That’s amazing! Out of the gate, to be a part of one of the most iconic of movie scenes. What a trip now it must be for you all these years later to see a young woman on the other side of the ocean experience it all for the first time.
So sorry to hear that! I hope your injuries are fully healed lol Seriously - great job - especially great that you had the sailor outfit, like in the 1925 original - you really are part of film history
The broad strokes of the story are true. Eliot Ness's autobiography, _The Untouchables,_ which came out shortly after his death in 1957, gave rise to a popular TV series of the same name, which ran from 1959 to 1963. In the end Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison. Ness and Capone only met once, when Ness put Capone on the train taking him to prison. Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. The fight on the steps with the baby carriage is a reference to the famous Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece, _Battleship Potemkin,_ one of the most famous, referenced, and parodied scenes in all of cinema.
They caught Capone on the tax because they found 2 sets of books at one of his businesses and managed to match the handwriting. One of the first uses of Forensics
Seriously, what the hell was the Odessa Steps sequence doing in this movie? An homage to Eisenstein? Why? A historical reference? To what? It makes no sense. Was this just DiPalma showing off that he went to film school? Who is it that DiPalma thinks he is winking at? If it was DiPalma merely trying to increase drama with a knicked idea, it actually distracted me from the Drama. (I have no problem with the stealing an idea if it makes sense.) This sequence has always bugged me, made me not like the movie as much, and decreased my respect for Brian DiPalma. And if it was written into the script by David Mamet, eff him too. I just lost respect for him as well.
This film is considered broadly historically accurate. While his family didn't die, IRL Ness had many hard times ahead of him. Ness divorced, got remarried, started a number of businesses which all failed, got divorced again and remarried again, ran for political office and failed, took a number of odd jobs developed a drinking problem and died penniless from a heart attack in '57. He was largely forgotten until the book "The Untouchables" was published after his death. The book has been adapted into radio, television and films like this one numerous times.
LOL. This movie is not considered "broadly historically accurate", what the f**k are you babbling about? lol. What a joke. I'd say about 90% of this movie has nothing at all to do with reality. That's not "broadly" accurate. Jesus christ. He went to jail for tax evasion, and there was an Eliot Ness, and other than a few other peripheral details, the rest is a dopey Hollywood movie (and one that was a huge disappointment to lots of us who knew this movie was in production for well over a year. David Mamet script? De Niro as Capone? Of course, it had a hack director so I never got my hopes up THAT much, lol. Good to see Charlie Martin Smith again. Andy Garcia was great, as usual.
Prohibition in the US was from 1920-1933, but the movement to ban alcohol, called "temperance", had been active for about 100 years prior. They finally got the law passed in 1920 and the result was that the illegal liquor trade led to an explosive rise of gangs. Al Capone was the head of organized crime in Chicago and it was in Chicago the worst gang violence occurred. Capone's gang bribed police officials, politicians and judges. No one dared testify against him because they knew that Capone would send his gangsters to kill him and his family. That is why he never was convicted of murder, armed robbery or bootlegging, but it was a woman who was the assistant attorney general, Mabel Willebrandt, who came up with the idea of convicting Capone and other leading gangsters on income tax evasion. Great reaction Dawn as always. I have a soft spot for you ever since your epic review of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Get well soon!
Anyone carrying a gun would maybe say they were cops, or anything. Not Treasury Officers. Most people probably didn´t even knew what a Treasury Officer was exactly, nor that they could carry guns.
I'm 51 years old, and very few movies have I ever given a "A+" ranking to, but this is one of those films, from the score, to the acting, and everything in-between, a true classic.
Over 30 years later....his death scene brought tears to my eyes... Sean Connerys best performance ever!! RIP.. and thank you for a #1 soundtrack!!! Best pc for sure..
He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for this. But he's portraying an Irishman and his Scottish accent is so strong LMAO. He's a good actor though
@@josephcasanova1975 Everyone says that, but actually it's just his style of speech (tone and such). That's like saying Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones always has the same accent in every movie. At a certain point, with unique sounding voices, it's less accent and more just a very unique voice. If you take a native scottish speaker and match him word for word with sean connery, the "accents" don't line up very well. They do some, yes, and i'm not saying he has no accent, but I think people make it out for being much worse than it is because he also has a very unique sounding voice and they know he's Scottish.
I live in Saskatchewan which is a province in Canada and Al Capone was rumored to have visited the city of Moose Jaw. During the Prohibition era, when the United States had banned the production and sale of alcohol, many individuals and criminal organizations sought alternative means to continue their operations. Canada, being a neighboring country, became a popular destination for smuggling alcohol into the United States. Moose Jaw, in particular, gained a reputation as a hotspot for bootlegging and illegal activities during that time. It was known to have underground tunnels and secret passageways that facilitated the movement of contraband, including alcohol. These tunnels were allegedly used by Capone and other criminals for smuggling purposes. My grandpa told me this rumour.
Prohibition (of alcohol) was a real thing in the US from 1920 to 1933. It was ignored pretty much by everyone, it created an insane amount of crime and economic issues, and was so far the only constitutional amendment to be repealed. Elliot Ness, Al Capone, and Capone's conviction for tax evasion were real, but this movie has little to do with the facts of the era. Still fun though!
@@LordVolkov That's more the fallibility of the process. For the infallibility of the Constitution, one need look no further than the 13th amendment (and even it still provides enslavement for those convicted of crimes).
@@LordVolkov If you really know someone who believes the Constitution to be infallible, they need to be institutionalized. The Constitution was created, amended and enforced by very fallible persons, as are all governments and institutions.
The Prohibition Era portrayed here was notable, but it took place against a wide temperance movement. 'Hard liquor' was seen as the root of a lot of social problems on both sides of the Atlantic. There were attempts to prohibit alcohol in Britain. And there are still 'dry' counties across the States.
Seeing a Scottish UA-camr reacting to Sean Connery in his Oscar winning film role makes me think of the scene from "So I Married an Ax Merderer" when Mike Myers character was at his (Scottish) parents' place, and his dad (also played by Mike Myers) had a little shrine to Sean Sean Connery in the living room.
Dawn, Costner was in a great western called "Open Range", co-starring Robert Duvall. It is one of the best modern westerns, and has an amazingly done shootout, one of the best ever on film. Costner directed it as well.
Capone was indeed sentenced to 11 years, but was let out after 8. At that point, he was already in dementia from syphilis. The baseball bat scene is vaguely based on an incident where 4 of Capone's men wiped out the rival Bugs Moran gang (the St. Valentine's Day Massacre), but later on two of those men started to conspire against Capone. When he found out, he personally bashed their heads in.
I was born and spent my first 40yrs in Chicago, I'm 73. My Step-Grandfather was Sicilian, came over on the boat. He had stills just outside of the City and made and sold illegal liquor at this time and he knew Al Capone. He cursed FDR for ending prohibition all the way to the grave, it put him out of business. 😆
When I was in college in the 70's, I hung out in a bar in Bridgeport on Chicago's southside. There was a character there who introduced himself to everyone coming in as Jimmy Capizzio, Frank Nitti's brother-in-law. His claim to fame was that he shot the dog at the St Valentine's Day Massacre.
"Is that Sean Connery?" - Um he's in the credits opening the film ? "Al Capone? Have we seen him yet?" - Jesus he's in the opening shot! Are you even paying attention Dawn? Lordy. And yes Patricia Clarkson was in THE GREEN MILE. PS: Who's Al Pacino?!?!? I can't. And yes Malone was Irish!!!
I love Dawn's theory that Malone was really Scottish but, in typical American fashion, people always mistook him for Irish, so he just went with it. That will be my new head canon.
My Scottish grandfather was nicknamed "Irish", by his own father (my Gr.Grandfather), presumably because he drank too much, and caroused around like an Irishman! Scottish great granddad went looking for granddad one night. He was a huge man and could kick a tavern door off it's hinges - then bellow "WHERE'S IRISH?!" After a couple visits to local bars, they gave him up to keep their doors from ruin!
Hi Dawn. Patricia Clarkson played Ness' wife. She was indeed in The Green Mile, and a number of other fine movies. Capone served about 5 years and was transferred to a hospital. He had a neurologic form of syphillus and was rapidly deteriorating. He was finally released to his home and later died from his illness. Kevin Costner was also in Field of Dreams, Silverado, Waterworld, Dances with Wolves, Robn Hood Prince of Thieves and many others. Connery was in many other movies as well. He did a run in a few films as James Bond 007. My first remembrance of him was in a kids movie called Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Love your reaction as always.
I have been to Chicago Union Station and there is a staircase that really does look exactly like that. I don't know if they really shot the scene there but if they recreated it on a set they did a great job.
We can’t hear most of it, but Ennio Morricone’s score is brilliant 😊🎉❤. Trivia: Frank Nitti (played by Billy Drago,) was a real criminal in Al Capone’s group (later he became a boss, too.) He didn’t die this way or even at that time; he died of suicide by gun March 19th, 1943. Prohibition from 1920 (18 th amendment) to 1933 (21st amendment) They passed the 18th amendment bc mainly women: their men drank so much it caused much violence and broke up families
And in attempting to correct one problem, they created Organized Crime. Which ultimately overwhelmed the government and created the Kleptocracy we have today. A major problem with democracy is that it assumes the Common Folk are wise. I have never seen examples of that. I see a rabble needing control. Not wise people who should be in control. These kinds of catastrophically stupid political decisions make democracy less desirable than advertised. Less desirable than past forms of government we think are worse. Monarchy would be better than democracy, even though monarchy is pretty stupid as a system. It beats democracy. At least when the government goes sour you can kill the king and start over. No such freedom in democracy.
My mother's father grew up in Chicago. Mom was born in Lake City Florida. She asked my grandfather, Herbert C "Buster" Disbrow, why he left Chicago, Buster told my mom that he had just graduated from the very first Certified school for working on General Motors vehicles. This was at the height of the Prohibition era, he told my mom that there was opportunity in Chicago to make a lot of money, but you wouldn't live very long. He hopped freight train, travel the country for a few years and finally settled in Florida.
What helps to make this movie so darn good is damn good writing. David Mamet certainly made his mark as a playwright and it certainly paid off in his screenplay here.
The "little guy" you liked is in a very under-rated, yet extremely fine movie titled Never Cry Wolf (1983), his performance and the visuals are stunning!
On top of all the other reasons I watch your reactions, there are sweet, interesting, little comments like "So much wallpaper in this movie." I loved that one. 👍
This movie was actually based on/inspired by a true story (although many of the elements were dramatized for poetic effect). But the characters such as Special Agent Eliot Ness, Mafioso boss Al Capone, Frank Nitti (Al Capone's cousin and henchman in the white suit), and other characters were real. Elliott Ness and his people did indeed take down Al Capone for Tax Evasion. Also, the events occurred during a time in America's history in which alcohol (due to the passage of the 18th Amendment) was banned for 13 years throughout the country between 1920 and 1933. The 18th Amendment (alcohol ban) was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment. Anyway, during the era of the 13-year alcohol ban, suddenly overnight a huge black-market developed for alcohol...a black market controlled by gangsters and the mafia throughout the country. Al Capone and his mafioso organization were arguably the biggest and most powerful of them all. In today's 2023 dollars, Al Capone would be a multi-billionaire. And *Sigh* The family would have died at the end if it were a FICTION STORY. But in real life Special Agent Elliott Ness and his entire family survived...because they actually did survive. But Eliot Ness finally died in 1957 at 54 years old from cardiac arrest. He divorced his first wife (in the movie) in 1938, and divorced his 2nd wife in 1946.
If she likes Costner two of my favorite films of his are 'Dances with Wolves' kinda an anti-Western and 'Silverado' the first attempt in Hollywood to bring back a big screen Western after they kinda died in the mid 1970's. One genre, two good but very different films.
Another great film based in this period and around Chicago and Capones crime organization is Road to Perdition, with Tom Hanks. Excellent cast and cinematography.
"Robert Deniro - he was the father in Meet the parents and Meet the Fockers" haha - thats like saying "Isaac Newton he was the guy that had some hetherodox opionions about the trinity"
Hi Dawn. Once again, your reactions do not disappoint, I loved your review. The movie is VERY loosely based on Elliott Ness and Al Capone. It was David Mamet's script that kept you, me, and everyone else entertained. For example neither Elliott Ness' wife, nor Elliott Ness attended AL Capone's trial, with the exception of his testimony regarding his investigation. Sean Connery played an Irishman. If you really want to do a deep dive into Sean Connery, I implore you to consider watching the role that made him a household name...Bond, James Bond. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how good he is!
@luvthetube07 And yes agreed on all counts i just love Dawn Marie 's reactions her laugh is so infectious 😆😃 loosely based is an apt description in fact David Mamet the screenwriter who is from CHICAGO did admit this was more of a high octane version of the T.V series than an accurate account of what happened . Yes MALONE is suppose to be Irish yet being SEAN CONNERY he just always sounds like SEAN CONNERY even when he plays an Egyptian in HIGHLANDER he still has his SCOTTISH accent . And finally a reaction to the James Bond movies would be amazing Connery was the O.G James Bond , his performance in that role is iconic . OO7 forever . CHEERS .
Robert De Niro, one of the greatest actors in cinema.. I highly recommend, "Taxi Driver", "The Deer Hunter" "Godfather 2", "Midnight Run", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings" A Bronx Tale" "Casino" "Heat" and "Ronin"
We'll NEVER get tired of hearing you say "I really, really enjoyed that"! There's SO MANY great movies out there and I hope to see you react to them all!
I love this movie. Came out the same year I got married. Interesting note on Sean Connery - his real name was Thomas Connery. In school he was a bit taller than his classmates, and was often in fights. They called him "Big Tommy". LOL. What a wonderful actor. You might watch him as James Bond, I'd recommend "From Russia With Love" as he faces off against Robert Shaw, who played Quint - the boat captain in "Jaws". Another great actor. Both very physical guys when they were younger.
Decor: I LOVE the 1920s! Early Art Deco. If Alien archeologists came to earth 1,000 years after humans became extinction I would want them to dig up Early Art Deco as a representation of humanity's peak architectural achievement. And for that matter, Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches for our peak art. Michelangelo's Madonna della Pietà for our peak sculptural achievement. And Luciano Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera Turandot as our peak musical achievement. Though this film wouldn't be #1, it would be in my top 10 for peak film-making achievement to represent the creative achievement of humanity.
If she's going to react to James Bond... I'd recommend starting with the first one and watching them all in order. But I'd love to see her reaction to Bond films... at least until the last 2 or 3 (which in my opinion were not very good...the last one was pretty bad)
@@faisalmemon285 Daniel Craig is not a good Bond. Casino Royale was well made, but the others with him suck. He just doesn't fit the part. He and Pierce Brosnan are the worst Bonds.
If you like Kevin Costner in this, I highly recommend "No Way Out" from the same year. It's a great thriller set at the Pentagon and stars Costner alongside Gene Hackman and Sean Young.
This is an all-star cast : Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness) is known of Field of Dreams & Dances with Wolves. Sean Connery (Malone) is known for the original 007 : James Bond, Andy Garcia (Stone) played a relative of Corleone is The Godfather Part 3 and Robert De Niro (Capone) is from Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Midnight Run.
The classic shoot-out in the train station is Brian DePalma's nod to the Potemkin Steps sequence from the classic film The Battleship Potemkin. The film is a silent film from Russia made in 1925. This is a beautifully shot sequence that director Sergei Eisenstein used to prove his cinematic mastery. A great sequence influenced by a great sequence, right down to the baby carriage rolling down the steps. And yes The Naked Gun movie spoofed the scene. I also think you should check out Charles Martin Smith (the little man) in Never Cry Wolf.
Coppola in "The Godfather" and Hitchcock´s "Foreign Correspondent" also paid homage to the scene on the Odessa steps, "Battleship Potemkin" is probably the most influential movie ever made.
Connery was rather famous for refusing to muck with his accent for roles. In Highlander, he literally plays a Spaniard...with Scottish accent. 😆 He *may* have been *trying* for Irish (the character certainly is intended to be so). My guess is that he was still resting in his Scottish, but had been surrounded by Hollywood types for so long, it had naturally watered down a bit.
You might have seen the little guy before in AMERICAN GRAFFITI and many other films, including directing some. Connery is playing an Irish cop but the voice is always Connery...even when he played a Russian commander in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. As for Prohibition, the best gangster tv show dealt with it for 5 seasons. Entitled BOARDWALK EMPIRE...if you watch it, you'll be addicted. (Plus I'm in several episodes as background. Ooooooh!)
Connery was definitely supposed to be playing an Irish character. I don't think the director thought most Americans could tell the difference between a Scottish accent and an Irish one. Also, not sure if Connery could do an Irish (or any) accent. They probably just told him to use his normal voice.
Dawn, if you want to see the "Little Guy" in another classic, consider checking out "American Graffiti." It was was director George Lucas's (of Star Wars fame) first hit movie and it's pretty great.
For more of the Accountant guy: see American Graffiti, an early film by George Lucas (Writer/Director of Star Wars) staring Ron Howard (who became a director of many Tom Hanks movies), Richard Dreyfus (of Jaws fame) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo, Indiana Jones).
Im always looking at the decorations in vintage era movies because its easy to spot the same things in my house. My 1920 house is 5 bedrooms and lots of space and full of antiques.
@ He did not work in blockbusters or commercial movies and he's not american. These are the only 2 reasons because Morricone is not unanimously recognized as the GOAT.
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@@TheMusterion76 THERE IS NOT GOAT. There is a group (that's not tiny, but small-ish) of composers who are the GOAT. Morricone is one of them for sure, but there are other composers who've done work just as great. And F OFF with your "unanimously". You've now entered the realm of complete nonsense.
my dad used to love this film!! I remember watching it with him on sundays afternoons,It was a great time with him! anyways so glad you enjoy it this classic!!! hugs lysm Queen!!!! stay unique Dawn Marie 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
RIP, Sean Connery, 1930-2020. He took home his first and only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Before Kevin Costner was cast as Elliot Ness, William Hurt, Don Johnson, Kevin Kline, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Martin Sheen, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Reeve, and Richard Gere were considered for the part. Bob Hoskins was cast as Al Capone, but turned it down, and DeNiro was cast in the role. Hoskins actually regretted turning down the role.
No offence but it's a better story! They didn't think they could get De Niro and paid Hoskins 250,000. Then De Niro became available so Hoskins got to keep the fee. He said to De Palma if you ever want to pay for a job I don't have to do,, I hope you'll bear me in mind.
I can’t believe you haven’t seen Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves yet. That is his magnum opus, his greatest performance and greatest movie. He won the Best Film and Best Director Oscar for that movie. This movie is like nothing you’ve seen before. Sean Connery best movies were the ones he did in the 90’s. Really liked Medicine Man. And Prohibition happened because of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) were successful in lobbying congress to ban all alcoholic drinks. With the invention of the motor car came something new: drunk driving. There weren’t any drunk driving laws when the car was invented. This is an unpopular opinion, but Andy Garcia was great in godfather III. When you see the godfather movies you gotta see all three. Don’t listen to those who say see only I & II. You gotta make up your own mind and see III.
If trying to work out Connery's accent in this was hard work, try wrapping your head around his work in Highlander . Also, if You haven't seen it, L.A. Confidential is an absolute banger you should have a gander at
When prohibition ended Anheseuer Busch, the brewers of Budweiser, delivered a cart load of Budweiser kegs to the Present of the United States in cart drawn by clydesdale horses. This was the beginning of one of the most iconic marketing campaigns in U.S. history as the "Budweiser Clydesdales" still parade across the U.S.A and are featured in television ads to this day.
I remember this as one of the first television shows, along with 77 Sunset Strip, which began in my childhood. The voice of Walter Winchell echoes down from all those years ago as the narrator of the series. It popped up again in syndication when I was a sophomore in my teenage years. I never saw this movie when it was in theaters, but I am glad to have waited to see it with you. I wish there was someone in my life to enjoy these old movies that love them as much as you do. I'll end this comment by using your own tagline. Watching mo ies with is the best ever. Hope you get better. Now up, BULL DURHAM.
One of my favorite movies ever. The scene where Sean Connery is killed with Deniro as Capone crying at the opera is one of the greatest in film history. Unfortunately the whole scene is edited out in this.
@@jerrypeacock2234 His name's Charles Martin Smith, & he's one of Hollywood's great character actors. One of his best roles was in The Buddy Holly Story, where he played the bass-player in BH's band! Gary Busey nailed it as Buddy Holly!
Al Capone died of cardiac arrest in 1947, but his decline began earlier. After his transfer to Alcatraz prison, his mental and physical condition deteriorated from paresis (a late stage of syphilis). He was released in November 1939 and was sent to a Baltimore mental hospital before he retired to his Florida estate.
Fantastic cast and score. Can't take the stairway shootout seriously after Naked Gun 33 1/3 😅 You may also enjoy DeNiro in Once Upon A Time In America, directed by Sergio Leone.
Capone was released from prison on 1939 due to failing health. He was suffering from syphilitic paresis, In 1942, with the mass production of penicillin in the United States, Capone was one of the first American patients treated by the new drug, it was too late to reverse the damage to his brain, but it did slow down the progression of the disease. In 1946, his doctor & psychiatrist examined him they concluded that Capone had the mentality of a 12-year-old child. On the 21st January 1947, Capone had a stroke, he regained consciousness but contracted bronchopneumonia. He suffered a cardiac arrest on January 22, and on January 25, surrounded by his family Capone died due to heart failure he was 48 years old. He was originally buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago. In 1950 his remains with other family members were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. Capone's wife lived until 1986 when she died aged 89. In1966 his son Albert changed his name to Albert Francis Brown, to "erase" the 'Capone' name he died in 2004 aged 85 in Florida but is buried in California.
More Shaun : Hunt for Red October, many James Bond movies, More Kevin: Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, Trading Day, More Andy : Oceans 11, More Robert: Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull.
To answer your questions, Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. Alphonse Gabriel Capone or Al Capone was charged with 22 counts of Tax Evasion or failure to pay taxes. The court found him guilty through his accountant's ledger, where it showed he gave away gifts that exceeded the income he claimed he earned. Thus, this proved he defrauded tax returns to avoid paying taxes on his real income. Ironically, Capone was released from prison to die from a disease he had. He died in the comfort his home. I visited his Speak Easy under the Fox Theater in San Francisco, California, I've been on his yacht and I've seen his Miami Florida mansion.
Most people assume that Capone died in prison in fact he spent less then 8 years incarcerated. He was released in November of 1939 due to health issues. He lived out the rest of his life at his mansion in Palm Island, Florida. Me died in 1947 at the age of 48.
Capone did indeed plead guilty to tax evasion (and the 5,000 Volstead Act violations) in 1931 and was eventually (complex plea dealings) sentenced to 11 years. Capone was released early in 1939 due to ill health. He never really recovered and continued to decline due to syphilitic paresis - basically an untreated syphilis infection. He ended up with severe brain damaged and eventually died of a stroke, followed by a cardiac arrest in 1947. He was not a nice guy, and I suppose fitting ending.
Sean Connery did play an Irishman in this movie, and not for the first time. He played Irish almost 30 years before, in a Disney fantasy movie, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". He even sings in that one. He played a Spaniard in "Highlander", just one year before The Untouchables, and that's funny because co-star Christopher Lambert, a French-American, played a Scot.
When Sean Connery asked him about carrying a gun his point was that Treasury Officer is a pretty obscure position, especially back then. Someone who was lying would say they were a cop or a private detective maybe but no one would think to say they're a Treasury Officer.
My dad, living in Chicago, was a kid at the time and his gang would go and hang out around the hotel that Capone lived at hoping to get a glance of Capone himself which he never did. His cousin was involved with Capone's gang and one day as my dad was selling papers on the corner he spotted his cousin walking into a restaurant so he thought he would go in and say hi to him. His cousin chased him out of there and then later explained to him that the guys he was with was Capone, Nitty, and others. My dad said, that later his cousin "mysteriously disappeared" and we haven't seen a trace of him to this day. My dad also told of sneaking into the garage where the St. Valentines Day massacre happened and he said he saw the bullet holes in the wall and the blood stains.
Oscar Wallace (1896-1930) was a Treasury Department accountant from Washington DC who was sent to Chicago in 1930 to assist Eliot Ness with taking down the Chicago Outfit. Unfortunately, he was killed by Frank Nitti in the process. Oscar Wallace was born in 1896, and he found work as an accountant for the Treasury Department's Washington DC bureau. In 1930, he was assigned to Chicago to assist Treasury agent Eliot Ness with forming a task force to take down Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone. He crafted the idea of arresting Capone and trying him for tax evasion, as he had not filed any income tax returns since 1926. He later helped Ness with several raids against the Chicago Outfit, including a raid on the Montana-Canada border. Wallace convinced Capone's bookkeeper George Moretti to turn states against Capone and help him go through Capone's financial irregularities, but Wallace and Moretti were shot dead by Chicago hitman Frank Nitti (disguised as an elevator attendant) as they took an elevator in the Chicago police station while en route to a safehouse. Nitti wrote "Touchable" on the wall with Wallace's blood, warning Ness that the Chicago Outfit had strong political and police connections.
From 1987-1990 Kevin Costner made 5 classic movies "The Untouchables"(1987), "No Way Out"(1987), "Bull Durham"(1988), "Field of Dreams"(1989), "Dances With Wolves"(1990). You would love the other 4! A Kevin Costner film I really like is "Fandango"(1985).
Decor: I LOVE the 1920s! Early Art Deco. If Alien archeologists came to earth 1,000 years after humans became extinction I would want them to dig up Early Art Deco as a representation of humanity's peak architectural achievement. And for that matter, Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches for our peak art. Michelangelo's Madonna della Pietà for our peak sculptural achievement. And Luciano Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera Turandot as our peak musical achievement. Though this film wouldn't be #1, it would be in my top 10 for peak film-making achievement to represent the creative achievement of humanity.
Hello... I use the train station scene in college to talk about how to edit a scene, and I am impressed how many students have not seen this film... and become instant fans! Thank you for this!
Jessie James brother Frank was shot 12 times in the final shootout that brought the gang down. He survived, served his sentence, and went on the lecture circuit as a reformed man. So yeah, depending on where you're hit , you can survive machine gun fire.
Roy Benavidez I think was wounded 37 times. That's an insane one as 3 years prior because of a land mine he was learning to walk all over again. Then to get through that to go back in and get shot up that badly. The doctors didn't check at first and just said no way he was alive. If ya lucky and bullets never touch you is one thing, but for them to hit you that many times and miss everything important. lol
Great reaction as always. If you want to learn more about Alphonse Capone, you should read a detailed account of the Saint Valentines Day massacre. Planned by Capone and Orchestrated while he was far away in Miami. The details give an idea of how cold and calculating he was. That was the event that propelled him up the ranks to becoming one of the most powerful men in the country. In the end he served less than 8 years in prison, though after his release he was not the man he had been. Years of untreated Syphilis had broken him down and eventually led to neurological trouble and dementia. He spent time in a mental hospital then retired to Florida where he died at the age of 48.
Great reaction. In Chicago, they have an Untouchable Tour bus that goes around visiting sites connected with Ness and Capone. I used to see the Untouchables bus go by all the time when I used to live there.
Nitti (Billy Drago), who killed Malone, was also the man who put the bomb in store at beginning, the one who threath Eliot Ness in front of his home and the one who shot the 2 men in the elevator. Another great Kevin Costner movie is Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Rock (1996) for Sean Connery .
One of my favorite movies. All of DeNiro's suits were custom made for him by one of Al Capone's former tailors. Prohibition lasted from 1919 to 1933. The 18th Amendment of the US Constitution established prohibition (which outlawed the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beveridges, so it was actually legal to have a drink). There were many reasons. Black leaders supported it because of the rampant alcoholism among American black men. Ken Burns did an excellent documentary on Prohibition. The 21st Amendment which repealed prohibition was the fastest ever passed. The movie is essentially true. Eliot Ness did lead a special squad dubbed "The Untouchables" by the local press who raided Capone's liquor supplies and shipments but the people who got Capone on income tax evasion were working in Washington. Also, all of the Untouchables were under 30 and none were killed in the line of duty. The jury was actually switched at Capone's trial which led to his conviction (the judge did it on his own. He was honest) but he was released when he ended up succumbing to dementia from VD. And Eliot Ness was a bachelor when he led the Untouchables nor would anything have happened to his family since that was an "imfamnia" (See: The Godfather) even though Capone was a renegade and he didn't always follow the rules and customs of Lacosa Nostra. And Sean Connery's character was Irish. Connery simply couldn't master an Irish accent.
This movie is about true events in American history. Al Capone was the big crime boss of Chicago during prohibition and Eliot Ness was the Federal Agent who brought him down and Capone was brought down for not paying his taxes. He was sentenced to Federal prison in Philadelphia but with his connections his prison cell had furniture and all the luxuries of a little apartment. He was later sent to Alcatraz which was and island prison in San Francisco bay. It was where Federal government sent its most hardened criminals. The saying was "If you break the rules of society they send you to prison. If you break the rules of the prison they send you to Alcatraz."
I’m actually one of the sailors who get shot on the staircase sequence. It was my first acting job out of college.
That’s amazing!
Out of the gate, to be a part of one of the most iconic of movie scenes.
What a trip now it must be for you all these years later to see a young woman on the other side of the ocean experience it all for the first time.
That’s one of the greatest scenes in movie history.
@@KrazyKat007 love your reactions! Keep it up.
Man that shoot out was a poster on my was for 10 years. You have had one hell of an impact my friend
So sorry to hear that! I hope your injuries are fully healed lol
Seriously - great job - especially great that you had the sailor outfit, like in the 1925 original - you really are part of film history
The broad strokes of the story are true. Eliot Ness's autobiography, _The Untouchables,_ which came out shortly after his death in 1957, gave rise to a popular TV series of the same name, which ran from 1959 to 1963.
In the end Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison.
Ness and Capone only met once, when Ness put Capone on the train taking him to prison.
Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933.
The fight on the steps with the baby carriage is a reference to the famous Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece, _Battleship Potemkin,_ one of the most famous, referenced, and parodied scenes in all of cinema.
Agreed 😊
They caught Capone on the tax because they found 2 sets of books at one of his businesses and managed to match the handwriting. One of the first uses of Forensics
Also none of Ness' men were killed. Also Frank Nitti wasn't killed he took over Capone's businesses when he was sent to prison
Seriously, what the hell was the Odessa Steps sequence doing in this movie? An homage to Eisenstein? Why? A historical reference? To what? It makes no sense. Was this just DiPalma showing off that he went to film school? Who is it that DiPalma thinks he is winking at? If it was DiPalma merely trying to increase drama with a knicked idea, it actually distracted me from the Drama. (I have no problem with the stealing an idea if it makes sense.)
This sequence has always bugged me, made me not like the movie as much, and decreased my respect for Brian DiPalma. And if it was written into the script by David Mamet, eff him too. I just lost respect for him as well.
That and Elliot Ness wasn't a corrupt murder. I mean, it's a great movie, but other than the character names has barely any connection with reality
This film is considered broadly historically accurate. While his family didn't die, IRL Ness had many hard times ahead of him. Ness divorced, got remarried, started a number of businesses which all failed, got divorced again and remarried again, ran for political office and failed, took a number of odd jobs developed a drinking problem and died penniless from a heart attack in '57. He was largely forgotten until the book "The Untouchables" was published after his death. The book has been adapted into radio, television and films like this one numerous times.
LOL. This movie is not considered "broadly historically accurate", what the f**k are you babbling about? lol. What a joke. I'd say about 90% of this movie has nothing at all to do with reality. That's not "broadly" accurate. Jesus christ. He went to jail for tax evasion, and there was an Eliot Ness, and other than a few other peripheral details, the rest is a dopey Hollywood movie (and one that was a huge disappointment to lots of us who knew this movie was in production for well over a year. David Mamet script? De Niro as Capone? Of course, it had a hack director so I never got my hopes up THAT much, lol. Good to see Charlie Martin Smith again. Andy Garcia was great, as usual.
In the movie Frank Nitti was thrown off a roof. In the t.v. show he was run over by a train. In real life he shot himself 3 times(suicide).
"broadly" is kind of generous.
dis mothafuka And it probably was actually suicide because Hillary Clinton wasn't born until 4 years later.
Ness only fired his gun 3 times in service, twice at the range.
Prohibition in the US was from 1920-1933, but the movement to ban alcohol, called "temperance", had been active for about 100 years prior. They finally got the law passed in 1920 and the result was that the illegal liquor trade led to an explosive rise of gangs. Al Capone was the head of organized crime in Chicago and it was in Chicago the worst gang violence occurred. Capone's gang bribed police officials, politicians and judges. No one dared testify against him because they knew that Capone would send his gangsters to kill him and his family. That is why he never was convicted of murder, armed robbery or bootlegging, but it was a woman who was the assistant attorney general, Mabel Willebrandt, who came up with the idea of convicting Capone and other leading gangsters on income tax evasion.
Great reaction Dawn as always. I have a soft spot for you ever since your epic review of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Get well soon!
I love how genuine she is. Great sense of humour too. Without a doubt a great person to hang out with.
Anyone carrying a gun would maybe say they were cops, or anything. Not Treasury Officers. Most people probably didn´t even knew what a Treasury Officer was exactly, nor that they could carry guns.
I'm 51 years old, and very few movies have I ever given a "A+" ranking to, but this is one of those films, from the score, to the acting, and everything in-between, a true classic.
Great movie. I used to watch constantly on vhs.
I saw it when it came out, in the theater. It was a great movie then and it's a great movie now.
Sean Connery was sooo good in this. Definitely deserved his Oscar.
Over 30 years later....his death scene brought tears to my eyes... Sean Connerys best performance ever!! RIP.. and thank you for a #1 soundtrack!!! Best pc for sure..
He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for this. But he's portraying an Irishman and his Scottish accent is so strong LMAO. He's a good actor though
@@josephcasanova1975 Everyone says that, but actually it's just his style of speech (tone and such). That's like saying Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones always has the same accent in every movie. At a certain point, with unique sounding voices, it's less accent and more just a very unique voice. If you take a native scottish speaker and match him word for word with sean connery, the "accents" don't line up very well. They do some, yes, and i'm not saying he has no accent, but I think people make it out for being much worse than it is because he also has a very unique sounding voice and they know he's Scottish.
@@unclebounce1495not as good as his Russian accent in hunt for red October 😂😂😂
I live in Saskatchewan which is a province in Canada and Al Capone was rumored to have visited the city of Moose Jaw. During the Prohibition era, when the United States had banned the production and sale of alcohol, many individuals and criminal organizations sought alternative means to continue their operations. Canada, being a neighboring country, became a popular destination for smuggling alcohol into the United States. Moose Jaw, in particular, gained a reputation as a hotspot for bootlegging and illegal activities during that time. It was known to have underground tunnels and secret passageways that facilitated the movement of contraband, including alcohol. These tunnels were allegedly used by Capone and other criminals for smuggling purposes. My grandpa told me this rumour.
yes Capone hid out in Saskatchewan/Moose Jaw
Wardrobe is by Giorgio Armani. Fantastic suits and style as well. The amazing music is by Ennio Morricone. Another masterpiece by Brian De Palma.
Dawn, for this old man you're react's are a pure joy. Every one.
Prohibition (of alcohol) was a real thing in the US from 1920 to 1933. It was ignored pretty much by everyone, it created an insane amount of crime and economic issues, and was so far the only constitutional amendment to be repealed.
Elliot Ness, Al Capone, and Capone's conviction for tax evasion were real, but this movie has little to do with the facts of the era. Still fun though!
I always like to point to the 18th and 21st ammendments whenever anyone starts talking about the infallibility of the constitution.
@@LordVolkov Push Politics should be outlawed
@@LordVolkov That's more the fallibility of the process. For the infallibility of the Constitution, one need look no further than the 13th amendment (and even it still provides enslavement for those convicted of crimes).
@@LordVolkov If you really know someone who believes the Constitution to be infallible, they need to be institutionalized. The Constitution was created, amended and enforced by very fallible persons, as are all governments and institutions.
The Prohibition Era portrayed here was notable, but it took place against a wide temperance movement. 'Hard liquor' was seen as the root of a lot of social problems on both sides of the Atlantic. There were attempts to prohibit alcohol in Britain. And there are still 'dry' counties across the States.
Seeing a Scottish UA-camr reacting to Sean Connery in his Oscar winning film role makes me think of the scene from "So I Married an Ax Merderer" when Mike Myers character was at his (Scottish) parents' place, and his dad (also played by Mike Myers) had a little shrine to Sean Sean Connery in the living room.
HEED DOWN!
@@AFMountaineer2000 The giant head insults were mean but HILARIOUS!
HEED! PANTS! NAAAOOOUWWW! 😆
"You can't just be alive then be dead. It doesn't work like that..." It always works like that.
Dawn, Costner was in a great western called "Open Range", co-starring Robert Duvall. It is one of the best modern westerns, and has an amazingly done shootout, one of the best ever on film. Costner directed it as well.
Has she seen Runs With Wolves?
Another great one with Costner is Silverado, packed with famous actors.
@@Caseytify Dances with Wolves
Capone was indeed sentenced to 11 years, but was let out after 8. At that point, he was already in dementia from syphilis.
The baseball bat scene is vaguely based on an incident where 4 of Capone's men wiped out the rival Bugs Moran gang (the St. Valentine's Day Massacre), but later on two of those men started to conspire against Capone. When he found out, he personally bashed their heads in.
I was born and spent my first 40yrs in Chicago, I'm 73. My Step-Grandfather was Sicilian, came over on the boat. He had stills just outside of the City and made and sold illegal liquor at this time and he knew Al Capone. He cursed FDR for ending prohibition all the way to the grave, it put him out of business. 😆
When I was in college in the 70's, I hung out in a bar in Bridgeport on Chicago's southside. There was a character there who introduced himself to everyone coming in as Jimmy Capizzio, Frank Nitti's brother-in-law. His claim to fame was that he shot the dog at the St Valentine's Day Massacre.
"Is that Sean Connery?" - Um he's in the credits opening the film ? "Al Capone? Have we seen him yet?" - Jesus he's in the opening shot! Are you even paying attention Dawn? Lordy. And yes Patricia Clarkson was in THE GREEN MILE. PS: Who's Al Pacino?!?!? I can't. And yes Malone was Irish!!!
Be nice, please. This is entertainment, not a thesis.
I love Dawn's theory that Malone was really Scottish but, in typical American fashion, people always mistook him for Irish, so he just went with it. That will be my new head canon.
He was really Welsh, but his parents mistook him for Scottish. 😅
My Scottish grandfather was nicknamed "Irish", by his own father (my Gr.Grandfather), presumably because he drank too much, and caroused around like an Irishman! Scottish great granddad went looking for granddad one night. He was a huge man and could kick a tavern door off it's hinges - then bellow "WHERE'S IRISH?!" After a couple visits to local bars, they gave him up to keep their doors from ruin!
Hi Dawn. Patricia Clarkson played Ness' wife. She was indeed in The Green Mile, and a number of other fine movies. Capone served about 5 years and was transferred to a hospital. He had a neurologic form of syphillus and was rapidly deteriorating. He was finally released to his home and later died from his illness. Kevin Costner was also in Field of Dreams, Silverado, Waterworld, Dances with Wolves, Robn Hood Prince of Thieves and many others. Connery was in many other movies as well. He did a run in a few films as James Bond 007. My first remembrance of him was in a kids movie called Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Love your reaction as always.
The baby carriage scene is legendary in cinema, it first appeared in “The Battleship Potemkin” in 1925. It was directed by Sergei Eisenstein.
....and it was way better in "Potemkin". 🤣
And "Naked Gun" included their version of the scene because of “The Battleship Potemkin” and "The Untouchables".
Concur
I have been to Chicago Union Station and there is a staircase that really does look exactly like that. I don't know if they really shot the scene there but if they recreated it on a set they did a great job.
@@TTM9691 It’s frikkin’ stupid in this movie. What the hell is it doing there?
David Mamet's dialogue, Morricone's score, DePalma directing, that's a real crew for genius film making.
We can’t hear most of it, but Ennio Morricone’s score is brilliant 😊🎉❤. Trivia: Frank Nitti (played by Billy Drago,) was a real criminal in Al Capone’s group (later he became a boss, too.) He didn’t die this way or even at that time; he died of suicide by gun March 19th, 1943. Prohibition from 1920 (18 th amendment) to 1933 (21st amendment) They passed the 18th amendment bc mainly women: their men drank so much it caused much violence and broke up families
And in attempting to correct one problem, they created Organized Crime. Which ultimately overwhelmed the government and created the Kleptocracy we have today.
A major problem with democracy is that it assumes the Common Folk are wise. I have never seen examples of that. I see a rabble needing control. Not wise people who should be in control.
These kinds of catastrophically stupid political decisions make democracy less desirable than advertised. Less desirable than past forms of government we think are worse. Monarchy would be better than democracy, even though monarchy is pretty stupid as a system. It beats democracy. At least when the government goes sour you can kill the king and start over. No such freedom in democracy.
I had the record album of the soundtrack. Played it a lot!
Nice!
My mother's father grew up in Chicago. Mom was born in Lake City Florida. She asked my grandfather, Herbert C "Buster" Disbrow, why he left Chicago, Buster told my mom that he had just graduated from the very first Certified school for working on General Motors vehicles. This was at the height of the Prohibition era, he told my mom that there was opportunity in Chicago to make a lot of money, but you wouldn't live very long. He hopped freight train, travel the country for a few years and finally settled in Florida.
What helps to make this movie so darn good is damn good writing. David Mamet certainly made his mark as a playwright and it certainly paid off in his screenplay here.
"Oh, why can't you do it?"
Because he's an officer of the law, not a rival gang leader.
(but even he has his limits...)
The "little guy" you liked is in a very under-rated, yet extremely fine movie titled Never Cry Wolf (1983), his performance and the visuals are stunning!
he was also great in both American Graffiti films.. Charles Martin Smith
…and “The Buddy Holly Story”
and Starman
@@taztaztazTerry the Tiger!
On top of all the other reasons I watch your reactions, there are sweet, interesting, little comments like "So much wallpaper in this movie." I loved that one. 👍
Beside the Clint Eastwood trilogy, Ennio Morricone did the music for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), one of the best western I ever seen.
Arguably the best opening scene in any movie, ever. Even if you have more than one favorite, it needs to be in your rotation.
Even after all these years this movie still holds up all the way down the line.
One Western you definitely need to see is Siverado with a small role for John Cleese.
You forgot to say a great Kevin Costner movie too. He's the best part!
This movie was actually based on/inspired by a true story (although many of the elements were dramatized for poetic effect). But the characters such as Special Agent Eliot Ness, Mafioso boss Al Capone, Frank Nitti (Al Capone's cousin and henchman in the white suit), and other characters were real. Elliott Ness and his people did indeed take down Al Capone for Tax Evasion. Also, the events occurred during a time in America's history in which alcohol (due to the passage of the 18th Amendment) was banned for 13 years throughout the country between 1920 and 1933. The 18th Amendment (alcohol ban) was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment. Anyway, during the era of the 13-year alcohol ban, suddenly overnight a huge black-market developed for alcohol...a black market controlled by gangsters and the mafia throughout the country. Al Capone and his mafioso organization were arguably the biggest and most powerful of them all. In today's 2023 dollars, Al Capone would be a multi-billionaire.
And *Sigh* The family would have died at the end if it were a FICTION STORY. But in real life Special Agent Elliott Ness and his entire family survived...because they actually did survive. But Eliot Ness finally died in 1957 at 54 years old from cardiac arrest. He divorced his first wife (in the movie) in 1938, and divorced his 2nd wife in 1946.
“Field of Dreams” is a great movie and one of Kevin Costner’s best, I would highly recommend watching it!
If she likes Costner two of my favorite films of his are 'Dances with Wolves' kinda an anti-Western and 'Silverado' the first attempt in Hollywood to bring back a big screen Western after they kinda died in the mid 1970's. One genre, two good but very different films.
Another great film based in this period and around Chicago and Capones crime organization is Road to Perdition, with Tom Hanks. Excellent cast and cinematography.
“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.”
“Oh yeah? Well you’re not from Chicago.”👍🔥🤣
"Robert Deniro - he was the father in Meet the parents and Meet the Fockers" haha - thats like saying "Isaac Newton he was the guy that had some hetherodox opionions about the trinity"
Hi Dawn. Once again, your reactions do not disappoint, I loved your review. The movie is VERY loosely based on Elliott Ness and Al Capone. It was David Mamet's script that kept you, me, and everyone else entertained. For example neither Elliott Ness' wife, nor Elliott Ness attended AL Capone's trial, with the exception of his testimony regarding his investigation. Sean Connery played an Irishman. If you really want to do a deep dive into Sean Connery, I implore you to consider watching the role that made him a household name...Bond, James Bond. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how good he is!
@luvthetube07 And yes agreed on all counts i just love Dawn Marie 's reactions her laugh is so infectious 😆😃 loosely based is an apt description in fact David Mamet the screenwriter who is from CHICAGO did admit this was more of a high octane version of the T.V series than an accurate account of what happened .
Yes MALONE is suppose to be Irish yet being SEAN CONNERY he just always sounds like SEAN CONNERY even when he plays an Egyptian in HIGHLANDER he still has his SCOTTISH accent .
And finally a reaction to the James Bond movies would be amazing Connery was the O.G James Bond , his performance in that role is iconic . OO7 forever .
CHEERS .
Bond...James Bond
LOL yeah. 'Based on a true story' affords a considerable bit of wiggle room
Robert De Niro, one of the greatest actors in cinema..
I highly recommend, "Taxi Driver", "The Deer Hunter" "Godfather 2", "Midnight Run", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings" A Bronx Tale" "Casino" "Heat" and "Ronin"
We'll NEVER get tired of hearing you say "I really, really enjoyed that"! There's SO MANY great movies out there and I hope to see you react to them all!
I love this movie. Came out the same year I got married. Interesting note on Sean Connery - his real name was Thomas Connery. In school he was a bit taller than his classmates, and was often in fights. They called him "Big Tommy". LOL. What a wonderful actor. You might watch him as James Bond, I'd recommend "From Russia With Love" as he faces off against Robert Shaw, who played Quint - the boat captain in "Jaws". Another great actor. Both very physical guys when they were younger.
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Decor: I LOVE the 1920s! Early Art Deco. If Alien archeologists came to earth 1,000 years after humans became extinction I would want them to dig up Early Art Deco as a representation of humanity's peak architectural achievement. And for that matter, Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches for our peak art. Michelangelo's Madonna della Pietà for our peak sculptural achievement. And Luciano Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera Turandot as our peak musical achievement. Though this film wouldn't be #1, it would be in my top 10 for peak film-making achievement to represent the creative achievement of humanity.
If she's going to react to James Bond... I'd recommend starting with the first one and watching them all in order. But I'd love to see her reaction to Bond films... at least until the last 2 or 3 (which in my opinion were not very good...the last one was pretty bad)
@@ar47yrr4pCan I ask how old you are? I’ve got a differing opinion on James Bond movies.
@@faisalmemon285 Daniel Craig is not a good Bond. Casino Royale was well made, but the others with him suck. He just doesn't fit the part. He and Pierce Brosnan are the worst Bonds.
If you like Kevin Costner in this, I highly recommend "No Way Out" from the same year. It's a great thriller set at the Pentagon and stars Costner alongside Gene Hackman and Sean Young.
This is an all-star cast : Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness) is known of Field of Dreams & Dances with Wolves. Sean Connery (Malone) is known for the original 007 : James Bond, Andy Garcia (Stone) played a relative of Corleone is The Godfather Part 3 and Robert De Niro (Capone) is from Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Midnight Run.
Midnight Run s a great one!
Also, Charles Martin Smith is also in American Graffiti
The classic shoot-out in the train station is Brian DePalma's nod to the Potemkin Steps sequence from the classic film The Battleship Potemkin. The film is a silent film from Russia made in 1925. This is a beautifully shot sequence that director Sergei Eisenstein used to prove his cinematic mastery. A great sequence influenced by a great sequence, right down to the baby carriage rolling down the steps. And yes The Naked Gun movie spoofed the scene. I also think you should check out Charles Martin Smith (the little man) in Never Cry Wolf.
Coppola in "The Godfather" and Hitchcock´s "Foreign Correspondent" also paid homage to the scene on the Odessa steps, "Battleship Potemkin" is probably the most influential movie ever made.
Connery was rather famous for refusing to muck with his accent for roles. In Highlander, he literally plays a Spaniard...with Scottish accent. 😆
He *may* have been *trying* for Irish (the character certainly is intended to be so).
My guess is that he was still resting in his Scottish, but had been surrounded by Hollywood types for so long, it had naturally watered down a bit.
You might have seen the little guy before in AMERICAN GRAFFITI and many other films, including directing some. Connery is playing an Irish cop but the voice is always Connery...even when he played a Russian commander in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.
As for Prohibition, the best gangster tv show dealt with it for 5 seasons. Entitled BOARDWALK EMPIRE...if you watch it, you'll be addicted. (Plus I'm in several episodes as background. Ooooooh!)
The Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire is pretty freakin’ fantastic. But there are soooooo many great performances in that series.
Charles Martin Smith as Oscar Wallace was memorable as was Sean Connery as Malone and De Niro of course Capone all stole the show from Kevin Costner.
Connery was definitely supposed to be playing an Irish character. I don't think the director thought most Americans could tell the difference between a Scottish accent and an Irish one. Also, not sure if Connery could do an Irish (or any) accent. They probably just told him to use his normal voice.
Dawn, if you want to see the "Little Guy" in another classic, consider checking out "American Graffiti." It was was director George Lucas's (of Star Wars fame) first hit movie and it's pretty great.
He is also in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). Buddy Holly was one of the greatest Rock n' Rollers of the 1950s or ever. It's well worth a look.
He also wrote and directed "Stone of Destiny" A film with a Scottish fixation.
I've been trying to place him for years and now I know whatever happened to Terry the Toad...thanks!
For more of the Accountant guy: see American Graffiti, an early film by George Lucas (Writer/Director of Star Wars) staring Ron Howard (who became a director of many Tom Hanks movies), Richard Dreyfus (of Jaws fame) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo, Indiana Jones).
Im always looking at the decorations in vintage era movies because its easy to spot the same things in my house. My 1920 house is 5 bedrooms and lots of space and full of antiques.
As someone who lives in Canada, I love how Dawn Marie knows about Canada and Maple Syrup...
Why wouldn't she? Do think Scots are ignorant of the outside world? Don't judge others by yourself.
A movie where you can honestly give a 10/10. Everything was perfect.
Hi Dawn, " Alpa Chino " was a character in " Tropic Thunder". Al Pacino was an actor in the movie " Revolution ".
Yes, the actress is Patricia Clarkson, who starred in "The Green Mile"
She was also in Dirty Harry sequel with Clint Eastwood in 1988 called The Dead Pool
This film is one of my all time faves. I must have seen it 20 times. All the actors are great in their roles.
Ennio Morricone was the composer! The GOAT!
Yeah, absolutely!
I'll be! Didn't have any idea! His western music is my ringtone!
One of the GOAT, not the GOAT.
@ He did not work in blockbusters or commercial movies and he's not american. These are the only 2 reasons because Morricone is not unanimously recognized as the GOAT.
@@TheMusterion76 THERE IS NOT GOAT. There is a group (that's not tiny, but small-ish) of composers who are the GOAT. Morricone is one of them for sure, but there are other composers who've done work just as great.
And F OFF with your "unanimously". You've now entered the realm of complete nonsense.
It is hilarious that your reference point for knowing Sean Connery is TIME BANDITS.
my dad used to love this film!! I remember watching it with him on sundays afternoons,It was a great time with him! anyways so glad you enjoy it this classic!!! hugs lysm Queen!!!! stay unique Dawn Marie 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
How many times have you watched it?
@@cshubs I have seen this movie 3 times 😊
@@cshubs more than 30 times at least
LOL line of the day: "There's only 3-and-a-half of you ". OUCH! Poor Toad. As if he didn't take enough abuse in American Graffitti!
RIP, Sean Connery, 1930-2020.
He took home his first and only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Before Kevin Costner was cast as Elliot Ness, William Hurt, Don Johnson, Kevin Kline, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Martin Sheen, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Reeve, and Richard Gere were considered for the part.
Bob Hoskins was cast as Al Capone, but turned it down, and DeNiro was cast in the role. Hoskins actually regretted turning down the role.
No offence but it's a better story! They didn't think they could get De Niro and paid Hoskins 250,000. Then De Niro became available so Hoskins got to keep the fee. He said to De Palma if you ever want to pay for a job I don't have to do,, I hope you'll bear me in mind.
I think out of that list of possible alternative actors for Ness, Kurt Russell would be my pick. Most of them I don't like for this role.
I can’t believe you haven’t seen Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves yet. That is his magnum opus, his greatest performance and greatest movie. He won the Best Film and Best Director Oscar for that movie. This movie is like nothing you’ve seen before.
Sean Connery best movies were the ones he did in the 90’s. Really liked Medicine Man.
And Prohibition happened because of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) were successful in lobbying congress to ban all alcoholic drinks. With the invention of the motor car came something new: drunk driving. There weren’t any drunk driving laws when the car was invented.
This is an unpopular opinion, but Andy Garcia was great in godfather III. When you see the godfather movies you gotta see all three. Don’t listen to those who say see only I & II. You gotta make up your own mind and see III.
If trying to work out Connery's accent in this was hard work, try wrapping your head around his work in Highlander . Also, if You haven't seen it, L.A. Confidential is an absolute banger you should have a gander at
When prohibition ended Anheseuer Busch, the brewers of Budweiser, delivered a cart load of Budweiser kegs to the Present of the United States in cart drawn by clydesdale horses. This was the beginning of one of the most iconic marketing campaigns in U.S. history as the "Budweiser Clydesdales" still parade across the U.S.A and are featured in television ads to this day.
What a movie,class,J.F.K with kevin costner is also a good movie 👍
I remember this as one of the first television shows, along with 77 Sunset Strip, which began in my childhood. The voice of Walter Winchell echoes down from all those years ago as the narrator of the series. It popped up again in syndication when I was a sophomore in my teenage years. I never saw this movie when it was in theaters, but I am glad to have waited to see it with you. I wish there was someone in my life to enjoy these old movies that love them as much as you do.
I'll end this comment by using your own tagline. Watching mo ies with is the best ever. Hope you get better. Now up, BULL DURHAM.
One of my favorite movies ever. The scene where Sean Connery is killed with Deniro as Capone crying at the opera is one of the greatest in film history. Unfortunately the whole scene is edited out in this.
In the scene with the Capone and the baseball bat, in real life it was actually 3 people that he beat to death, who were sitting at the table.
I'm going to suggest a couple of overlooked Sean Connery movies that I like very much: "Name of the Rose" (1986) and "Robin and Marian" (1976).
That was actually filmed at the train station in Chicago and that building is still standing today and still being used as an Amtrak station
If you'd like to see "the little guy" in a role that's a little less sad, check out Never Cry Wolf :-)
Also American Graffiti and Starman
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His name's Charles Martin Smith, & he's one of Hollywood's great character actors.
One of his best roles was in The Buddy Holly Story, where he played the bass-player in BH's band!
Gary Busey nailed it as Buddy Holly!
Al Capone died of cardiac arrest in 1947, but his decline began earlier. After his transfer to Alcatraz prison, his mental and physical condition deteriorated from paresis (a late stage of syphilis). He was released in November 1939 and was sent to a Baltimore mental hospital before he retired to his Florida estate.
Fantastic cast and score. Can't take the stairway shootout seriously after Naked Gun 33 1/3 😅
You may also enjoy DeNiro in Once Upon A Time In America, directed by Sergio Leone.
And *also* music by Ennio Morricone.
@@Yngvarfo 👍Given their history, I was pretty sure, but not 100%
Al Capone only spent 8 years in prison (5 of those were at Alcatraz). He was released early because he was dying of syphilis
Loving the flannel
Capone was released from prison on 1939 due to failing health. He was suffering from syphilitic paresis, In 1942, with the mass production of penicillin in the United States, Capone was one of the first American patients treated by the new drug, it was too late to reverse the damage to his brain, but it did slow down the progression of the disease. In 1946, his doctor & psychiatrist examined him they concluded that Capone had the mentality of a 12-year-old child. On the 21st January 1947, Capone had a stroke, he regained consciousness but contracted bronchopneumonia. He suffered a cardiac arrest on January 22, and on January 25, surrounded by his family Capone died due to heart failure he was 48 years old. He was originally buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago. In 1950 his remains with other family members were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. Capone's wife lived until 1986 when she died aged 89. In1966 his son Albert changed his name to Albert Francis Brown, to "erase" the 'Capone' name he died in 2004 aged 85 in Florida but is buried in California.
Dawn, ya fine Irish lass, don't be stopping with the "best movie ever" ya hear? Toodles.
Dawn is not Irish. She's Scottish. Not very good with accents, are you?
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Guess ya didn't watch the whole vidya did ya, Davie?
More Shaun : Hunt for Red October, many James Bond movies, More Kevin: Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, Trading Day, More Andy : Oceans 11, More Robert: Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull.
And the award for Worst Irish Accent goes to....
He's not Irish, he's Egyptian.
@@weirds0up I'm thinking of the wrong film. He's obviously Russian.
I still want to know why he's the only Scotsman in the far future of Zardoz 👙 🤣🤣🤣
To answer your questions, Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. Alphonse Gabriel Capone or Al Capone was charged with 22 counts of Tax Evasion or failure to pay taxes. The court found him guilty through his accountant's ledger, where it showed he gave away gifts that exceeded the income he claimed he earned. Thus, this proved he defrauded tax returns to avoid paying taxes on his real income. Ironically, Capone was released from prison to die from a disease he had. He died in the comfort his home.
I visited his Speak Easy under the Fox Theater in San Francisco, California, I've been on his yacht and I've seen his Miami Florida mansion.
Most people assume that Capone died in prison in fact he spent less then 8 years incarcerated. He was released in November of 1939 due to health issues. He lived out the rest of his life at his mansion in Palm Island, Florida. Me died in 1947 at the age of 48.
What am I going to do after watching Dawn Marie's reaction to The Untouchables? I think I'll have a drink! 😉
Capone did indeed plead guilty to tax evasion (and the 5,000 Volstead Act violations) in 1931 and was eventually (complex plea dealings) sentenced to 11 years. Capone was released early in 1939 due to ill health. He never really recovered and continued to decline due to syphilitic paresis - basically an untreated syphilis infection. He ended up with severe brain damaged and eventually died of a stroke, followed by a cardiac arrest in 1947. He was not a nice guy, and I suppose fitting ending.
Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison, in 1931. He died in prison, from syphilis, 1933.
I saw this at the movies when it came out in 1987 ..the whole audience cheered when Ness threw Nitti off the roof ..
Sean Connery did play an Irishman in this movie, and not for the first time. He played Irish almost 30 years before, in a Disney fantasy movie, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". He even sings in that one. He played a Spaniard in "Highlander", just one year before The Untouchables, and that's funny because co-star Christopher Lambert, a French-American, played a Scot.
When Sean Connery asked him about carrying a gun his point was that Treasury Officer is a pretty obscure position, especially back then. Someone who was lying would say they were a cop or a private detective maybe but no one would think to say they're a Treasury Officer.
My dad, living in Chicago, was a kid at the time and his gang would go and hang out around the hotel that Capone lived at hoping to get a glance of Capone himself which he never did. His cousin was involved with Capone's gang and one day as my dad was selling papers on the corner he spotted his cousin walking into a restaurant so he thought he would go in and say hi to him. His cousin chased him out of there and then later explained to him that the guys he was with was Capone, Nitty, and others. My dad said, that later his cousin "mysteriously disappeared" and we haven't seen a trace of him to this day. My dad also told of sneaking into the garage where the St. Valentines Day massacre happened and he said he saw the bullet holes in the wall and the blood stains.
Oscar Wallace (1896-1930) was a Treasury Department accountant from Washington DC who was sent to Chicago in 1930 to assist Eliot Ness with taking down the Chicago Outfit. Unfortunately, he was killed by Frank Nitti in the process.
Oscar Wallace was born in 1896, and he found work as an accountant for the Treasury Department's Washington DC bureau. In 1930, he was assigned to Chicago to assist Treasury agent Eliot Ness with forming a task force to take down Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone. He crafted the idea of arresting Capone and trying him for tax evasion, as he had not filed any income tax returns since 1926. He later helped Ness with several raids against the Chicago Outfit, including a raid on the Montana-Canada border. Wallace convinced Capone's bookkeeper George Moretti to turn states against Capone and help him go through Capone's financial irregularities, but Wallace and Moretti were shot dead by Chicago hitman Frank Nitti (disguised as an elevator attendant) as they took an elevator in the Chicago police station while en route to a safehouse. Nitti wrote "Touchable" on the wall with Wallace's blood, warning Ness that the Chicago Outfit had strong political and police connections.
'You got an all out prize fight. Wait until the fight is over. One man is left standing and that's how you know who won." - Capone
From 1987-1990 Kevin Costner made 5 classic movies "The Untouchables"(1987), "No Way Out"(1987), "Bull Durham"(1988), "Field of Dreams"(1989), "Dances With Wolves"(1990). You would love the other 4! A Kevin Costner film I really like is "Fandango"(1985).
Decor: I LOVE the 1920s! Early Art Deco. If Alien archeologists came to earth 1,000 years after humans became extinction I would want them to dig up Early Art Deco as a representation of humanity's peak architectural achievement. And for that matter, Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches for our peak art. Michelangelo's Madonna della Pietà for our peak sculptural achievement. And Luciano Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera Turandot as our peak musical achievement. Though this film wouldn't be #1, it would be in my top 10 for peak film-making achievement to represent the creative achievement of humanity.
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I use the train station scene in college to talk about how to edit a scene, and I am impressed how many students have not seen this film... and become instant fans!
Thank you for this!
Even though this is a very fictionalized version, most of this did happen. They arrested Al Capone on tax evasion.
Jessie James brother Frank was shot 12 times in the final shootout that brought the gang down. He survived, served his sentence, and went on the lecture circuit as a reformed man. So yeah, depending on where you're hit , you can survive machine gun fire.
Roy Benavidez I think was wounded 37 times. That's an insane one as 3 years prior because of a land mine he was learning to walk all over again. Then to get through that to go back in and get shot up that badly. The doctors didn't check at first and just said no way he was alive. If ya lucky and bullets never touch you is one thing, but for them to hit you that many times and miss everything important. lol
Great reaction as always. If you want to learn more about Alphonse Capone, you should read a detailed account of the Saint Valentines Day massacre. Planned by Capone and Orchestrated while he was far away in Miami. The details give an idea of how cold and calculating he was. That was the event that propelled him up the ranks to becoming one of the most powerful men in the country. In the end he served less than 8 years in prison, though after his release he was not the man he had been. Years of untreated Syphilis had broken him down and eventually led to neurological trouble and dementia. He spent time in a mental hospital then retired to Florida where he died at the age of 48.
Great reaction. In Chicago, they have an Untouchable Tour bus that goes around visiting sites connected with Ness and Capone. I used to see the Untouchables bus go by all the time when I used to live there.
Nitti (Billy Drago), who killed Malone, was also the man who put the bomb in store at beginning, the one who threath Eliot Ness in front of his home and the one who shot the 2 men in the elevator. Another great Kevin Costner movie is Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Rock (1996) for Sean Connery .
Don't you know that Connery was most famous as the original screen James Bond?
@@davidlauder-qi5zv Yes I know, but the early James Bond movies are not my thing.
@@alainvachon6255 All I was pointing out was that Connery was the original screen Bond. It was the role that made him a star.
One of my favorite movies. All of DeNiro's suits were custom made for him by one of Al Capone's former tailors. Prohibition lasted from 1919 to 1933. The 18th Amendment of the US Constitution established prohibition (which outlawed the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beveridges, so it was actually legal to have a drink). There were many reasons. Black leaders supported it because of the rampant alcoholism among American black men. Ken Burns did an excellent documentary on Prohibition. The 21st Amendment which repealed prohibition was the fastest ever passed. The movie is essentially true. Eliot Ness did lead a special squad dubbed "The Untouchables" by the local press who raided Capone's liquor supplies and shipments but the people who got Capone on income tax evasion were working in Washington. Also, all of the Untouchables were under 30 and none were killed in the line of duty. The jury was actually switched at Capone's trial which led to his conviction (the judge did it on his own. He was honest) but he was released when he ended up succumbing to dementia from VD. And Eliot Ness was a bachelor when he led the Untouchables nor would anything have happened to his family since that was an "imfamnia" (See: The Godfather) even though Capone was a renegade and he didn't always follow the rules and customs of Lacosa Nostra. And Sean Connery's character was Irish. Connery simply couldn't master an Irish accent.
This movie is about true events in American history. Al Capone was the big crime boss of Chicago during prohibition and Eliot Ness was the Federal Agent who brought him down and Capone was brought down for not paying his taxes. He was sentenced to Federal prison in Philadelphia but with his connections his prison cell had furniture and all the luxuries of a little apartment. He was later sent to Alcatraz which was and island prison in San Francisco bay. It was where Federal government sent its most hardened criminals. The saying was "If you break the rules of society they send you to prison. If you break the rules of the prison they send you to Alcatraz."
More "Andy from Shawshank" with more Kevin as well as the wife of "Andy from Shawshank" : Bull Durham.
Dawn, the "little guy" is Charles Martin Smith
He was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for "Stone of Destiny"