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The Untouchables (Special Collector's Edition)
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	List Price: $12.98 *Features* • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Collector's Edition • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Special Edition • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 03 June, 1987 DVD Release : 05 October, 2004
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As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is "like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters." In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the "Odessa steps" sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. --Jeff Shannon

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Sometimes DePalma Gets It Right

When people bring up the director DePalma, they probably think Carrie, Scarface, or perhaps Bonfire of the Vanities, the later a spectacular disaster, perhaps the biggest let down of Hollywood lore. Somehow DePalma is always slightly "off" when making his films- the tone is not quite suitable, the material mediocre, the acting off-key. But he gets it right in the Untouchables, and shows why he is a director to be reckoned with and remembered through the ages. This is a great American crime saga in the same vein as Once Upon a Time in America or the Godfather. Based on the true adventures of Elliot Ness trying to catch and convict a notorious gangster whose name escapes me at the moment, it is a riveting and grand-scale account of this heroic and dangerous pursuit of evil. This is not a film of moral ambiguities... Kevin Costner as Ness is the good guy, along with the great Sean Connery as the Irish Chicago cop and a young Andy Garcia as the Italian rookie. Those three make the movie worth watching right there. But add Deniro as the ruthless gangster, and a magnificent musical score, and you have a great night at the movies (or on your couch). This film is not for the squeamish (is any DePalma film?). The bat scene is intense and disturbing. As is the shoot out in Grand Central Station - but it is a testament to DePalma's signature style (though some would say that style is a carbon copy of Hitchcock, but that is not a bad thing). This movie will not let you down on any level. If you like gangster films, sagas, Sean Connery, Costner, Andy Garcia, DeNiro, or great movie soundtracks, this is required viewing.

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