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RIP, Sean Connery. He took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and he earned it as his character is a cop determined to take down Al Capone once and for all.
I graduated HS in 89, and in all those years this is still one of the best films I have seen hands down, the score, the performances, just a top shelf effort all around. Sadly, movies of this quality don't come along all that often, but when they do, it's something special that you will never forget.
He pulls a knife. 🔪 You pull a gun.🔫 He sends one of yours to the hospital. 🏥 You send one of his to the morgue.🪦 That's the Chicago way; and that's how you get Capone. One of the best lines in all of cinema, history. 17:38
I watched the original TV series based on Eliot Ness and his Untouchables. "The Untouchables" aired on ABC from 1959 to 1963. It starred Robert Stack of Unsolved Mysteries fame. Yes, I'm old. I turn 70 next year. But, I have an encyclopedic knowledge of all thing Pop culture.
Yep and anyone like yourself who was familiar with that old show should have been throwing popcorn at the screen when they portrayed Frank Nitti as a low level hit man whom Ness killed at the end of the movie when in fact he was Capone's right hand man who took who delegated any violence needed to others. He also took over Capone's operation with Capone's blessing after he went to prison. Hard to understand then why DePalma would include in his movie a lie so blstsnt to anyone 40 or older when the movie came out. That would have been a large chunk of his original audience that he was taking a chance of alienating. As for me it spoiled the movie for me, making question the historicity of every other scene I wasn't already familar with through pop culture.
This was a very solid Brian De Palma movie with great action sequences, Sean Connery deserved the Oscar, and Morricone should’ve won the Oscar for his terrific score.
Fact: Frank Nitti was actually a real person, second in command in the Capone crime empire and known as "the Enforcer". When Capone went to prison Nitti took over and ran the organization until he committed suicide in 1943.
@@Basedbeauty3 He was arrested and convicted of extortion for which he received a long prison sentence. Nitti suffered from extreme claustrophobia (developed from his first time in prison) and "deleted" himself rather than serve the time.
@@Basedbeauty3 A bit more context about that: the general theory today (because it's still being speculated) is that the fear of that long prision sentence (fueled further more by his claustrophobia) and the evident loss of power (in jail he'd be an easy target for anyone willing to premanently remove him from the picture) made him take the choice to end his own life. There is an accidental (perhaps) nod to the real events in the film, though; Nitty got so drunk the day he decided to take his own life, his aim was a mess (there were witnesses to this; Nitty didn't shoot himself in a random room, he elected a more dramatic exit): he walked to nearby train tracks and walked towards an incoming train as he repeatedly shot himself in the head. It took him three attempts to get the job done due to his poor personal condition; his first shot failed so badly he (mostly) just managed to blow the hat out of his head (in a similar manner as in the roof duel; if writers were aware of this and that's why it's in the scene or it's a happy accident based on stereotypes about gun fights, I don't know).
In real life there were 10 Untouchables. No member of the Untouchables was killed. Frank Nitti, (the man Elliott Ness threw off the roof) was Al Capones' replacement on his arrest.
🌪️ there’s so much symbolism in this movie. That scene when Ness is at home with his family, listening to the radio, his family was by the radio he was in his chair across the room. He waves at them with the smile. Showing that he’s trying to keep them away from the job that he does but still knows that they’re there for him and that’s what he’s trying to protect fantastic
A cool fact about the staircase/ baby carriage scene is that it was a last minute change. Originally, they were supposed to extract the bookkeeper from the train. The studio deemed it too expensive, so DePalma came up with mirroring the famous sequence from Battleship Potemkin.
Billy Drago was an incredible actor. He was one of my fave demons (Barbas the demon of fear) in Charmed and he was great in the X-Files and Supernatural too.
I just read about him after reading your post. The anniversary of Billy's death was yesterday, June 24. He played the role so chillingly, it was brilliant. What an actor. RIP.
Another phenomenal reaction! When Costner was cast as Jonathan Kent I was so excited because I love him as Elliot Ness, but then they took his direction a different way... Also never realized all of the Dark Knight parallels before. Andrew, please don't ever apologize if you think you're over analyzing or what not. Your perspective/overall commentary is literally why we're here, buddy!
The baby scene is a homage to the shot of the baby carriage going down the stairway in Battleship Potemkin (in the sequence that is often taught as the most important piece of editing ever) a prop which is a famously efficient way to get the audience upset and feeling stakes. (Similar to the baby carriage in French Connection which made audiences scream)
My dad showed this film to me when i was a teenager and i was hooked for the whole thing a true masterpiece from actors i was hit or miss with at that age
🌪️ I think I’m slowly getting over the initial shock. Sometimes some of these classic movies you guys have not watched, but now I appreciate the fact that you haven’t watched it and I get to relive that wonderful feeling of watching this movie for the first time thanks guys. Oh, and also it makes me very happy that these classic movies are being watched after all this time and not forgotten. I don’t think you guys realize what a great thing you guys are doing so I’m just letting you know you guys are doing a really great thing with this
Yep, Silverado and Unforgiven are two films responsible for the resurgence of the western. I think they came out the same year if memory holds, but if not the were very close.
YEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! You both are gonna LOVE this! The music and everything in here and suspence and everything is...EVERYTHING!!!! So friggin stoked to see this And watch all you thought afterwards. Coy is super cool. Andrew, dude, I really love your thoughts on stuff!
The Batman story "The Long Halloween" took a bunch of scenes from this movie which was put back into The Dark Knight. So it wasn't a coincidence. Also yes, the clock street at the end was Lasalle and that was also in The Dark Knight. Also there was a Capone story that Capone beat a man to death with a baseball bat at a swanky dinner.
Man Coy and Andrew are killing it with their "retro" reactions lately! Keep it up guys and would love to see more 80/90s movies from both of you. As Tara once said Andrew is a human IMDB 😂 Very knowledgeable about things and facts which I like and Coy is such a nerd I love it! Speaking of Sean Connery, any of you have seen The Rock? One of my favorite late 90s action movies starring Connery and Nic Cage and one of the better Michael Bay directed movie lol. Would love to see a reaction to that movie!
I love that Capone’s bookkeeper is such an important person to the case. In Ken Burns’ Prohibition documentary, one of the talking heads is the son of a bookkeeper who worked for Seattle’s biggest bootlegger. His father told the prosecutors that, if they put him on the stand, he would talk, but not about what they wanted him to talk about. He would talk about all of the various officials he paid off over the years. They didn’t make him testify.
Great reaction Coy and Andrew! 😊 RIP always to Sean Connery(who played Jim Malone)! This is such a classic! And with a stellar cast. This is easily one of my favorite Kevin Costner, Robert De Nero, and Sean Connery films. Another great historical movie starring Kevin Costner(and the late Donald Southerland)that I very highly recommend is the 1991 "JFK". Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
This is one of those features that when they announced that they were releasing a 4k Bluray of I immediately jumped on it. It's a classic and one of those underappreciated classics.
In fact, it was not the Untouchables who brought down Capone but an accountant with Treasury who was not associated with Ness. It was basically a two-pronged approach with the Untouchables disrupting Capone’s businesses while the accountant, whose name was Frank J. Wilson, took the forensic approach.
Three things always stand out about this movie. The little girl exploding, The baseball bat dinner. And the death of a certain character. Love this movie
Al Capone ran the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931, but he ran with them since 1919. Before that he was involved in gangs in New York City from his youth before he was invited to move to Chicago by his mentor Johnny Torrio. Capone tried to rehabilitate his image at one point, after the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, by opening a soup kitchen after the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression hit, which did succeed to an extent. It was said to be very popular.
What most people miss is that if it wasn't for the lady and the baby all the guards would have noticed the suspicious people and started a gunfight in the train station. The baby and the buggy ended up being the perfect cover so they just ignored him and brought the accountant out.
Have you heard the Hoskins story ? Bob Hoskins met with De Palma as Brian said he was casting for Al Capone and really wanted De Niro but didn't think he'd get him. If so he wanted to know if Bob would play him. Bob agreed but didn't hear any more about the project. Then, out of the blue, months later, a cheque arrived from De Palma's office - I've seen interviews where it's been for $20k and $200k - either way a substantial amount. Hoskins says he sent a message to De Palma thanking him and told him: "If you ever have any other movies you don't want me to appear in I'm all ears...."
I'm from Chicago and my Dad actually got to work on this film, one of my favorite Chicago movies, and Sean Connery is the BEST!!!!! And, yes ,the "canyon" of LaSalle Street where they filmed was also used in the Dark Knight!
After Capone went away, he was wired & running his outfit from inside within 2 weeks. You can still go see his cell at Eastern State Penitentiary today. Cells were 8x12 feet and, at the time, were shared by 2 inmates (even though they were strictly designed in the early 1800's to be for just 1 inmate), had 2 small (25"x72") cot beds, a small tap and a toilet. Capone's cell, which he had all to himself, was enlarged, and his Victorian rugs, tables, armoire & desk, lamps, full-size bed with luxury mattress & linens, lounge chair, cigar box, record player & radio are still there.
LaSalle Street in Chicago was used for both the Dark Night and The Untouchables. The tower at the head of the canyon is The Chicago Board of Trade Building, 'aka' Wayne Tower from Batman Begins.
My partner at the time played the opera singer (Pagliacci in the cast list) in the film. The scene on the stairs with champagne and DeNiro was a late addition and filmed in the middle of the night. Seeing the movie opening day in Chicago it was a real jolt seeing my guy's face on a theater movie screen 30 or 40 feet high! Glad he was part of such a terrific film. 😎 (Annnnnnd. . .LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago is where both this film and Christopher Nolan's Batman film was shot. Good call!)
One of my favorites. I have not seen scarface, and have no intentions to see it. Sean Connery DID win an Oscar for this movie. Glad you enjoyed it. You seemed to really get it. A lot of people seem to think Kevin was very wooden, but I saw it as the way he projected Elliot Ness. If you haven't seen L.A. Confidential, you need to see it.
@@andrewgordon7662 if you like this, you will LOVE L A Confidential. The cast was at the time mostly unknowns, and it made stars of most of them. No clues, lots of blood and guts. Excellent movie!
The first time I watched this, it had just come out on VHS and I was 8. Even then the little girl being blown up over one old dude not buying beer seemed far fetched. Like the writers were actually stumped on how to make us realistically view Capone as the villain.
Kirsten Dunst was the girl who got blown to smithereens. And, the fact that DeNiro only had 20 minutes of screen time is nuts. Also, Costner's early roles, prior to the Whitney Houston movie, he was pretty expressive actor.
🌪️ that whole scene set up where they are going to kill Connery in his home, not only was super tense, but the music choice of Morricone to use the harmonica to set up. The scene was almost like a western style scene set up, which if you think about it, although this is a gangster movie at the same time, it has very much of a wild West in Chicago field to it for the time. Choosing Morricone for the soundtrack and musical score was brilliant.
Bars during prohibition: There was a bar in northern Michigan called the "The Bucket of Blood Saloon & Ice Cream Parlor" It was revealed that it made over 20k a month in profits yet only sold 3 quarts of ice cream . . .
Detroiter here. Detroit had the Purple Gang. Wikipedia cracks me up: *Purple Gang; - Activities: Murder, extortion, theft, armed robbery, kidnapping, gambling, bootlegging.*
New subscriber. Hello from Saskatchewan, Canada. Love your channel...love your reactions. And OMG I would love to see you react to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. A terribly underrated movie that I have never seen anyone react to like you could.
I’m case nobody else has mentioned it, the Untouchables that get killed all have a drink shortly before dying, breaking the law has serious consequences. And Ness died poor and with a drinking problem.
Untouchables is such an iconic movie! They wrote it so well. I love the fact that they made a scene with Al Capone celebrating with Pavarotti in Pagliacci the clown. So cool!
De Niro was the first choice, but there was uncertainty that he would do it because he was on Broadway and also he wanted to gain 30 pounds. So Depalma went to Hoskins and he was all in. De Niro then said he would be available..so Depalma sent Hoskins a 25k check and a thank you note, which prompted Hoskins to call Depalma and ask him if he has any more movies he don't want him to be in 😂.
“Here endeth the lesson” became a bit of a meme in the 90s. It was used a few times in episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Oscar Wallace is played by a great character actor, Charles Martin Smith. He had a big role in “Starman” with Jeff Bridges.
Really fun reaction to this terrific film. You should definitely check out more, earlier De Palma, like Phantom of the Paradise, Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out. All brilliant films. BTW, Connery didn't break any law by having g a drink in his own home. Prohibition outlawed the manufacture, transport and sale of alcohol, not the consumption. So if people stocked up or already had booze in their house before Peohibition took effect, they were free to consume it to their hearts' content.
A fantastic somewhat forgotten movie starring "Gerald Ramis" (Charles Martin Smith) is "Never Cry Wolf." Its about a researcher in the arctic studying wolves, but is also about human nature and a great many other things. Wonderful movie.
To reference Batman again, when Sean C tells the guy to stamp his feet to stay warm ,I remember Batman being told to rub his chest in Batman Begins. So Andrew, I enjoyed all the references haha
Robert DeNiro stole every scene as Capone. One of the best portrayals of Capone as well. Stephen Graham’s young Capone in Boardwalk Empire is also fantastic.
It's funny you guys mention how bloody the movie is. I was a teen when this came out and hadn't seen too many 20's-30's era gangster movies, but when I saw Untouchables I was totally surprised at how bloody it was, much like comparing a 50s western to Tombstone, you see the violence in the classics but don't really comprehend it until it's given a modern spin. I would imagine people who saw those movies (the classics) at that time thought they were too violent.
You guys watched a very special movie. I hope you continue to check out more classics like this. I highly recommend a film that David Mamet directed called HOUSE OF GAMES. It stars Joe Mantegna as a pro con artist. It was Roger Ebert's number 1 film in his 1987 top ten best of the year list. Given that was a year that gave us Wall Street, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam, Roxanne, Moonstruck, Predator, Plains, Trains ... Lethal Weapon which was also on Ebert's list, and so much more. HOUSE OF GAMES -1987
Coy I believe the lyrics you brought up were “A state that’s untouchable like Elliot Ness “ from 2Pac and Dr Dre -California Love,also Capone crime reign was about 7 years I think
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5:22 well, my family made millions selling bootleg mouthwash to drugstores & speakeasies & people
oh, Capone was making $3 million a year,
that's like $53 million a year today
RIP, Sean Connery. He took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and he earned it as his character is a cop determined to take down Al Capone once and for all.
Your post makes no sense
I graduated HS in 89, and in all those years this is still one of the best films I have seen hands down, the score, the performances, just a top shelf effort all around. Sadly, movies of this quality don't come along all that often, but when they do, it's something special that you will never forget.
well said 👍
He pulls a knife. 🔪
You pull a gun.🔫
He sends one of yours to the hospital. 🏥
You send one of his to the morgue.🪦
That's the Chicago way;
and that's how you get Capone.
One of the best lines in all of cinema, history. 17:38
You're muckin' with a G here, pal!
I watched the original TV series based on Eliot Ness and his Untouchables. "The Untouchables" aired on ABC from 1959 to 1963. It starred Robert Stack of Unsolved Mysteries fame.
Yes, I'm old. I turn 70 next year. But, I have an encyclopedic knowledge of all thing Pop culture.
I'm 58. I remember watching the show with my mom
I'm 66, and watched the reruns.
The TV show was inspired by Elliot Ness' book by the same name.
Yep and anyone like yourself who was familiar with that old show should have been throwing popcorn at the screen when they portrayed Frank Nitti as a low level hit man whom Ness killed at the end of the movie when in fact he was Capone's right hand man who took who delegated any violence needed to others. He also took over Capone's operation with Capone's blessing after he went to prison.
Hard to understand then why DePalma would include in his movie a lie so blstsnt to anyone 40 or older when the movie came out. That would have been a large chunk of his original audience that he was taking a chance of alienating. As for me it spoiled the movie for me, making question the historicity of every other scene I wasn't already familar with through pop culture.
In real life, it was the judge's idea to switch juries.
He had a reputation of being one of the few judges that nobody could bribe.
I didn't know that!
You learned that from the channel History Buffs, right?
@@theawesomeman9821 I heard/read about years ago in multiple places, but honestly, I can’t remember where I heard/read it first.
If that's true, it's messed up that the movie paints him as being corrupt
@@dvc1190 its to show that capone would buy judges.
The staircase scene is based on a 1925 Soviet silent film, Battleship Potemkin.
Definitely DePalma's obvious homage to that Sergei Eisenstein iconic silent movie sequence! Amazing
Nice to know there are real cinephiles watching
@@iamsheep Maybe I sounded a bit snooty but that film is year one of film history. Love that DePalma wanted to pay tribute to it.
Came here to share the same! Learned it in film class before this film came out!
@@myrhino70not snooty, well informed!
RIP Ennio Morricone, for composing an amazing Oscar Nominated Score.
Listening to the soundtrack of The Mission at the moment. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥃
He also composed the score for The Mission
Red Sonja was one of my favs.
@@jennster360and for all the Sergio Leone movies. One of the greatest movie composers of all time.
This was a very solid Brian De Palma movie with great action sequences, Sean Connery deserved the Oscar, and Morricone should’ve won the Oscar for his terrific score.
This is such a great movie. Coy and Andrew are one of my fave duos to watch. Keep the classic gems coming fellas.
Fact: Frank Nitti was actually a real person, second in command in the Capone crime empire and known as "the Enforcer". When Capone went to prison Nitti took over and ran the organization until he committed suicide in 1943.
Why he delete himself ?
@@Basedbeauty3 He was arrested and convicted of extortion for which he received a long prison sentence. Nitti suffered from extreme claustrophobia (developed from his first time in prison) and "deleted" himself rather than serve the time.
@@Basedbeauty3 A bit more context about that: the general theory today (because it's still being speculated) is that the fear of that long prision sentence (fueled further more by his claustrophobia) and the evident loss of power (in jail he'd be an easy target for anyone willing to premanently remove him from the picture) made him take the choice to end his own life.
There is an accidental (perhaps) nod to the real events in the film, though; Nitty got so drunk the day he decided to take his own life, his aim was a mess (there were witnesses to this; Nitty didn't shoot himself in a random room, he elected a more dramatic exit): he walked to nearby train tracks and walked towards an incoming train as he repeatedly shot himself in the head.
It took him three attempts to get the job done due to his poor personal condition; his first shot failed so badly he (mostly) just managed to blow the hat out of his head (in a similar manner as in the roof duel; if writers were aware of this and that's why it's in the scene or it's a happy accident based on stereotypes about gun fights, I don't know).
@@DocuzanQuitomos Thanks for this! I love hearing the real life context stories behind these period films.
In real life there were 10 Untouchables. No member of the Untouchables was killed. Frank Nitti, (the man Elliott Ness threw off the roof) was Al Capones' replacement on his arrest.
🌪️ there’s so much symbolism in this movie. That scene when Ness is at home with his family, listening to the radio, his family was by the radio he was in his chair across the room. He waves at them with the smile. Showing that he’s trying to keep them away from the job that he does but still knows that they’re there for him and that’s what he’s trying to protect fantastic
A cool fact about the staircase/ baby carriage scene is that it was a last minute change. Originally, they were supposed to extract the bookkeeper from the train. The studio deemed it too expensive, so DePalma came up with mirroring the famous sequence from Battleship Potemkin.
Happy 42nd Anniversary to John Carpenter's THE THING, released on this day in 1982.
My wife's cousin Billy Drago is in this movie he plays Frank Nitty the one that wears the white suit.
Billy Drago was an incredible actor. He was one of my fave demons (Barbas the demon of fear) in Charmed and he was great in the X-Files and Supernatural too.
I just read about him after reading your post. The anniversary of Billy's death was yesterday, June 24. He played the role so chillingly, it was brilliant. What an actor. RIP.
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I heard he was cool AF in real life
Just had no time for b.s.
His son Darren Burrows played Ed on Northern Exposure.
@@TheTerryGene Yeah, the resemblance is way there. I loved that show, and he was so great as Ed.
Another phenomenal reaction! When Costner was cast as Jonathan Kent I was so excited because I love him as Elliot Ness, but then they took his direction a different way... Also never realized all of the Dark Knight parallels before. Andrew, please don't ever apologize if you think you're over analyzing or what not. Your perspective/overall commentary is literally why we're here, buddy!
“WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO?”
Kung Fu Hustle
So that’s what kung fu hustle was referencing lol
The baby scene is a homage to the shot of the baby carriage going down the stairway in Battleship Potemkin (in the sequence that is often taught as the most important piece of editing ever) a prop which is a famously efficient way to get the audience upset and feeling stakes. (Similar to the baby carriage in French Connection which made audiences scream)
Its so funny, all the references to The Dark Knight is making me want to rewatch 🤣
One of my all time favorites with my new favorite duo reacting! Currently on break at work but when I get home this will be top priority!
My dad showed this film to me when i was a teenager and i was hooked for the whole thing a true masterpiece from actors i was hit or miss with at that age
🌪️ I think I’m slowly getting over the initial shock. Sometimes some of these classic movies you guys have not watched, but now I appreciate the fact that you haven’t watched it and I get to relive that wonderful feeling of watching this movie for the first time thanks guys. Oh, and also it makes me very happy that these classic movies are being watched after all this time and not forgotten. I don’t think you guys realize what a great thing you guys are doing so I’m just letting you know you guys are doing a really great thing with this
If you like amiable, talkative Costner, you should check out Silverado, a great western.
Yep, Silverado and Unforgiven are two films responsible for the resurgence of the western. I think they came out the same year if memory holds, but if not the were very close.
RIP Billy Drago, an excellent villain.
Sean Connery had a well deserved Oscar for that role , the guy was such a legend
YEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! You both are gonna LOVE this! The music and everything in here and suspence and everything is...EVERYTHING!!!! So friggin stoked to see this And watch all you thought afterwards. Coy is super cool. Andrew, dude, I really love your thoughts on stuff!
Connery won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I was sure you’d love the Train Station scene
Also got the Golden Globe Award.
These guys are great. The mugging faces and yelling. Comedy gold.
1:03:00. That’s LaSalle Street. It is the same street they used in Dark Knight
Also, the fact that you recognize that Capone sample from 2Pac’s “Death Around The Corner”, has made me a fan on all accounts. 🏆
The Batman story "The Long Halloween" took a bunch of scenes from this movie which was put back into The Dark Knight. So it wasn't a coincidence. Also yes, the clock street at the end was Lasalle and that was also in The Dark Knight. Also there was a Capone story that Capone beat a man to death with a baseball bat at a swanky dinner.
Andrew I dont care what people say I LOVE your insight and knowledge of actors and production personnel.
Thanks I appreciate it 🙏
Man Coy and Andrew are killing it with their "retro" reactions lately! Keep it up guys and would love to see more 80/90s movies from both of you. As Tara once said Andrew is a human IMDB 😂 Very knowledgeable about things and facts which I like and Coy is such a nerd I love it! Speaking of Sean Connery, any of you have seen The Rock? One of my favorite late 90s action movies starring Connery and Nic Cage and one of the better Michael Bay directed movie lol. Would love to see a reaction to that movie!
I love that Capone’s bookkeeper is such an important person to the case. In Ken Burns’ Prohibition documentary, one of the talking heads is the son of a bookkeeper who worked for Seattle’s biggest bootlegger. His father told the prosecutors that, if they put him on the stand, he would talk, but not about what they wanted him to talk about. He would talk about all of the various officials he paid off over the years. They didn’t make him testify.
woah that's amazing
Great reaction Coy and Andrew! 😊
RIP always to Sean Connery(who played Jim Malone)!
This is such a classic! And with a stellar cast.
This is easily one of my favorite Kevin Costner, Robert De Nero, and Sean Connery films.
Another great historical movie starring Kevin Costner(and the late Donald Southerland)that I very highly recommend is the 1991 "JFK".
Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
I’d love it for Coy and Andrew to watch JFK ^_^
RIP Billy Drago, one of the great character actors of our time and one of the sweetest men anybody had a pleasure to meet
You guys are watching some absolute classics lately. One of brian de palmas best
This is one of those features that when they announced that they were releasing a 4k Bluray of I immediately jumped on it. It's a classic and one of those underappreciated classics.
I got hyped to cheer with you guys when Ness threw White Suit off the roof. I love reactions with you two! Great energy.
In fact, it was not the Untouchables who brought down Capone but an accountant with Treasury who was not associated with Ness. It was basically a two-pronged approach with the Untouchables disrupting Capone’s businesses while the accountant, whose name was Frank J. Wilson, took the forensic approach.
1:02:30 ... nominated? Sean Connery WON the Academy Award for Best Supprting Actor in this film!
Three things always stand out about this movie. The little girl exploding, The baseball bat dinner. And the death of a certain character. Love this movie
I saw the baseball bat scene reference in the N64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day before i saw the film.
It’s so cool David Mamet wrote the screenplay. I just love Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro.
Lovin the Coy Andrew react to great films from the 80s/90s run.
The baby in the carriage, portrayed by Collin Hymes, is an active stunt actor.
Cool.
One of my favorites of all time. My son is actually named after Elliott Ness… great movie
Al Capone ran the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931, but he ran with them since 1919. Before that he was involved in gangs in New York City from his youth before he was invited to move to Chicago by his mentor Johnny Torrio. Capone tried to rehabilitate his image at one point, after the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, by opening a soup kitchen after the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression hit, which did succeed to an extent. It was said to be very popular.
What most people miss is that if it wasn't for the lady and the baby all the guards would have noticed the suspicious people and started a gunfight in the train station. The baby and the buggy ended up being the perfect cover so they just ignored him and brought the accountant out.
6:44, There he is Kevin Costner. He is not coming back to Yellowstone, but he did direct and Star in a western epic called HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA.
Only in theaters This Friday.
Ill wait for both to be released so i can see them back to back
Don't make fun of Andrew talking too long 😂 we appreciate his knowledge 😁 that timer was kinda funny though 😂
Loved that you guys watched this essential classic
Have you heard the Hoskins story ? Bob Hoskins met with De Palma as Brian said he was casting for Al Capone and really wanted De Niro but didn't think he'd get him. If so he wanted to know if Bob would play him. Bob agreed but didn't hear any more about the project. Then, out of the blue, months later, a cheque arrived from De Palma's office - I've seen interviews where it's been for $20k and $200k - either way a substantial amount. Hoskins says he sent a message to De Palma thanking him and told him: "If you ever have any other movies you don't want me to appear in I'm all ears...."
Coy and Andrew - Best reactions!
I'm from Chicago and my Dad actually got to work on this film, one of my favorite Chicago movies, and Sean Connery is the BEST!!!!! And, yes ,the "canyon" of LaSalle Street where they filmed was also used in the Dark Knight!
After Capone went away, he was wired & running his outfit from inside within 2 weeks. You can still go see his cell at Eastern State Penitentiary today. Cells were 8x12 feet and, at the time, were shared by 2 inmates (even though they were strictly designed in the early 1800's to be for just 1 inmate), had 2 small (25"x72") cot beds, a small tap and a toilet. Capone's cell, which he had all to himself, was enlarged, and his Victorian rugs, tables, armoire & desk, lamps, full-size bed with luxury mattress & linens, lounge chair, cigar box, record player & radio are still there.
LaSalle Street in Chicago was used for both the Dark Night and The Untouchables. The tower at the head of the canyon is The Chicago Board of Trade Building, 'aka' Wayne Tower from Batman Begins.
Can you guys react to Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman?
Great reaction fellas! You two should follow this up with Carlitos Way - another DePalma joint 🙏
FANTASTIC movie and so underrated!
This movie is in my personal Top 10 of all time. The building of tension throughout is fantastic and a brilliant cast
My partner at the time played the opera singer (Pagliacci in the cast list) in the film. The scene on the stairs with champagne and DeNiro was a late addition and filmed in the middle of the night. Seeing the movie opening day in Chicago it was a real jolt seeing my guy's face on a theater movie screen 30 or 40 feet high! Glad he was part of such a terrific film. 😎 (Annnnnnd. . .LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago is where both this film and Christopher Nolan's Batman film was shot. Good call!)
Billy Drago, as Frank Nitti, the man gives great villainous vibes in any bad guy he plays.
One of my favorites. I have not seen scarface, and have no intentions to see it. Sean Connery DID win an Oscar for this movie. Glad you enjoyed it. You seemed to really get it. A lot of people seem to think Kevin was very wooden, but I saw it as the way he projected Elliot Ness. If you haven't seen L.A. Confidential, you need to see it.
I want to see L.A. Confidential!!!
@@andrewgordon7662 if you like this, you will LOVE L A Confidential. The cast was at the time mostly unknowns, and it made stars of most of them. No clues, lots of blood and guts. Excellent movie!
The first time I watched this, it had just come out on VHS and I was 8.
Even then the little girl being blown up over one old dude not buying beer seemed far fetched. Like the writers were actually stumped on how to make us realistically view Capone as the villain.
yes that is LaSalle st. in Chicago and it was made to look old for the movie, and then kept that way
Kirsten Dunst was the girl who got blown to smithereens.
And, the fact that DeNiro only had 20 minutes of screen time is nuts.
Also, Costner's early roles, prior to the Whitney Houston movie, he was pretty expressive actor.
They kind of look alike, but on IMDB the role is credited to someone named Aditra Kohl. 🙂
@@johanna2076 oh...all this time I thought it was her.
@@jjkcharlie It would have been cool if it had been, but I think she would have been a little too young maybe (she's born in 1982).
Kirsten Dunst first role was in Interview with a Vampire I believe
16:30 “The wheel of time turns and the same spoke comes up again.” - Sherlock Holmes
🌪️ that whole scene set up where they are going to kill Connery in his home, not only was super tense, but the music choice of Morricone to use the harmonica to set up. The scene was almost like a western style scene set up, which if you think about it, although this is a gangster movie at the same time, it has very much of a wild West in Chicago field to it for the time. Choosing Morricone for the soundtrack and musical score was brilliant.
Now you have to watch another DePalma’s movie “Carlito’s Way” and of course “Scarface” - Al Pacino in both
Bars during prohibition: There was a bar in northern Michigan called the "The Bucket of Blood Saloon & Ice Cream Parlor" It was revealed that it made over 20k a month in profits yet only sold 3 quarts of ice cream . . .
Detroiter here. Detroit had the Purple Gang.
Wikipedia cracks me up: *Purple Gang; - Activities: Murder, extortion, theft, armed robbery, kidnapping, gambling, bootlegging.*
That is awesome!
That is Billy Drago as main henchman. He is underappreciated character actor.
New subscriber. Hello from Saskatchewan, Canada. Love your channel...love your reactions. And OMG I would love to see you react to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. A terribly underrated movie that I have never seen anyone react to like you could.
That was perfect when you said "That was a great shot!" just before Andy Garcia made HIS great shot.
Now we cant blame Nolon. Even Andrew felt like Chicago gave Gotham vibes....😂😂
Here endith the lesson. 13:05
One of the best introductions of a great hero.
James Malone
I’m case nobody else has mentioned it, the Untouchables that get killed all have a drink shortly before dying, breaking the law has serious consequences. And Ness died poor and with a drinking problem.
Untouchables is such an iconic movie! They wrote it so well. I love the fact that they made a scene with Al Capone celebrating with Pavarotti in Pagliacci the clown. So cool!
'A third act moment of badassery'
Coy, you had no idea....
3:58, originally Bob Hoskins was going to play Al Capone in the movie, but I think he turned it down due to a payment dispute.
Ohhhh it would NOT have been the same movie. Love Bob Hoskins but we got the best actor for the role instead.
De Niro was the first choice, but there was uncertainty that he would do it because he was on Broadway and also he wanted to gain 30 pounds. So Depalma went to Hoskins and he was all in. De Niro then said he would be available..so Depalma sent Hoskins a 25k check and a thank you note, which prompted Hoskins to call Depalma and ask him if he has any more movies he don't want him to be in 😂.
Hey, September 15th is my birthday, too. Awesome 🎉 Excellent movie and reaction.
Great Reaction Coy and Andrew! 👍
One of my favorite films. Great pick!!!
The score in this movie is one of my favorite Ennio Morricone Score and also my favorite film Score of all time. Great movie!
gotta mention that when that photographer took that group picture, Costner's Ness did tell him that the photo was NOT for publication.
Excellent choice fellas
41:48 Richard Bradford One of the old school heavys in movie history.
He was a muthaf*cka in Hoodlum
“Here endeth the lesson” became a bit of a meme in the 90s. It was used a few times in episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Oscar Wallace is played by a great character actor, Charles Martin Smith. He had a big role in “Starman” with Jeff Bridges.
'Gerald Ramis'!! I just love the lads for calling him that!
Number One
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Really fun reaction to this terrific film. You should definitely check out more, earlier De Palma, like Phantom of the Paradise, Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out. All brilliant films.
BTW, Connery didn't break any law by having g a drink in his own home. Prohibition outlawed the manufacture, transport and sale of alcohol, not the consumption. So if people stocked up or already had booze in their house before Peohibition took effect, they were free to consume it to their hearts' content.
A fantastic somewhat forgotten movie starring "Gerald Ramis" (Charles Martin Smith) is "Never Cry Wolf." Its about a researcher in the arctic studying wolves, but is also about human nature and a great many other things. Wonderful movie.
To reference Batman again, when Sean C tells the guy to stamp his feet to stay warm ,I remember Batman being told to rub his chest in Batman Begins.
So Andrew, I enjoyed all the references haha
I was literally thinking that right when he said it but in my head I was like I feel I’m stretching it on that one haha
Robert DeNiro stole every scene as Capone. One of the best portrayals of Capone as well. Stephen Graham’s young Capone in Boardwalk Empire is also fantastic.
20:36, yeah that's true, if Justice League was directed by Brian De Palma.
No Way Out is a good 80's thriller to watch.
Yes! Costner is so good in it
About 7 guys worked with Ness. 57 years old and still my favorite movie.
It's funny you guys mention how bloody the movie is. I was a teen when this came out and hadn't seen too many 20's-30's era gangster movies, but when I saw Untouchables I was totally surprised at how bloody it was, much like comparing a 50s western to Tombstone, you see the violence in the classics but don't really comprehend it until it's given a modern spin. I would imagine people who saw those movies (the classics) at that time thought they were too violent.
The word 'masterpiece' gets thrown around a lot, and often with movies that really don't deserve it, but this movie IS one.
You guys watched a very special movie. I hope you continue to check out more classics like this. I highly recommend a film that David Mamet directed called HOUSE OF GAMES. It stars Joe Mantegna as a pro con artist. It was Roger Ebert's number 1 film in his 1987 top ten best of the year list. Given that was a year that gave us Wall Street, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam, Roxanne, Moonstruck, Predator, Plains, Trains ... Lethal Weapon which was also on Ebert's list, and so much more. HOUSE OF GAMES -1987
Taking it back to comic books, would be awesome to see a reaction to Dick Tracy.
Coy I believe the lyrics you brought up were “A state that’s untouchable like Elliot Ness “ from 2Pac and Dr Dre -California Love,also Capone crime reign was about 7 years I think