*THE UNTOUCHABLES* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Who's your fav in this: Connery, Costner, De Niro, Garcia? Crime Playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLQHhQlj8i5dqlmiIFyVb3oMZkOwoQAJsz

Men wore sleeve garters because period shirts weren't made with a lot of size variety. The garters helped fit sleeve length to a person and also kept the cuffs clean.

"He's in the car." - A very "James Bond" line about a man who just killed Sean connery.

The score by Ennio Morricone is a masterpiece and Sean Connery won his first and only Oscar for his role in this, well deserved he was fantastic.

"Brush my hair, 30s foreplay." Great remark Jen! 😂

In real life... It was the judge's idea to switch the juries. Apparently he had a reputation for being one of the few judges who couldn't be bought by the mob.

That dual focus shot is called a split diopter shot. One of De Palma's signature shots.

“He’s in the car.” Love this movie. Was my favorite film when it came out when I was a teen. 15 years later, when I finally got promoted and had my own office working at Paramount, I got a framed limited edition movie poster from the archives to hang on my office wall. Now retired, it hangs in the hallway of my house.

30:11 Frank Nitti (the bad guy thrown off the roof) actually lived to 1943 (57 years old) after being indited for Hollywood extortion he walked to a rail yard and attempted to commit suicide. It took three bullets to do so, one simply shot his hat off, referenced when Ness shot it off his head

Brian DePalma asked Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) if he would take the part of Capone if RDN backed out, as he was undecided at the time. Hoskins said yes, but never heard back and then read that De Niro had got the role and thought no more about it. Then one morning he got a letter from DePalma saying thank you for your help, here's a cheque for $200k. Hoskins rang him and said 'if there's any more parts you don't want me for, I'm available...' 🙂

them ambushing the bridge on horseback is one of the most underrated heroic scenes ever.

"I hope this guy doesn't get killed"....and with that I immediately got teary.

Nitti was played by Billy Drago, whose son Darren played the gentlest character in TV history, Ed on Northern Exposure, the best show ever. Best. Show. Ever.

Jen Murray: "Never stop fighting until the fight is done!" RU-vid Administrator: "What?" Jen Murray: "You heard me RU-vid!"

The scene with the baby carriage here, is itself a reference to a very famous scene from the classic silent communist movie _Battleship Potempkin._

"Mrs. Ness" was one of Patricia Clarkston's first roles. She never takes lead roles in mainstream films, but always shines. She has one Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. The guy who was whacked at the black tie dinner was the supervisor of the place behind the Post Office that got raided. Capone was just making an example of him, even though nothing was his fault. (The baseball bat thing is vaguely based on how Capone once executed two guys who were conspiring to kill him and take over his operation.) You cans assume that the Mountie leader deliberately sabotaged the arrest at the bridge by firing early. That he was on Capone's payroll and had divided loyalty. The police captain "Mike" (Richard Bradford) has divided loyalty too. He's working with Capone and allowing his own men to get killed when necessary. And yet he's also feeding insider info to Malone. Must be hard to be a cop, sell out, but still have a conscience.

A cops rule is “Go home with the same amount of holes you went to work with”.

As a teen, Morey Amsterdam, who played Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show, worked in a Chicago speakeasy run by Capone. Carl Reiner, who created the Van Dyke show, wrote the Sorrell character as a version of his close friend, Mel Brooks.

The mob guy who had his head beaten in by Capone was the same guy who was in charge of the liquor stash house in the post office that was raided ("you got a warrant? "). That is why Capone killed him and to send a message to his other minions.

A lot of great scenes in this movie by phenomenal actors, but when Kevin Costner says, "Did it sound anything like that?" gets me every time.

Charles Martin Smith who plays "Oscar Wallace" is such a great character actor. He's one of those actors who shows up in a film you are watching and you say "Oh yeah that guy, I like him". He plays the lead actor in a film called "Never Cry Wolf" a great movie.

This is my favorite movie ever. Brian de Palmas directing, Kevin Costner in an early role holding his own with titans of the industry, and Sean Connerys masterful acting. The music score. So damn good

"Ok.... oof. Black tie off!" 😂 Those moments are why I watch you Jen.

This is class all over, Ennio Morricone's fantastic score, Brian De Palma on fire, Costner, De Niro and Connery, Script by David Mamet and wardrobe by Giorgio Armani ...its fantastic

One of my favourite films, ever since I was a little kid. Such a great ensemble of acting and film-making talent, especially David Mamet and Ennio Morricone both killing it with dialogue and score.

I think they gave Sean an Oscar because he’s always great and also for his whole body of work combined !!!

Nice ending. Ness does his job, packs up his things and just walks out on to the street for home. A quiet hero.

Frank Nitti (the guy in white) actually was never thrown off a roof. He actually took over Capone’s Chicago syndicate. He died in the 40s, reportedly taking his own life prior to being indicted for racketeering.

The music in this movie is top notch. This is one of those movies that no matter how many times I watch it, I feel the same way I did when I first saw it. One of my all time favourites. Also, fun fact: any one seen drinking on screen dies.

Andy Garcia is so good in this. A great little movie with him is City Island.

In answer to your question, the thing around the arm is a sleeve garter. Instead of rolling up your sleeves when doing something messy like pouring drinks and washing dishes, you would pull the sleeve up and the garter would keep it there, away from your hands while they work. I didn’t know this until a few weeks ago when I noticed the bartender in Unforgiven so asked an AI what it was.

Years ago I had a good friend that worked at an upscale nursing facility in Rockford, Illinois. She talked about one very elderly patient who claimed to be one of the "Untouchables". And that period was the only thing he talked about. She thought he was just delusional but when he died there was a large article in the newspapers and on TV news about him. I wish I could remember his name. He'd have likely been included in this movie.

Okay, so, "I thought maybe she had ordered a parasol," was not on my bingo card.

Classic! Excellent crime drama. The scene where Capone bashes the head in on his henchmen. The very next scene is of a mother a daughter saying their nightly prayers, so powerful. Truly, good verses evil. An amazing transition. This is film making at its finest! Thanks Jen, I was waiting for this one. 😊

More random info: This was Patricia Clarkson's first film and she was only supposed to shoot a few scenes and she was done. However, she was struggling financially and had college debts. So Brian De Palma convinced Paramount to keep her around another month so she could get paid more. That's really the only reason she's in the courtroom scene at the end.

When he became Safety Director in Cleveland, one of his main jobs was trying to find a serial murderer known as The Torso Killer. He never did.

The Untouchable was also a TV show in the 50s with Eliot Ness played by Robert Stack who you saw in Airplane as Capt Rex Kramer and hosted Unsolved Mysteries among many other roles.

JEN: "I hope [Wallace] doesn't get killed." ME: Yeah, hope in vain. (quietly) "Touchable". (Realizing that I've started to choke up) 37 years, and I still get a thing in my throat. And that, my friends, is art. (Single tear coming out of my eye as I type this. Jeez.)

The train station/stair scene is an homage to the Sergei Eisenstein film "Battleship Potemkin" and the Odessa Steps scene. It is very famous in film history and many filmmakers have re-created it for their films :)

Big reason I enjoy Jen's reactions very much is her always paying attention to a movie score, and she's also musically educated so she always has some nice little comment about that aspect of a movie... Anyway, Ennio Morricone was one of the greatest composers and Once Upon a Time in West is a big favorite of mine; but I'd also recommend pretty much everything he did for Leone, Argento (Stendhal Syndrome score is extremely eerie) and Tornatore, plus his score for The Mission (another De Niro movie btw).

The scene with the child is borrowed from “The Battleship Potemkin” which was a Russian movie released in 1926 by Sergei Eisenstein.

I just gave this a watch all the way through, Jen. This was a big film on its release, it's a great film which doesn't get the recognition that it deserves these days. Great acting around, I think the reason that De Niro didn't get the Oscar was because he's played very similar characters before and given similar performances, "Once Upon a Time in America" (a great film which I recommend you react to), "Goodfellas", etc, etc, where as Sean Connery was excellent in all of his scenes in this, just my opinion of course. Films which I recommend with each actor: Andy Garcia: "Confidence" 2003, "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" 1995, "When a Man Loves a Woman" 1994, "Jennifer 8" 1992, "Hero" 1992, "Dead Again" 1991 (supporting actor not as a star). And of course the "Godfather" Trilogy. Sean Connery: "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" 2003, "Finding Forrester" 2000, "The Rock" 1996 (I can't remember if you've reacted to this or not, Jen), "Rising Sun" 1993, "The Name of the Rose" 1996, "Outland" 1981, "The Man Who Would be King" 1975, "The Offence" 1973, "The Anderson Tapes" 1971, "Marnie" 1964 (Hitchcock film), "The Frightened City" (Film Noir) 1961, "Hell Drivers" 1957. Kevin Costner: "The Highwaymen" 2019, "MacFarland, USA" 2015, "Mr Brooks" 2007, "The Guardian" 2006, "Open Range" 2003, "The Bodyguard" 1992, "JFK" 1991 (I can't remember if you've reacted to this or not, Jen), "Field of Dreams" 1989, "No Way Out" 1987 (this is a great political thriller, which I highly recommend). There are many more from each of these actors but I feel that these suggestions give a good overview of them all.

Connery won the Oscar mostly because of his long career and popularity and also because the movie was a huge hit at the time. Denzel Washington got his first Oscar nom that same year (as did Morgan Freeman) and he says that before their category was announced, Connery walked out on the stage to present another award and the audience gave him a spontaneous standing ovation. Denzel said he thought, "Oh ****! Well, I'm definitely not winning!"

Quite often Academy members will take the opportunity to give an Oscar nomination to an older actor because they have been overlooked for their past accomplishments. My personal opinion is that out of all of the nominated performances Sean Connery did legitimately merit the award. The other gentleman in the best supporting actor category were also phenomenal. With the exception of Vincent Gardena in MOONSTRUCK, they were relatively younger actors at the time who obviously had the potential to be nominated in the future. It didn’t hurt that THE UNTOUCHABLES was hugely successful, and profitable. WINNER SEAN CONNERY The Untouchables NOMINEES ALBERT BROOKS Broadcast News MORGAN FREEMAN Street Smart VINCENT GARDENIA Moonstruck DENZEL WASHINGTON Cry Freedom THE 60TH ACADEMY AWARDS 1988 Monday, April 11, 1988 Honoring movies released in 1987

Don't know if you noticed the actor playing the DA in the film was Clifton James who played the annoying loud mouth Southern Sheriff J.W. Pepper in two of the Roger Moore James Bond films. He was uncredited in this film despite the fact he had a few lines and was an established actor.

Ok. I repeat once more.......'Once Upon a Time in America '!!!!! Who's with me??!?!

Al Capone did not die in jail, as is wildly assumed. He was released early after serving for good behavior. But, he was incontinent and driven mostly mad from untreatable syphilis. For which there was no cure at the time. Technically, he died of cardiac arrest in 1947.

One of my altime favorite movies. Another score of Ennio Morricone which I can highly recommend (and the fantastic movie as well) is „Once upon a time in America“. „Deborahs Theme“ makes me cry every time.

11:32 "Must have been a rat." I thought so, too, the first few times I watched this movie. But the guy who got his head bashed in was actually responsible for the liquor shipment that Malone and Ness raided as their first tour of duty. It's very subtle, so it is easy to miss.

I knew Jen was in for a good time when just the opening credits got her excited! I like Andy Garcia as MVP--his accuracy with his revolver saved the day. And of course I love Morricone's score, especially the way the music reached a crescendo as Costner walked away from the police station at the end. As for historical accuracy, this sometimes gets picked apart like Braveheart, but the public loves a great action flick.

This movie was a gigantic hit when it came out. The reason you see all these stars together in one movie is because most of them weren't famous yet. When the movie was made, Connery and De Niro were the only actors in the cast that most people had ever heard of. This is the movie that made Kevin Costner a star, as well as Garcia, Charles Martin Smith (Agent Wallace, the accountant), and Billy Drago (Nitti).

Sometimes The Academy gives an older actor an award based on their entire body of work, not on their best performance.

My dad was the one who turned me on to the old B&W tv show of the same name prior to this hitting the theaters. This was the last movie that I saw with him before he passed so it's forever a "dad" movie to me whenever I mention it to younger generation movie "goers."Great reaction and thank you once again for going where no other reactor has gone before by reacting to a movie that others don't. Lastly in case it hasn't been mentioned Ness and Capone never met face to face.

One of my favorite movies. DeNiro found a tailor of the real Al Capone and had him make all the suits he wears in the movie.

For each major actor, here's another movie! For Costner, Dances With Wolves. For Connery, The Hunt For Red October. For Garcia, Ocean's 11. And for DiNiro, Awakenings.

Bob Hoskins (Rodger Rabbit) was originally supposed to play Capone. The director wanted DiNero but he wasn’t available at first. But when his schedule freed up the change was made. Hoskins still go some money under his contract.

Oh Yeah! Jen is going to have a great time with this movie! Cosner, Connery, and Deniro were on point with this one! I know you enjoyed this!

The scene at the train station is a masterpiece of filmmaking. How the entire thing is set up and executed is amazing. The falling pram was inspired by the Odessa Steps scene in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 propaganda film, Battleship Potemkin.

This movie was a hit and made Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia famous, as well as providing Sean Connery with his big comeback.

That train scene was based on a scene from 1925's "Battleship Potemkin". It's one of the greatest scenes ever.

In addition to the big-name actors here, you have also seen before the actor Jack Kehoe, who played the bookkeeper who testifies at the end. He played Kid Erie, Hooker’s friend and fellow conman in The Sting. He’s the one who gets his nose broken in the grifters’ bar by the Joliet cop Snyder.

Patricia Clarkson, Ness' wife, was the wife of the warden in THE GREEN MILE, Jen. The split shot you refer to is known in the biz as the split diopter shot is a cinematic technique that achieves a unique visual effect by using a special lens filter. This filter, the split diopter, is a half-circle of glass that attaches to the camera lens. It essentially splits the focus of the lens, allowing for two distinct focal planes within a single shot. Indeed Connery won his sole Oscar for this film. And yes the train station staircase was parodied in NG 33 1/3 but airlifted from the silent classic BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN. Directed by the vastly underrated Brian DePalma (in league with Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese et al) with all the stops pulled with a stacked cast, epic score and signature series costume design. RE: Costner - this film cemented his stardom in Hollywood - now you need to see the film that made him a star, which just preceded this film's release, NO WAY OUT, a neo-noir remake co-starring Sean Young and Gene Hackman.

The guy who played Frank Nitti, Billy Drago, was really fun as the main antagonist in the tragically short-lived TV show The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., starring Bruce Campbell. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.

"Once Upon A Time In America" (1984) is considered one of Morricone's best scores. It should've won the Oscar for that year, but the studio neglected to submit it to the Academy for consideration due to a clerical error. It's another gangster movie starring Robert De Niro.

This movie really feels like old school Hollywood. The best actors and fantastic script. Not a computer in sight.

25:35 This scene with the babycart and the steps in the train station was inspired largely by one of the most celebrated scenes in silent film, the Odessa Steps sequence, involving the massacre of civilians, in Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent epic film BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN.

Stardust is a fun fantasy where de Niro excels in my opinion.

I remember watching this movie for the first time with my mother. A certain scene came on, and she inhaled so sharply I thought she was going to pass out.

The two guys that were beaten to death with a baseball bat both had intentions of assassinating Capone. Capone had chewed out one of his henchman, and the two guys that were killed assumed that the henchman would be on board in assassinating Capone. Even though Capone humiliated him, the henchman snitched on the two guys and that is why Capone killed them and no one else.

I saw this when it was in the theaters and it was the first time I heard an Ennio Morricone score.

Such an awesome movie! The way Capone was acting in the court also reminded me on someone else who was sleeping during his trial.

The arm bands are called sleeve garters. In the 1880s-1930s shirts would generally come in very few sizes unless you were wealthy enough to have your shirts tailor made. So in general most shirts were oversized. To not have your cuffs extend past your wrist you would use a sleeve garter band to keep the sleeve lifted up and in place. Towards the end of this time (in the 1930s and 1940s) sleeves of appropriate length were much more common and affordable, but the sleeve garter then became a fashion accessory.

The guy who was the Chief (police) also played the Chief in “Sunset” w/ Bruce Willis (as Tom Mix) 😳😬

Robert Stack played Eliot Ness in THE UNTOUCHABLES tv series (1959-1963), and I used to say up late with my dad (and the line, "Rico, Rossman, Youngfellow - Cover the rear exit!"). Really groundbreaking stuff with topics like prostitution, narcotics addiction, murder and violence - drawing tons of negative press. Ayn Rand even wrote an article defending the series as detailing good guys/bad guys and the need for heroes in a good vs evil world.

The Rambo accountant made me think of "American Graffiti".

“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.” -------- “Yeah, well you’re not from Chicago.” ------- Chicago's history of corruption and underhandedness is legendary. Just ask former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich. -------- He knew how to throw down with the best of them and get things done.

Such a great movie and a fantastic score by Ennio Morricone. He is one of my favorite composers. Other movies that he does a fantastic score to are: - The Mission (De Niro) - Cinema Paradiso - A Fistful of Dollars

Btw... Andy Garcia has a big role in Godfather Part 3!

Costner and Connery, what a combo!

5:24 "Burn." 🤣🤣🤣

"The Mission" (1986) is another of Morricone's iconic scores. It's sometimes used in commercials, and I think few people realize it originates from this movie. Also stars Robert De Niro.

Shout out to January 17, the day when Al Capone, Benjamin Franklin, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey, Michelle Obama, Zooey Deschanel, Muhammad Ali, and I were born. I’ve also seen Al Capone’s prison cell in Philadelphia and it is next level.

I freakin love the Untouchables. I am from Chicago. That “bar“ is in Wrigleville, that’s the area of the north side of Chicago where Wrigley Field is located. I was on set the day they filmed the exteriors of that scene. It was an amazing set design. Turned the clock back in Chicago that day. Also, I’m sure somebody mentioned this but the scene at Union Station, the train station scene, is a homage to Battleship Potemkin, a famous Russian film from the 1920’s.

16:50 Love that the bad guy says " Minchia! " when he sees the grenade. A very Sicilian thing to say and a nice touch by the script writer. It was pretty much the first word that I was taught by our local contact in 1999 when we were in Palermo, Sicily for a couple of weeks refereeing a football tourney. The authorities had been quite successful through the 1990's in their fight against the Mafia. Nevertheless the traces were still there. We were told which were the definite "no-go" areas of the city. Apart from the biggest department store in the city, none (and I mean none) of the stores would accept a card payment as that would have to go through the books and be seen by the tax authorities. It was really annoying to have to go to the bank to get cash to buy stuff when you didn't really feel safe carrying a lot of cash.

Someone may have already answered this, but the little arm bands on "old-timey outfits" are called sleeve garters, and they were used to adjust the length of the sleeves. Back then, most shirts were not made in a variety of sizes like we're accustomed to now, so you'd either have to get them tailored, which was expensive, or use more economic methods like the sleeve garters.

I love the Untouchables. I grew up watching it so many times with my dad who loved it too. The music, the acting, the clothes, all add up to an unforgettable experience.

"Midnight run" is deniros best movie nobody ever heard of.

I saw this before it came out, in what was called an audience screening. They handed out cards after the movie with numbered and lettered questions about each scene. As well as I can remember nothing was changed after I saw the official release.

The first and only time in my life where a film was completely sold to me, had me convinced it was going to be brilliant, just by the opening credits.

Canadian Mounted Police - * _points forward_ * "Move out!" (goes backward out of the shot) lol

the shootout on the staircase scene was filmed in Chicago’s Union Station. there are two staircases that look like that. this was on the north stairs . Right about where Capone’s man was standing with the bookkeeper there really is a significant chip in the wall .

this is one of those movies i never ever heard of. noone talked about it, it got mentioned nowhere where i could see stuff. and one day this came like at midnigth on a questionable tv station and i watched it more by accident. and i loved this movie.

The man who comes to bribe Elliot Ness is the great Del Close. He was the legendary teacher at Second City in Chicago and the mentor to so many comedic greats like John Belushi, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley, Mike Meyers, Bob Odenkirk...etc etc. He is a Legend.

The reason for the little band around the arm of the barman early in the movie is because shirts used to be made pretty much one size fits all and that included very long sleeves. If you wanted the shirt cuffs to sit at the correct length you wore a garter on each arm to hold the sleeves up so they didn't slide down and get dirty.

Jen, you weren't prepared for Connery to bite the dust. Taken out by the assissin in the clean white suit.

The scene on the stairs at the train station is an homage to the silent film “Battleship Potemkin.” In the movie, soldiers shoot and kills a mass of unarmed civilians and features a baby carriage going down the steps. The film is considered one of the greatest movies of all time, and the editing done by the director Sergei Eisenstein is the basis for almost all movie editing since.

10:57 Jen "If I'm at a Black Tie event with Al Capone" put the black tie on then .... 11:27 Jen cringes and off comes the black tie Living the moment in the movie, keep it up. Fun review, thanks

7:58 That camera shot is called "Split-focus diopter", where both the background and foreground is in focus, by using a half convex glass that attaches in front of the camera lens.

If there is a Oscar for reactions, you should be the winner. Robert Dinero was really skinny when he asked to coming for a screen test, so the director was skeptical about the given the part to Robert, so Robert gained around 80lbs so he can do the part.

“Okay; black tie off......” 💯😂🤣😂🤣😂