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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Untouchables_(film)The Untouchables (film) - Wikipedia

    The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film [3] directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson, and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. Set in Chicago in 1930, the film follows Eliot Ness (Costner) as he forms the Untouchables team to bring Al Capone (De ...

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  3. faroutmagazine.co.uk › robert-de-niro-al-caponeHow Robert De Niro became Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’

    Jan 20, 2024 · How Robert De Niro became Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’. Scott Campbell. Sat 20 January 2024 13:15, UK. Hiring Robert De Niro to spend roughly ten minutes on-screen in a handful of scenes isn’t the sort of role that would require the actor to go full-blown method and spend months in preparation. However, that’s exactly what The ...

  4. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 8031011 Rapid-Fire Facts About 'The Untouchables' - Mental Floss

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    • ROBERT DE NIRO INSISTED ON GETTING FAT. AGAIN. After impressing audiences and critics with his bulging gut and saggy jowls for 1980’s Raging Bull, De Niro informed The Untouchables director Brian De Palma he wanted time to put on 30 pounds of fat to play chubby Al Capone.
    • BOB HOSKINS WAS BRIAN DE PALMA’S SECOND CHOICE FOR AL CAPONE. Bob Hoskins recalled meeting De Palma and being told that the production was expecting De Niro would agree to play Capone—but if not, they were really hoping the Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
    • PARAMOUNT HATED THE SCRIPT. Paramount. Acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet is responsible for the combustible dialogue in The Untouchables, but not everyone was a fan.
    • THEY THOUGHT ABOUT DOING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE. To help evoke the 1930s for modern audiences, director of photography Stephen Burum tried to convince De Palma to allow him to shoot the picture in black and white.

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0094226The Untouchables (1987) - Robert De Niro as Al Capone - IMDb

    Title Card : 1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and tommy gun. It is the time of the Ganglords. It is the time of Al Capone.

  6. filmschoolrejects.com › the-untouchables-true-storyThe True Story Behind The Untouchables - Film School Rejects

    Apr 29, 2022 · This installment focuses on the true story behind Brian De Palma’s 1987 crime drama The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, and Sean Connery. Only two words are needed to know ...

  7. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2017Behind The Untouchables : The Making of the Memoir That ...

    Dec 27, 2017 · Robert De Niro played a sinister Capone. “I don’t see this as history,” the film’s producer, Art Linson, says today. Instead, The Untouchables, in his view, was “like an opera trying to ...

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  9. www.imdb.com › title › tt0094226The Untouchables (1987) - IMDb

    The Untouchables: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia. During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.