Sean Connery won an Oscar for best supporting actor in this role.

The score by Ennio Morricone is dope AF. Propulsive, percussive and intense. It always fits the scene its in. Morricone was a genius.

"Tax Evation" On an interesting sidenote: Capone argued that the federal government (the one that finally makes all tax collection through the IRS) could not try to collect taxes from illegal money; but a federal court ruling in 1927 determined that income from illegal activities were taxable; by that time it was calculated Capone got nearlly $60 million dollars anually (according to a Forbes calculation, that would be $891 million of 2020's dollars). Of course the ruling is a double sword: by declaring taxes for illegal activities you are recognizing you have commited crimes (the IRS won't chase you, but other authorities will) and if you don't declare taxes (or declare them as product of other activities), you are commmiting crimes in the eyes of the IRS. To the very end, Capone defended he had no taxable income; he was found guilty of 22 charges on that matter. "The sentence" The film gets a lot of liberties with the real events; but yeah: Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison (a sentence that looks silly now, but back then was a huge deal). Capone didn't come out clean from it: first he was sentenced to a prision in Atlanta, but when it was discovered he had bribed the jail's personnel, he was moved to Alcatraz where his influence was virtually none. He was eventually moved to a mental hospital in 1939, because of the brain damage syphillis caused to his brain (an illness that, depending on the source, he caught before or while being in jail). He died in 1947, with the mental capacity of a 12 year old, according to one of his doctors. "Jimmy Malone" As mentioned, the film takes a lot of liberties with the real events (some consider the film as some sort of sequel or retelling of the TV Series, rather than an attempt to tell some history). According to sources, Malone's character is based on real life FBI agent Martin J. "Marty" Lahart, one of original members of The Untouchables. Lahart was not killed, like his fictional counterpart, and he lived to the age of 75 years (he died on July 2, 1975). According to one of the real Untouchables, Paul Robsky, they were never in real danger during the raids and it all could be described as routine work. "The baby scene" Actually, that's a reference from another, much older film: Battleship Potemkin from 1925. The setting is mostly the same: a battle in a set of stairs as a baby stroller goes down the steps. Both scenes are known by the same name: The Odessa Steps. "Frank Nitti" The gangster that kills Malone, and later gets the satisfactory death by "getting into the car" is a fictionalized version of Frank Nitti, real life enforcer of Chicago mafia back in the day. As with many elements of the film, Nitti didn't die as in the film: he got convicted of tax evation along Capone, although he got only 18 months. After his release, Nitti took over the place of Capone in the organization and kept it until 1943 when he (along several other gangsters) were indicted for extorting Hollywood film industries. The pressure of going back to jail (he developed claustrophobia after his first stay in prison, apparently), possibly suffering from cancer (according to some theories), and on top of that, facing the lack of support from other gangsters that blamed him for the indictments; Nitti drank heavily before his scheduled appointment with the grand jury, then walked with his revolver on railroad tracks near his home, then he shot himself three times in his head (he was too drunk the first shot missed the target and the second shot went through his head with no apparent damage to his vital functions). Interestingly enough (either by chance or because the writers of the film considered it was a good element to include in the film), the first shot Nitty took to his head only hit his hat due to his unsteady pulse. He was 57 at the time of his death. And that would be it, nice reaction :).

"Did he sound anything like this?" One of my Top 25 greatest film moments

Charles Martin Smith is great actor who's been around since the 70s. He's been in many things but his biggest clam to fame is "American Graffiti"(1973) George Lucas's coming of age masterpiece. This film is a must watch!! A great one-man show movie starring Charles Martin Smith is "Never Cry Wolf"(1983) which is based on a classic book, the film was a big success too when it came out. Fan fact Smith directed the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This film is stacked w/ talent behind the camera as well. Director Brian De Palma's other works include Carrie, Scarface, Carlito's Way, Mission Impossible, etc... The screenplay was written by David Mamet, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play Glengarry Glen Ross, which was later adapted to a film starring Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, etc... The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, whose name should be familiar to you after reacting to the Dollars trilogy.

The train station scene is de Palma's homage to the Odessa Steps sequence in Battleship Potemkin, from 1925.

The guy he killed with the baseball bat was at the liquor bust. He is the one who asked Connery for a warrant before he was hit with the shotgun.

Something DePalma did, which too few directors do now, was take his time with the scenes. The tension leading up to the station shootout was almost unbearable first time I saw this.

The accountant actor has been in some really good movies during his career. Some of my favorite were Starman and Never Cry Wolf. Both movies are definitely worth checking out

Fun fact this was the first film that Sean Connery was ever shot in. He never wore squibs in his entire career including the 007 movies he did prior to this movie

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In my pre-teen years, we used to watch Robert Stack, as Eliot Ness, on tv in The Untouchables (1959-1963). It was quite a gritty crime drama.

Midnight Run has to be one of his most underrated and overlooked movies. The writing and his chemistry with Charles Grodin was excellent.

For another great De Niro supporting role, check out "Angel Heart".

I'm PSYCHED to see that "Cape Fear" came in SECOND! At last! Not a single reaction for this movie yet! It won't be long now!!!! That is going to make a FANTASTIC reaction! Ok, just had to say that before I watch the movie. Keep that poll going!! Cape Fear, King of Comedy (and Mean Streets): three essential De Niro/Scorsese films! PS: Brazil he's only got a small part in, but that's a fantastic one for a "futuristic" poll or " dystopian science fiction", ala "Clockwork Orange", "Matrix" etc Love you guys!

DeNiro isn't in it a whole lot, but it's an iconic role for him. That scene with the bat specifically. His speech was just a way of getting across that someone in his organization was not being a team player. Excellent way to show his brutality. Along with blowing up children. So many movies want to just tell you that the bad guy is bad. This one makes it extremely clear why Capone had to be brought to justice, and it's not illegal liquor. I think the taxes thing was he just couldn't show where the money was coming from, not just trying to avoid paying them.

It's a bit of a longer movie but Kevin Costner is great in Dances With Wolves and you should definitely check out Robert de Niro in A Bronx tale.

RIP Billy Drago at 20:01, one of the best villains in movie history!!

That station shoot out scene is a masterpiece.

Capone reporting his taxes would mean admitting that he owned the businesses which he didn't want to do. That's why none of them were in his name. To be historically accurate..Frank Nitti wasn't in the car like Ness said. Frank Nitti was actually Capone's cousin, bodyguard and money man. When Capone went to prison in 1931, Nitti took over The Outfit after he finished his own 18 month sentence for tax evasion. He offed himself in 1943 when he was looking at another long prison term for extorting Hollywood studios.

Good old Connery, only he could pull off playing an Irish policeman in The Untouchables, a Russian submarine captain in The Hunt For Red October, and a Spaniard in Highlander, all while speaking with a thick Scottish accent 😂 The Untouchables is a good movie, certainly one of De Palma's better ones, but as I grew older I started to dislike how historically inaccurate it is. I still do. But it was a nice rewatch, thanks for that.

Even of that list A Bronx Tale isn't a De Niro film in the same way this one isn't. Still two great roles he played in two amazing movies.

Ronin is a good Deniro film!

Charles Martin Smith had a few notable roles nests this. He was memorable in American Grafitti. And he was basically the whole cast in "Never Cry Wolf, " which is an astounding film that takes place in the wilds of Alaska. I highly recommend it.

"Do it for Sean!" My favorite online movie reactors for sure.😊😊😊

There's a very good documentary about Brian De Palma called 'De Palma' where they go over his entire film career and speaks about each film. He said, once in a while, when you're making a movie, everything comes together, everything works - the writing, the music, the actors, the costumes, the photography, the editing, everything. And for him, The Untouchables was one of those films. It's rare, but when it happens it's just magic.

The whole sequence in the train station with the baby carriage was one of the best scene ever in a movie. It was so well done.

The scene in the train station with the baby carriage falling down the steps is a reference to a classic silent film called The Battleship Potemkin that has a scene just like that. It is so famous it is known as The Potemkin Steps sequence.

There are a lot of great Sean Connery films, he is one of those actors that makes me watch a movie just because he is in it. I believe you guys have already watch The Hunt for Red October but a couple of other fun action ones from the 80s and 90s are The Rock, Entrapment, First Night, and obviously Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

The baseball bat scene is iconic! De Niro gained a bunch of weight to play Capone.

The man Capone killed with a baseball bat at his birthday dinner was the "inside man" informant in the grey coat of the "maple leaf umbrella" raid. After conviction, Capone was sent to Alcatraz Maximum Security prison. He was released to a hospital in 1939, his mind gone mush from Syphilis (doctors assessed him as having a 12-year-old mentality). He died in January, 1947.

The baby carriage scene was homage to the Odessa Steps sequence in the 1926 silent film epic, Battleship Potempkin (the baby carriage is in the last 2 minutes of a 12 minute sequence).

13:06, "Fucking Camera!" Lol!!

The story is basically true. Capone contracted a disease in prison so he was let out early but did die in 1947 of a heart attack. Elliot Ness was a real person. Kevin Costner was so young in this. Love Sean Connery. He was the first James Bond too. Andy Garcia played Stone. Good actor. Such a good movie. Even though DeNiro wasn’t in it much he was so good. Good reaction guys😄 Connery won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this.

Sean Connery won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this role. Truly deserved.

The Union Station staircase scene was based on a similar scene in the 1925 film, "Battleship Potemkin" directed by Sergei Eisenstein.

Dances with Wolves with Costner which won an Academy Award for best picture and director Costner and A Bronx Tale with DeNiro is a classic and great movie.

Perhaps apropos, but Al Capone died at 48 of a heart attack brought on by a very long battle with syphilis. He was released early (he only served seven of the eleven years) from his prison sentence because he was already very ill by his late thirties. For the last dozen years of his life he had the mental capacity of a child. As an interesting side note, he has one of the very first people treated with the then-new drug Penicillin.

Charles Martin Smith. The member of the Untouchables you liked who was killed in the elevator was a a character actor I liked a lot. Particularly his roles in American Graffiti and Starnan.

Great reaction you two... Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness) is a great Oscar winning actor, other great films with him are Dances With Wolves, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves, Field Of Dreams, No Way Out, Bull Durham, The Bodyguard, Silverado, Thirteen Days, Waterworld, JFK, Open Range, The Postman, Message In A Bottle, For The Love Of The Game, 3000 Miles To Graceland, Mr. Brooks, Wyatt Earp - to name a few... Andy Garcia (Agent George Stone/Giuseppe Petri), other great films are Black Rain, Stand And Deliver, Internal Affairs, The Godfather Part III, Hero, When A Man Loves A Woman, Desperate Measures, Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, Oceans Thirteen, Dead Again, Hoodlum, Jennifer 8, Steal Big Steal Little, Night Falls On Manhattan, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - to name a few... Charles Martin Smith (Accountant Oscar Wallace) other great films are American Graffiti, More American Graffiti, Starman, Never Cry Wolf, The Buddy Holly Story, Deep Cover, And The Band Played On, Trick or Treat (1986), Herbie Goes Bananas, Speechless, Deep Impact, I Love Trouble, The Final Cut, Dead Heat, and Dolphin Tale 2 (which he also directed) to name a few... Sean Connery (Jim Malone) other great films are the James Bond films (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice Diamonds Are Forever & Never Say Never Again - which is an 80s update/reboot of Thunderball), Outland, Highlander 1 & 2, Time Bandits, Murder On The Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King, Alfred Hitchcock's: Marnie, Robin & Marian, The Rock, The Hunt For Red October, Finding Forrester, The Name Of The Rose, A Bridge Too Far, Dragonheart (voice), Walt Disney's: Darby O'Gill And The Little People, Entrapment, the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade to name a few... Billy Drago (Frank Nitti/The Man In White) other great films are Pale Rider, Cutters Way, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Invasion USA, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, Hero And The Terror, Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, North And South Book II, True Blood, China White, Vamp and lots of TV guest appearances (The X-Files, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Friday the 13th: the Series, Moonlighting, Hunter, Supernatural & Charmed) to name a few... Patricia Clarkson (Catherine Ness/Elliot's Wife) other great films are Dirty Harry's: The Dead Pool (1988), The Pledge, The Green Mile, Jumanji (1995), Far From Heaven, Dogville, High Art, Everybody's All-American, Pieces Of April, Miracle, All the King's Men, Lars And The Real Girl, Shutter Island, The Maze Runner, No Reservations & Good Night And Good Luck, to name a few... Robert DeNiro (Al Capone) - well you know, I don't need to list his many film credits here do I? Other great films directed by Brian DePalma are Mission Impossible 1, Stephen King's: Carrie (1976), Scarface (1983), Sisters, Blow Out, Phantom Of The Paradise, Body Double, Casualties Of War, Raising Cain, Carlito's Way, Femme Fatale, Passion, Snake Eyes, Bonfire of The Vanities, The Fury, Mission To Mars, Domino, The Black Dahlia & Dressed To Kill, to name a few...

Deniro steals his scenes!!! “Enthusiasms”!!! And Connery is iconic in this. All the actors are great! “You got him?, yeah I got him!, take him” brilliant!

Years ago in the UK we watched an American TV series called "Elliot Ness and The Untouchables" with Robert Stack as Elliot Ness. It was made in 1959 but I probably saw it in the 1970's.

The scene on the stairs is an hommage to a similar scene in the silent movie "Battleship Potemkin" by Sergej Eisenstein.

Brian de Palma directed one of the best Gánster movie with Al Pacino “ Scarface “ if you haven’t watched it… be prepared

Billy Drago had a unique look to him that got him a lot of work as a villain

Sean Connery had an unbelievable Charisma. He got an Oscar for this. Well deserved, I think.

One of the biggest liberties taken in the movie was that Ness was single at the time, so no wife & kid stuff in real life. But yeah, the movie was an *awesome* piece of story-telling! And the acting ... *anyone* here could've been legitimately nominated for an Oscar©! As for the train-station scene ... as someone who's worked on plays, and who's watched a *bunch* of behind-the-scenes/making-of pieces, I'm in awe at what it must have taken to do that! I wouldn't be surprised if it took 2 or even 3 days to shoot that scene! Heck, just blocking/story-boarding it probably took a whole day, or maybe two! *Excellent* reaction/review!

The first film I think of with Andy Garcia is Black Rain (1989) so I hope that is on your list of films. Plus it has some good scenes to get reactions to :)

27:44 to answer your question, it over $17 million dollars today.

Fun trivia: After the historical events depicted here, Elliot Ness became the Public Safety Director for the city of Cleveland, where I live. During his tenure there, Cleveland had a serial killer who was leaving butchered bodies, sometimes just parts, all over the city. Ness ran a huge investigation but the killer was never caught: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Torso_Murderer

Honestly don't know if anyone's told you this, but Connery won an Oscar for this role! Well deserved, for how fantastic he was as Malone!

Loved this reaction. Midnight Run, Heat, A Bronx Tale, Raging Bull and Awakenings are other great DeNiro movies that should be added to your list. Along with The Untouchables.... Open Range, JFK, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Black and White, A Perfect World and Dances with Wolves are some of my favorite Costner movies. Other great DePalma movies to react to are Scarface and Carlito's Way...both starring Al Pacino.

RIP and long live Sir Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020), aged 90 You will always be remembered as a legend. “That’s the Chicago way”

Connery has been my favorite actor of all time. His James Bond films, Highlander, Marnie, The Rock, Finding Forrester, loved him in anything. Him winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this role was a chef's kiss.

Charlie Martin Smith, who played the accountant: his most famous role is in George Lucas' first (and in my opinion greatest) hit, "American Graffiti". GREAT movie, great cast, he's hilarious in it, I'm sure you'll check it out one day! / LOVED this reaction! Loved it more than the movie itself! It's a fun movie - not the greatest thing ever, by a long shot - plot holes all over the place, but in between the infinitely superior "Godfathers" (1972 and 74) and "Goodfellas" (1990) this gave mob movie fans something to chew on (De Palma's Scarface had come out a few years before, but that was not well-received at the time). Can't wait for "Cape Fear"!!!!!

"On October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted after trial and on November 24, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to $215,000 plus interest due on back taxes." "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." So he only did 8 years but was too sick to do much of anything for the last 8 years after being released.

People put The Godfather in the highest regard, but for my money, Once Upon a Time in America is the greatest gangster film ever made. It's got a beautiful and iconic score by Ennio Morricone, incredible performances by the likes of Robert De Niro and James Woods, and a story that's violent, contemplative, epic, and even sad. Put that on your radar, guys. ❤

I am from Chicago, and when I was a young teen, I was in a taxi cab in downtown Chicago one day stuck in traffic by the Union Station. But I had no idea it was the Union Station at that time. I had never been to the Union Station before, but I was instantly drawn to the building and was overcome by a strong deja vu feeling. This was a few years before The Untouchables came out. When I saw the Union Station scene in the movie I got the same feeling again. If reincarnation is true, then I must have been to the Union Station in a past life, because it looked way too familiar to me to the point of kinda scaring me. It was like looking at a past home that you lived in as a child that you have not seen in decades. It makes me wonder if I lived in Chicago during Al Capone's rule....yikes 😬

"Why didn't you just shoot the guy with a knife?" How does one shoot a guy with a knife? Best. Leo.

Hope you find the time to watch 'Backdraft' from the list too. It seems to have been a bit forgotten but it's a great fun movie and technically superb - and many of the cast will tell you have real it felt !

“A Bronx Tale” definitely gotta be on your guys list truly a classic!

💫Andy Garcia? He's in a great little offbeat comedy called "Hero" (1992, aka "Accidental Hero") along with Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis. There are also a bunch of other familiar faces. The movie's very entertaining and will leave you with a smile and maybe a little mist in the eyes. Not sure why "Hero" isn't more famous, especially with that cast. 💫

Now that you had more of a taste of Brian DePalma. I would strongly encourage you guys to watch his other films: Dressed to Kill, Blow Out and Body Double. DePalma uses so much of Hitchcock in his film. He also directed Carrie, Scarface and Mission Impossible

The accountant is played by one of my favorite actors, Charles Martin Smith. Check him out in one of my favorite movies of all time AMERICAN GRAFFITI directed by George Lucas as well as NEVER CRY WOLF.

I hope you have Ronin on your De Niro list. As always loved your reaction to this awesome film.

I am surprised that you have only seen 2 Sean Connery films. Sean Connery was the original James Bond and starred in some of the best Bond films. Check out Goldfinger starring a young Sean Connery. The Untouchables was based on the 1950s TV series of the same name starring Robert Stack which was based on the book of the same name written by Elliot Ness. For another great 80's film also directed by Brian De Palma I would recommend "Dressed to Kill". A frightening Robert De Niro film is Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese.

The baby carriage falling down the stairs is an homage to the 1925 silent film Ballteship Potempkin. Also another good one with Andy Garcia is Desperate Measures (1998). Andy Garcia is a cop who’s son needs a bone marrow transplant, and the only available match is a convicted murderer (Michael Keaton), and things get complicated when he escapes custody in the hospital..

Charles Martin Smith can also be found in the 1984 sci-fi movie "Starman" starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen.

The true parts of this story are that Al Capone was finally taken down by a special force which included Elliot Ness for tax evasion. The rest seems mostly made up. When Capone went to jail he was just 33 years old, but he had syphilis, gonorrhoea and withdrawal symptoms from his cocaine addiction. He came out seven years later a broken man mostly due to syphilis. Capone was one of the first to receive penicillin treatment (for the syphilis) but his brain was already badly damaged. He died of a cardiac arrest in 1947 just over 7 years after his release from prison. He was 48 years old when he died.

DePalma is a master. That scene where Ness goes to his daughters bedroom and the bed is empty. Just to pan over. Everyone loses their breath

Oscar winner Kevin's Costner's Film Dances With Wolves is cinema change watch!

Sadly, Elliot Ness' real life was really sad. He was married 2-3 times, later he transferred to Ohio where he, ironically, became and alcoholic partier. He had different government jobs, he led the hunt for the Cleveland torso killer in the 1930s and which went unsolved, he ran for Mayor of Cleveland in 1947 and lost by a landslide. He bounced around several odd jobs until he died in debt. Like Melvin Purvis, the lawman who shot Dellinger, their real lives were very different from the glorified portrayals on scene.

Charles Martin Smith has done a lot of work in film. You need to see him in his first film, “American Graffiti.” He is great in “Never Cry Wolf.” Lately he has concentrated primarily on directing.

Behind the scenes: My partner (an operatic tenor) in 1986 was cast as Pagliacci, the tenor, that Capone goes to see at the opera and toasts on the opulent staircase. (All filmed in what was then the main Chicago library.) My guy got a call at our apartment around 11 p.m. and was told the scene was being added to film. The People In Charge told him to get dressed and down to the library for makeup and costuming. The scene -- that lasts about five, six seconds on screen -- took five hours and more than a dozen takes. Mr. Deniro, during the shoot, told my partner that he could call him Bobby. When we saw the finished film my partner's face -- he had been required to shave his beard and moustache -- on the movie screen was frightening! LOL Ah cinema!!!

Andy García tells a funny story about Sean Connery on the set. This was one of Andy García first roles. They were filming a scene where García had to walk to the desk and pick up a phone but do it in such a way that the camera, that was shooting him from behind, because he was doing this in a background shot, could see his face. He had to turn sort of sideways and go around the desk. He was having trouble with it and kept saying to the director why would his character do it like that? He had to do take after take. Connery was getting antsy because it was the last shot of the day and he wanted to go play golf. Finally he turned to García and said, ‘oh for f***s sake, it’s not Shakespeare…’. 😂😂😂

If you like Sean Connery as mentor, you could react to The Name of the Rose.

Another homerun reaction/review... you just keep on knocking them out of the park 💯👍. Untouchables came out 35years ago and I honestly believe that makes it way older than the two of you 🤪. I am happy you will react to the runner-up (my pick) of your DeNiro poll, because Cape Fear is an awesome remake of a 60s movie. DeNiro is at the top of his game... strap in tight when reacting to it since it will be one hell of a ride!

You'll find Connery's best work in the adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" with Michael Caine. Caine and Connery were both from the wrong side of the tracks socially and became fast friends working together, and it really shows on screen.

" DID HE SOUND ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!???" ..Has to be my fav line..so gangster

If anything, the violence portrayed in the movie was really, really toned down. Even now there are still many plaecs in Chicago where you can see bullet holes in the brick or stone from mob hits and shootouts. There are still things happening in that regard every now and then, like this mob guy who went missing in 2006: Authorities are looking into the possible disappearance of a key mob figure who had been living in west-suburban Westmont since his release from federal prison five years ago. Anthony Zizzo (August 3, 1935 - disappeared August 31, 2006), also known as "Little Tony" and "Little Toes", was an American mobster who was the underboss of the Chicago Outfit. Anthony Zizzo, 71, once a leader of former west suburban mob boss Sam Carlisi's crew, has been missing since Monday, and investigators are looking into whether his last known whereabouts were in Melrose Park, law enforcement sources said. A car Zizzo was believed to be driving was recovered there, a source said. There were no obvious signs of foul play, and federal authorities are monitoring the possible disappearance, federal law enforcement sources said. A detective with the Westmont Police Department was unable to provide information about the case but referred questions to another detective handling the investigation. That detective was unavailable for comment. Zizzo was released from federal prison in October 2001 after serving a sentence for his 1993 conviction with Carlisi and six other reputed mobsters. Zizzo, who then lived in Melrose Park, was described as the No. 3 person in command of the late Carlisi's crew. He was in charge of supervising loan sharking and gambling operations, prosecutors said. According to court records, Zizzo was the former boss of a Carlisi crew enforcer and debt collector, Anthony Chiaramonti, who was gunned down outside a Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in Lyons in November 2001. Chiaramonti's killing was the last-known hit in the Chicago mob world. At the time of the convictions, federal authorities said that Zizzo and some of his co-defendants were believed to have information about several unsolved mob murders. Each was named in connection with events that preceded the murders of Anthony and Michael Spilotro and bookmaker Phillip Goodman, according to a prosecution filing in the Carlisi case. It stopped short of linking anyone to the actual crimes, however. Last year, federal prosecutors charged several reputed Chicago mob leaders in connection with a number of unsolved murders. Zizzo was not named in any of the cases, but one of his 1993 co-defendants, James Marcello, was charged in the massive federal conspiracy case. Theories on why Zizzo may have been targeted include fears he might testify against the Outfit as well as an ongoing feud with powerful captain Michael Sarno, whom he was supervising. At the time of his disappearance, law enforcement believed Zizzo was the underboss of the Chicago Outfit as he was third in command in the 1990s. There is still a $10,000 reward in place for information leading authorities to Zizzo, dead or alive. The FBI considers Joseph Andriacchi a prime suspect in the disappearance of Zizzo. Other sources believe that Zizzo was murdered by Albert Vena, who was seen spending a lot of time with Zizzo including being sighted with Vena the night before his disappearance. Here's another one, but from 1992: Samuel Taglia spent part of his last night dining with a brother in a Melrose Park restaurant. Hours later, he was dead, the victim of what was apparently a gangland murder in the suburb, police said. Who killed him and why were questions confronting Melrose Park police Thursday after the body of the 50-year-old reputed mob figure was discovered stuffed in the trunk of his 1983 Buick. He had been shot twice in the head Wednesday with what appeared to be an automatic weapon. His throat also had been slashed, the medical examiner`s office reported. Police Cmdr. John Carpino said Taglia`s criminal history, including convictions for robbery, burglary and drug trafficking, was extensive. A motive, he said, might be difficult to establish. Carpino said Taglia`s body was found after a neighborhood resident called police and reported seeing what appeared to be blood dripping from the trunk undercarriage of the Buick. The location of the body, in the 100 block of North 13th Avenue, was not far from the restaurant, where police said Taglia was seen Wednesday evening with a brother whose identity was withheld. Taglia lived in a River Forest apartment and was separated from his wife, police said.

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30:15, "HE SOUND ANYTHING LIKE THAT!?"

Sean Connery was nominated and won his only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor from this movie

For something different. Slapshot, 70s comedy about Ice Hockey with Paul Newman.

Billy Drago as Nitti was terrifying when I first seen this movie back in the late 80's. I was a teenager and to me he was more cold-blooded and menacing than any horror movie slasher

31:46 I love that you called that out. I have no idea what the courtroom looked like the day they nailed Capone, but that's kind of irrelevant in the context of this movie. Taking instead the allegory Al used during the opera scene, which is then reinforced with Ness's line at the end of the trial about "never stop fighting", this is not really the end of a courtroom procedure, this is the end of a boxing match. Everyone in the audience is freaking out (some because this is exactly what they hoped for, some because they are now standing to loose everything they bet on the italian). The cameras flash, the ref (judge in this case) tries to keep some semblance of order. The loser of the fight, being held up by his entourage. The winner just leaving amongst the chaos, smiling. It wasn't easy and he lost a lot along the way, from his friends in bloody fashion to a part of himself in the lines he crossed... but he beat his adversary, which in this case was all that mattered... he help up, pushed forward and came through... he did not let them down. God, I love this movie X3

Loved your reaction to this. It’s a brutal depiction of that era. If you like Sean Connery I highly recommend the rock. A great film that I think you’d both enjoy. Thank you for all you guys do!

I have always loved this movie, it so well made, the look and feel of being in the 20's era and the music was so good. I enjoyed it even more watching your reaction and I had the same reaction "fucking camera" to him looking for his daughter.

The great Brian DePalma! Think of the first mission impossible movie. He was an assistant director of Alfred Hitchcock! So his movies have tons of single camera, no edits, strange camera angles, no dialogue, long minutes before the next camera shot, or dialogue. His opening scene of Snake Eyes, is a miracle! One of my all time favorite of his is an early movie called, Body Double!

Elliot Ness and the Untouchables were real people, though this film was a highly fictionalized version of the events taking down Al Capone. This film was actually a cinematic remake of a TV series from the 1960's that starred Robert Stack as Ness. Most of the characters - especially Malone - were composite characters made up of various real people involved in the actual real-world events. While married, Ness did not have any kids at the time he went after Capone. The real history is fascinating, but would have dragged as an action film since most of the investigations involved paperwork and trying to identify where Capone got most of his money from..

There are some pretty good spoofs of some of the more memorable scenes from this movie. The Naked Gun 33 1/3 spoofs the the stair-case shootout. The Simpsons has an episode where Mr Burns tries to kill someone with a baseball bat at a round table.

What a great movie. Brian de Palma is a master. Sure, this is not how action movies are made today, but the way he builds a scene just doesn't get old. Some great sequences in this movie, the highlights being the bridge sequence and the shoot out on the train stairs. Pure hitchcockian tension. This was also the movie where Kevin Costner really exploded as a star. He had done Silverado and some other smaller things, but he was just perfect as Ness. Also, what a great performance by Sean Connery. This is definitely one of his memorable roles. And btw, I don't think anyone knew who Andy Garcia was before this. This movie made him a star as well. Just one of the best from the eighties. Love your enthusiasm for movies btw, and I can see from the comments you gathered a huge growd of movie loving folks.

There was a television show in fifties called "The Untouchables" which was also about Eliot Ness who was a real person and the Capone orginazation. I believe Robert Stack played Eliot Ness in that. Capone did serve time for the tax evasion but later died at his Florida estate from Syphlis.

This is a great Brian De Palma film, but you really need to check out his Hitchcock inspired films (he is a huge Hitchcock fan) like Sisters, Obsession, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double and even his horror films like, Carrie and The Fury.

"Where is Nitti?" "He's in the car." Omg, so many brilliant exchanges in this film.

If you want to watch more Connery, you'll have to watch "The Rock" with Connery and Nicolas Cage. Another great crime drama to watch is "Carlito's Way" with Al Pacino and Sean Penn

Fun trivia fact: Real life Al Capone was known in the underworld as "Scarface", but he hated that name, and instead he like to go with the nickname "Snorky"...... Only Jehovah knows why, I think Scarface is a better name....

I’m surprised you had people telling you this wasn’t really a De Niro film. He’s not the star, obviously, but he’s at the very center of everything. Great film, even if it took a lot of liberties with the real story. Also, Eliot Ness had a pretty tragic later life. He was the lead investigator in the Cleveland Torso Murders, which remain unsolved, and I believe - if I recall - developed a drinking problem and his marriage fell apart.

Brian DePalma had some really cool films leading up to this during the 80s including Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Scarface & Body Double - all highly watchable films.