer. After putting away Capone his life was pretty lousy. When he died at 55 from a massive heart attack, few news papers even bothered to print an obituary. It wasn't until Hollywood picked up his story and fictionalized him , that he became the hero and legend everyone has heard of.. It is said that he never took a bribe. But that at least one person on his team did and Ness was aware of it and kept quiet about it. According to Hollywood a good story is always better than the truth...mostly beacuse it makes more money.
I love mob/crime movies and it has an amazing cast of actors but I always find this movie to be really overrated. It's fine but there's something missing for me.
I Saw The Untouchables a few times in the theater when it was a first released. Although this is a good film, the one thing that stood out to me all those many years ago, were the numerous. distracting errors and continuity problems that plague the film. Such as the camera and camera crew being visibly reflected numerous times in the windows of a building as the camera-boom pans across outside, and the many continuaty problems that are evident with clothing, such as buttons being unbuttoned and buttoned and unbuttoned again and again in a single scene. I've never seen as many things such as this in any other film.
If you want your entire Mafia fix , react to the HBO series *Boardwalk Empire* it takes place in the 20's & 30's era (prohibition) & his every single famous real life mobster in that show & it's produced by Scorsese and shows every famous mobster from they rise to they're fall!!!! It's the ultimate mob/Mafia saga by far👍
in this film Frank Nitti was depicted as dying from being pushed off the roof of the federal courthouse but in real life he died by suicide in 1943 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nitti
I liked this movie...it was intended to be fun...thus the cheeky lines. By the way...Sean Connery WON BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR actor for this role. Scarface was about Capone. This movie was about Ness and his untouchables. Capone wasn't the main character. The movie was supposed to be entertaining...not a serious crime movie. The baby stroller shootout scene is one of the best scenes in movie history. You are the first movie reviewer on RUclips to the acting in this movie...so... The movie is supposed to be fun...Scarface was his serious historical drama...it;s like comparing 2001 a space odyssey to Star Wars...one is more serious and one is made to be more entertaining.
I 💯 agree about the screenplay. Not my favorite. But your criticism of De Palma is off base. The ONLY reason the movie is good is his direction. The costumes, sets, vehicles, cinematography, score...all because of him. The set pieces are pure De Palma. In fact the train station scene, most remembered, wasn't even in the script. It was created by De Palma when they couldn't afford to do a different scene written by Mamet. He might be responsible for the ADR you brought up, but you're gonna dismiss everything else because of that?
Sorry . You missed the mark. The name is The untouchables. Its about the regular cop doing his duty when all society looks the other way. Its not a mobmovie. Its a movie of the little man collectively following the law because he has sworn to do just that . Thats why the deaths of the 2 cops is so important- they were nobody, people of no importance doing what is right because they said they would . To be untouchable is hard, especially if you are a regular Joe Schmoe .
I think you were correct - the writing is weak and the acting, despite the cast, is non-existant. If you didn't know who the director is, you'd never guess from watching. I remember when this came out - I think this was a studio project to make money...a money grab.
Wow. To me this is heads and shoulders above Scarface which is farcical and completely over the top. THAT movie and its stereotyping was cringe. Al Capone was real. He was just a bad guy. No need to make him more than what he was
I agree. Maybe I have to watch Scarface again, but I have to admit it didn’t left me over the moon after seeing it from all the hype around it. And yet I was all over The Untouchables.
Damn it.... a Shelbs upload and it's a re-re of a film I don't like. Need some new Nave. Although I know better than to hold my breath. It drops when it drops.
Yeah sorry I'm pretty unpredictable when it comes to uploading lol, usually because of copyright issues. I have new stuff coming soon though! I appreciate you being here as always 😊
Prohibition continues with laws as minor as restricting booze sales on Sundays, to the Feds and many states continuing to ban pot, to the fact all the other recreational drugs are still illegal (LSD, shrooms, coke, meth, heroin, etc). I'm not saying addiction is cool for any of them, only that adults should be free to choose what they consume in a country that claims to love freedom and liberty. The war on (all) drugs is a failure.
Man has sought out mind altering drugs since the beginning of time. All the money thrown away on a war on drugs for years could have gone to help addicts that wanted to return to a normal life. Just about everyone knows someone that was killed by a drunk driver, yet it's still socially acceptable. Far more dangerous than smoking ever was. More people have turned to harder drugs from alcohol than marijuana. If they truly wanted to stop drug traffic, it's simple, legalize it. Take the money out it. Drugs are big business because they are illegal and potential wealth outweighs the risk. Bottom line, drugs generate cash for everyone including law enforcement.
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This was filmed at my grandma’s work. I got to go down there and watch. DeNiro was the nicest guy. He had all these questions for my grandma about the history of the building and the architecture. He could’ve easily just went to his dressing room and ignored everybody but he didn’t. He was so generous & sweet, and then when it was time to film, he’d get in front of the camera and be all “F&-k YOU!!” and then they’d call cut and he’d come back all calm & normal to ask more questions to my grandma about the building.
Oh my god that's amazing! I love that
Fun Fact: Tom Cruise was a little OLDER than Sean Connery's age when making "Maverick", than when Connery made "The Untouchables". People age differently now.
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The truth about getting Capone into trouble with the IRS was his own lawyer Edward J. O'Hare, who was afraid if he continued to help the gangsters, his son would someday find out about his father's crooked professional life and would no longer respect his dad. So, he turned Capone's records over to the federal government. Edward J.'s son, Edward H. O'Hare, eventually became a hero US Army Air Force fighter pilot in World War II winning the Congressional Medal of Honor after being killed in battle. So, the City of Chicago named their biggest airport after the younger O'Hare.
15:02 this sequence is an homage to the 'Odessa Steps' scene from the film Battleship Potemkin.
In real life Capone actually batted one guy at the table like in the film & chased a second man around the round table with the bat & bat him to death on the floor
Road to Perdition is an excellent one if you want to continue your gangster journey, virtually flawless!!
If you admit a guilty plea you don't get a trial or anything you can even be sentenced that day depending on where you are, but a guilty plea means you've admitted guilt to the crime accused and you surpass the litigation section of the court phase
can a lawyer just change the plea to guilty?
why didn't Capone have a say in it?
that's weird
De Niro really did put weight on for this role...
And the thing this film gets wrong is that in real life it was the IRS who caught Capone when Ness was just a Prohibition agent in charge of getting him on illegal booze charges...and Capone actually ordered his men to not touch Ness because of the heat it would bring to his gang by killing a cop...
And Capone was a lot of things but killing kids is something he'd never do IMO...
in real life Capone actually cared very much for children and the working man.
In Chicago he ran soup kitchens and it is said that on Thanksgiving day in 1930 his organization fed some 5000 people who otherwise probably wouldn’t have had any meal at all ,
he even lobbied for it to be made into law that milk should have some type of freshness date stamped on the bottle for children to have good milk to drink
R.i.p Sean Connery you brought us great entertainment and will always be a legend in Hollywood
The guy dressed up as the cop in the elevator is the same guy who threatened Elliot Ness in front of his house.
My favorite mobster film is still Miller’s Crossing.
Don't get me wrong I love this movie, but it is soooo weird and yes, sometimes cringy, but at the same time awesome. "Let's do some good"
It seems a lot of people feel that way! I didn't hate it but didn't necessarily love it either haha
The scene with the baby stroller rolling down the stairs during a shootout, with a baby inside was actually inspired by a film that was from 1925 called Battleship Potemkin. I believe it was an Italian silent movie.
It's a Russian film but yes it was the inspiration
@@paulstroud2647 Oh yeah. Thanks for clearing that up.
@@stonecoldku4161 I think the Russian director was S.J. Eisenstein
The guy dressed up as a cop in the elevator was the same guy who threatened Ness outside his house...Nitty
Al Capone is probably the single most enigmatic crime leader of the last 100 years
I enjoy watching this movie, but yes, you're speaking facts. lol
And you didn't mention some other plot points, which I thought were ridiculous (though maybe historically accurate? I haven't looked it up).
But like the judge just switching juries? I think the most he could do is dismiss the jury and begin a new jury selection process from scratch, but to switch the Capone jury with that of a divorce case? And without asking the judge presiding over that divorce case?
And then Capone's defense attorney withdrawing a non-guilty plea, and entering a guilty plea, without consulting his client?
And Malone surviving a dozen of bullet shots long enough to tell Ness where the bookkeeper was?
And even one of the scenes that's a highlight of the film, that of Malone blowing away a guy who was already dead in order to scare another guy into talking. Well, after Malone blows away the already dead guy and scares the other criminal, Malone walks in, all self-satisfied, and says to Ness, "Now, ask him what you want to know.", in a manner which would give away that it was all just an act.
Also, Ness's wife is a waste in this movie, and the movie comes to a screeching halt every time she appears. Either do something interesting with her, or don't have her in the film at all.
Those are some of my pet peeves with this movie, besides the things you mentioned.
Still, there are enough good scenes in this movie, that I enjoy watching it, and have seen it lots of times. lol
I have seen this movie so many times, but it wasn’t until recently that I figured out where I knew the actor who plays the bookkeeper, the one they get at the train station. It’s Jack Kehoe, who I know best as Kid Erie in The Sting, which is one of my all time favorite films.
This movie wasn't supposed to be about Al Capone. It was not a mob movie, maybe that's why your expectations wasn't met. This wasn't supposed to be from the perspective of Capone, he is just another criminal as far as this movie is concerned. Just a tough one to catch. It's about Elliot Ness and the crew taking him down. I highly disagree with your points but I really appreciate hearing your thoughts. It's much better than those reviewers that pretend to like something they are clearly not into.
a guilty plea results in no further trial … you just get sentenced
Deniro informed the director he planned to gain 30 pounds to play capone. That is significant, but only half of what deniro gained to play an older jake lemotta for a few scenes--during that same film production, deniro had to get in boxing shape. It is one of the classic cases of method acting that added to deniro's reputation of truly commiting to a role. But he later admitted (along with christian bale, who also has gained and lost significant amounts of weight) that it was not the healthiest thing to do. And yes, this film involved a double order of cheese.
The thing is you're looking at this film and the screenplay all wrong.. it ISNT supposed to be a historical crime movie..its SUPPOSED to be a pulpy adventure because its a movie version of a 1950a pulpy tv series. Hence the Western scene. De Palma made it faithful to that and if you look at it that way it kind of makes sense of all your issues with the script and acting.
No one ever bothered with the real Elliot Ness. He died in relative obscurity. Most news papers didn't even bother printing an obituary. Hollywood fictionalized his story from the very start. Ness was a heavy drinker and womanizer and died at 55 from a heart attack. The one thing that seems to be totally accurate is that he never took a bribe.
A few things:
- De Niro did put on weight specifically for his role as Al Capone.
- Malone knew booze was being made at the Post Office because the police force was corrupt and were paid to look the other way so he was likely offered a bribe in the past. (he obviously didn't take it, because that's not his way, but he still new about all of the dealings the mob had with the police)
- You said that Ness was a stereotype with a strict moral code that he never violates, but as you see at the end of the movie he strays from that code by throwing Frank Nitti off a building.
- Sean Connery should've won an Oscar just for the way he delivers the line, "That's the Chicago way". (35 years later I still imitate him saying that to this very day if I beat someone at Darts, Pool or a videogame, and i'm not even from Chicago or America! lol)
the train station shoot out scene was fictionalized however on the stairway where this was filmed (the north stairway ) has a spot (chip in the marble) on the wall right where capones man was standing when he got shot through the mouth.
There is a great channel on RUclips called Biographics that did a video on Elliot Ness, and another called History Buffs where they take a look at movies and compare them to what actually happened in real life. History Buffs did a video on The Untouchables. Both give out great information on what really happened and what the actual people were really like.
One thing I learned was that Elliot Ness was actually an alcoholic.
Yup Ness was a heavy drinker and womanizer. After putting away Capone his life was pretty lousy. When he died at 55 from a massive heart attack, few news papers even bothered to print an obituary. It wasn't until Hollywood picked up his story and fictionalized him , that he became the hero and legend everyone has heard of.. It is said that he never took a bribe. But that at least one person on his team did and Ness was aware of it and kept quiet about it. According to Hollywood a good story is always better than the truth...mostly beacuse it makes more money.
I love mob/crime movies and it has an amazing cast of actors but I always find this movie to be really overrated. It's fine but there's something missing for me.
One of my favourite films but I actually forgot about the Armani part, brilliant wardrobe.
Unfortunately Capone couldn't be a official mob member he was full Italian blood,but he did run Chicago and worked with the mob from other cities
I Saw The Untouchables a few times in the theater when it was a first released. Although this is a good film, the one thing that stood out to me all those many years ago, were the numerous. distracting errors and continuity problems that plague the film. Such as the camera and camera crew being visibly reflected numerous times in the windows of a building as the camera-boom pans across outside, and the many continuaty problems that are evident with clothing, such as buttons being unbuttoned and buttoned and unbuttoned again and again in a single scene. I've never seen as many things such as this in any other film.
If you want your entire Mafia fix , react to the HBO series *Boardwalk Empire* it takes place in the 20's & 30's era (prohibition) & his every single famous real life mobster in that show & it's produced by Scorsese and shows every famous mobster from they rise to they're fall!!!! It's the ultimate mob/Mafia saga by far👍
RIP Ray Liotta
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100 percent sure you don't need to tell your bf to brush your hair 😂
You pleed guilty it is the equal of a conviction
in this film Frank Nitti was depicted as dying from being pushed off the roof of the federal courthouse but in real life he died by suicide in 1943
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nitti
You hit the nail on the head with your criticisms. Cant add anything else. You said it all.
I liked this movie...it was intended to be fun...thus the cheeky lines. By the way...Sean Connery WON BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR actor for this role. Scarface was about Capone. This movie was about Ness and his untouchables. Capone wasn't the main character. The movie was supposed to be entertaining...not a serious crime movie. The baby stroller shootout scene is one of the best scenes in movie history. You are the first movie reviewer on RUclips to the acting in this movie...so... The movie is supposed to be fun...Scarface was his serious historical drama...it;s like comparing 2001 a space odyssey to Star Wars...one is more serious and one is made to be more entertaining.
I find it hard to believe that you are a de Palma fan or knowledgeable of Chicago mob history. Couldn’t even finish with you.
I 💯 agree about the screenplay. Not my favorite. But your criticism of De Palma is off base. The ONLY reason the movie is good is his direction. The costumes, sets, vehicles, cinematography, score...all because of him.
The set pieces are pure De Palma. In fact the train station scene, most remembered, wasn't even in the script. It was created by De Palma when they couldn't afford to do a different scene written by Mamet. He might be responsible for the ADR you brought up, but you're gonna dismiss everything else because of that?
If you watch James bond watch the Daniel Craig version his version is action packed.
Daniel Craig is the worst James Bond.
Daniel Craig turned Bond into a cuck. Sean Connery's bond was the greatest.
I love your accent! What state are you from?
Indiana! I’ve lived many places but I’m a midwest girl at heart 😉
Sorry . You missed the mark. The name is The untouchables. Its about the regular cop doing his duty when all society looks the other way. Its not a mobmovie. Its a movie of the little man collectively following the law because he has sworn to do just that . Thats why the deaths of the 2 cops is so important- they were nobody, people of no importance doing what is right because they said they would . To be untouchable is hard, especially if you are a regular Joe Schmoe .
If you like de palma watch and review Cape Fear
I agree, but Cape fear is Scorsese though
Can't wait for the masterpiece that is
The Irishman
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I think you were correct - the writing is weak and the acting, despite the cast, is non-existant. If you didn't know who the director is, you'd never guess from watching. I remember when this came out - I think this was a studio project to make money...a money grab.
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Wow. To me this is heads and shoulders above Scarface which is farcical and completely over the top. THAT movie and its stereotyping was cringe. Al Capone was real. He was just a bad guy. No need to make him more than what he was
I agree. Maybe I have to watch Scarface again, but I have to admit it didn’t left me over the moon after seeing it from all the hype around it. And yet I was all over The Untouchables.
Damn it.... a Shelbs upload and it's a re-re of a film I don't like. Need some new Nave. Although I know better than to hold my breath. It drops when it drops.
Yeah sorry I'm pretty unpredictable when it comes to uploading lol, usually because of copyright issues. I have new stuff coming soon though! I appreciate you being here as always 😊
You don't like The Untouchables?! First time i've ever heard someone say that.
Prohibition continues with laws as minor as restricting booze sales on Sundays, to the Feds and many states continuing to ban pot, to the fact all the other recreational drugs are still illegal (LSD, shrooms, coke, meth, heroin, etc). I'm not saying addiction is cool for any of them, only that adults should be free to choose what they consume in a country that claims to love freedom and liberty. The war on (all) drugs is a failure.
Man has sought out mind altering drugs since the beginning of time. All the money thrown away on a war on drugs for years could have gone to help addicts that wanted to return to a normal life. Just about everyone knows someone that was killed by a drunk driver, yet it's still socially acceptable. Far more dangerous than smoking ever was. More people have turned to harder drugs from alcohol than marijuana. If they truly wanted to stop drug traffic, it's simple, legalize it. Take the money out it. Drugs are big business because they are illegal and potential wealth outweighs the risk. Bottom line, drugs generate cash for everyone including law enforcement.
Canada had prohibition about the same time the U.S. did, but their distilleries were allowed to make whisky for export.