The untouchables [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents an Art Linson production, a Brian De Palma film ; produced by Art Linson ; written by David Mamet ; directed by Brian De Palma.
2004
PN1997 .U586 2004
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The untouchables [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents an Art Linson production, a Brian De Palma film ; produced by Art Linson ; written by David Mamet ; directed by Brian De Palma.
Uniform Title
Untouchables (Motion picture)
Edition
Special collector's ed.
ISBN
079219909X
9780792199090
9780792199090
Publication Details
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2004]
Language
English
Language Note
English or dubbed French dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
097360504248
Call Number
PN1997 .U586 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4372
Distributor No.
05042 Paramount
Summary
A larger-than-life depiction of Al Capone, the warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago ... and Eliot Ness, the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. In this classic confrontation between good and evil, Ness learns, with the help of a cop named Malone, how to beat the mob by shooting fast and shooting first.
Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on the novel by Eliot Ness.
Special features: The script, the cast; Production stories; Reinventing the genre; The classic; Original featurette: "The men"; Theatrical trailer.
Based on the novel by Eliot Ness.
Special features: The script, the cast; Production stories; Reinventing the genre; The classic; Original featurette: "The men"; Theatrical trailer.
Credits
Director of photography, Stephen H. Burum ; art director, William A. Elliott ; editors, Jerry Greenberg and Bill Pankow ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume designer, Marilyn Vance-Straker ; wardrobe, Giorgio Armani.
Performer
Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery.
Cast
Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery.
Audience
MPAA rating: R ; special features not rated.
System Details Note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround EX.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1988: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery).
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