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The Untouchables is a 1987 American gangster, historical, action, and biographical film directed by Brian De Palma. The screenplay was written by David Mamet and Eliot Ness, based on a work by Ness, with production handled by Art Linson and Paramount Pictures. The cast includes Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford, and Jack Kehoe. Ennio Morricone composed the score, while Stephen H. Burum served as director of photography. Filming took place in Chicago, and the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
The film has a runtime of 119 minutes and was released on June 3, 1987. It received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music. Nominations included the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The film holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 and a TMDb vote average of 7.756.
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7.8Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness
- Sean Connery as Jim Malone
- Robert De Niro as Al Capone
- Charles Martin Smith as Oscar Wallace
- Andy Garcia as George Stone
- Richard Bradford as Mike
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- prohibition era
- gangster
- baseball bat
- white suit
- tough cop
- treasury agent
- untouchable
- tax evasion
- jury tampering
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Untouchables
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Cast member
- Robert Miranda
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Producer
- Art Linson
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Stephen H. Burum
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 520318
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Untouchables Filmlogo.png
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- publication date
- 1987-10-15
- film editor
- Bill Pankow
- title
- The Untouchables
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Foreign Film
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Commons category
- The Untouchables (film)
- characters
- Al Capone
- box office
- 76270454
- capital cost
- 25000000
- derivative work
- The Untouchables
- set in period
- 1930
- review score
- 7.8/10
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Encyclopedic overview
The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. Set in 1930 Chicago, the film follows Eliot Ness (Costner) as he forms the Untouchables team to bring Al Capone (De Niro) to justice during Prohibition. It is the fourth film on which De Niro and De Palma collaborated, after Greetings (De Niro's first lead in a feature role), The Wedding Party and Hi, Mom!.
The screenplay is loosely based on Ness's and Oscar Fraley's 1957 book The Untouchables and the real-life events on which it is based, although most of its plot is fictionalized. The Academy Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning score is composed by Ennio Morricone and features period music by Duke Ellington.
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