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Actors: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Untouchables |
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A treasury agent named Eliot Ness is tired of Al Capone. He assembles a four man team bent on taking Capone down. They seem to be getting off to a good start, but Capone and his men aren't going down without a fight. They kill two of Ness' men to show they mean business. This just makes Ness more determined to take him down.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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In Prohibition Chicago, Al Capone rules the city with absolute impunity. Determined to take him down, Federal Treasury agent Eliot Ness (Costner) and his accountant partner (Smith) hand pick a team to avoid the rampant corruption in local law enforcement. Jim Malone (Connery, who won an Oscar for this role) is a seen-it-all beat cop who serves as mentor to Ness and the boys, while Agent George Stone (Garcia) is a sharp shooting rookie. This is clearly Brian De Palma's best film (it could have been done by Scorsese!), helped considerably by one of David Mamet's earliest screenplays. It's heavy on style (the climactic shootout in Chicago's Union Station features a baby carriage on a long stone stairway, in homage to Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin") and gunplay. As with "Raging Bull" seven years before, De Niro stuffed himself to gain the weight necessary to fit into Capone-size clothing.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Following the life of prohibition, agent Elliot Ness, details how he and a group of men took down Al Capone. Mentor is played by Sean Connery and is excellent in his role.
--dino, Resident Scholar
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The fight between Al Capone and Elliot Ness and his group of investigators (The Untouchables). Set during the prohibitionism the movie tells the story of this epic battle for justice and law.
--Massimo Moretti, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Untouchables |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
- Mafia conflict
- gang conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- Chicago
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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