*THE UNTOUCHABLES* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@jenmurrayxo]

Who's your fav in this: Connery, Costner, De Niro, Garcia? Crime Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLQHhQlj8i5dqlmiIFyVb3oMZkOwoQAJsz

[@Ian-xx1xb]

That's a tough question but I'd go with de niro he plays the bad guy so well

[@tomhoffman4330]

Connery, Hands-Down...nobody-else was More Bad@$$ than 'Malone' in this Movie!👍

[@daveking9393]

Connery... There endnth' the lesson...

[@bryanfox5457]

Connery steals every scene he’s in. I had never heard of Andy Garcia before seeing this in the theater, but he certainly became a favorite!

[@wills.364]

Connery and De Niro

[@joeb5316]

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.

[@cshubs]

This'll help me understand every bartender in every Western!

[@kschneyer]

I never knew that!

[@Tigermania]

TIL :)

[@positivelynegative9149]

And for when they needed to roll their sleeves up.

[@Mongo61]

all point pens hadn't been invented yet and people had to use inkwells.

[@Dillpicks95]

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.

[@petersvillage7447]

Yesh.

[@Mongo61]

Morricone did literally hundreds of movie scores and I haven't heard a bad one yet.

[@brianjones7907]

@Dillpicks ,, he was robbed of another one in 1990 for "Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade" , should have been Nominated & Won the Best Surpporting Actor ..

[@SilentBob731]

"Timothy Dalton should win an Oscar and beat Sean Connery over the head with it!!!" --Andrew Wells.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@brianjones7907beating Denzel Washington ? Hell no

[@paulstroud2647]

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...' 🙂

[@freddiefan1973]

Never heard that story. Does sound like something Bob Hoskins would say lol Just for staying available for however long he waited to hear back he got paid $200k? Where can I get a deal like that? lol

[@mikerhodes8454]

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

[@johncasamassa2840]

I always thought he got off easy. MFer killed Sean Connery!

[@russelturner5771]

Right!

[@SilentBob731]

"Now THAT was pretty James Bond." --Chandler Bing

[@CarolinaCharles777]

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

[@CarolinaCharles777]

Connery basically won the Oscar because he was being honored for all his work, really. Similar to why Michael Caine won for Hannah and her Sisters the year before. Big stars who never won prior, so they honored them with supporting awards. Also The Untouchables was a big hit both critically and at the box office.

[@pablosonic892]

Tarantino, who adores DePalma, uses this shit time to time. Most famously in Reservoir Dogs.

[@JaguarDave54]

I think Citizen Kane was the first if not one of the first movies to use that lens.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

@@JaguarDave54 Interestingly, Welles employed a technique called Deep Focus, keeping everything within the frame in focus.

[@JaguarDave54]

@@CarolinaCharles777 i certainly could be wrong but I recall it had that same blur between the two actors while they were both in focus and the background was sharp as well. Used when Kane and Susan were in Xanadu and she was about to leave him was the most prominent memory I have of it.

[@8967Logan]

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.

[@ad61video]

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

[@justinedse8435]

@warlockEd73 Chill out. What in the heck are you talking about?

[@donaldb1]

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

[@markhamstra1083]

How’d they get the communists to shut up long enough to make a movie?

[@randallshaw9609]

@@markhamstra1083 Missed the 'silent' part about the movie, huh?

[@Billy-zv6gv]

Said scene had been spoofed by OJ Simpson in slo-mo beginning of Naked Gun 33&1/3 as well. RIP Nordberg 😉

[@markhamstra1083]

@@randallshaw9609 Silent communists, not silent movie. It’s right there in the OP. 😜

[@ewenwindham8407]

I think there's a distinct nod to Sam Peckinpah as well, I think.

[@sean-ito_kel1336]

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.

[@divemonkeys]

This movie is very entertaining, but mostly fiction.

[@BDogg2023]

“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.

[@UtopiaBlue68]

That is so frigg'n AMAZEBALLS!! WELL DONE!!

[@cshubs]

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.

[@waynezimmerman1950]

He was also the villain Jon Bly in the Bruce Campbell tv series: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993-94)

[@cshubs]

@@waynezimmerman1950 Pale Rider.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Drago was a scene-stealing delight as Barbas, the demon of Fear, in the original "Charmed" TV series.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Despite his menacing looks and demeanor, Drago was said to be always jovial on set, ready with a laugh or a joke, and was well liked by cast and crew.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

He also played "Black Hand Kelly" in the last good film of the *"TREMORS"* franchise: *"TREMORS 4: The Legend Begins".*

[@TheMarcHicks]

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

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

IKR?

[@normlee6566]

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.

[@DarrenEden-ub4vj]

In real life the guy Capone killed stole money from Capone at least that is the way I heard it.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@DarrenEden-ub4vj but was it betrayal ?

[@todub781]

@@DarrenEden-ub4vj History guy said he killed two of his guys because he found out they were going to try and take over his business and snuff him out. Says he beat them nearly to death with a bat and then had them shot. Straight Gangster...

[@Biorythym]

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

[@gawainethefirst]

Right…😏 He shot at himself three times, and missed twice. Edit- the conspiracy theorist in me, finds suicide difficult to believe in this case given that Nitti was about to face the judge for racketeering and extortion, His codefendants were already unhappy with him, there were rumors that he was going to turn states evidence, and the shot that ended up killing him caught him behind his right ear.

[@NoelMcGinnis]

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

[@UtopiaBlue68]

🤣🤣

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂😂

[@k1productions87]

@@jenmurrayxo You totally need to sell shirts that say "Oh frig! Oh frig! Oh frig!" lol

[@lethaldose2000]

​@@k1productions87I would buy those shirts for sure

[@lordofhousestewart1821]

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

[@paulymar5996]

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

[@mark_p300]

"Here endeth the lesson."

[@k1productions87]

"You're nothin' but a lot of talk and a plaque. You're NOTHIN' but a lot of TALK and a PLAQUE! YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A LOT OF TALK AND A PLAQUE!!!!"

[@mark_p300]

@@k1productions87 Badge. Nothing but a lot of talk and a badge. 😅

[@k1productions87]

@@mark_p300 yeah, but she's a KZbin personality, so she gets a plaque rather than a badge :P

[@mark_p300]

@@k1productions87 hahaha, gotcha

[@kamen2011]

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.

[@haydenlindquist7006]

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

[@DougRayPhillips]

"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.

[@Joughy]

And let's not forget Patricia Clarkston played the Warden's sick wife in, "The Green Mile"

[@DougRayPhillips]

@@Joughy She's in The Dead Pool (Dirty Harry Part 5), across from Eastwood. She's in Shutter Island. And about 100 other IMDb credits.

[@thomashiggins9320]

That was one of my favorite scenes in the film. These two old Irish cops, hard as nails, beating the crap out of each other in a dirty alley. 😁

[@JDelwynn]

@@Joughy She's always going to be Tammy 1 from Parks & Rec to me

[@izzonj]

I've always found her to be absolutely gorgeous.

[@danimation88]

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

[@vincegamer]

Great seeing, but I found myself wondering how is it that all of them know how to ride horses?

[@kevinL5425]

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.

[@susanliltz3875]

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

[@petersvillage7447]

What, even Zardoz?

[@raymccaw]

​@@petersvillage7447Especially Zardoz! Yeah, it was more of a lifetime achievement award than anything else.

[@petersvillage7447]

@@raymccaw Ah, but he hadn't made The Avengers by then, had he? But I'm not arguing - Sean Connery was the kind of figure who deserved that kind of recognition just for being him.

[@cashflowhustles]

And he absolutely KILLED this role! Very well deserved Oscar.

[@Mr_Mijagi]

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.

[@laurakali6522]

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

[@gerstelb]

The Cuban who always seems to end up playing Italians.

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

Steal Big Steal Little...much hated...I love

[@laurakali6522]

@@christopherdeguilio6375 will have to check it out.

[@laudanum669]

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.

[@izzonj]

Never Cry Wolf is a really wonderful and criminally overlooked movie. The only one I know if where Charles Martin Smith is the lead (and practically, only) actor.

[@jeffreywettig5302]

Loved Never Cry Wolf because it came out shortly after I read the book when I was a kid. Lived Farley Mowat, and loved his sailing books later in the life! Charles Martin Smith had many memorable roles, but yes, not many leads.

[@christianwise637]

He was also one of the many leads in George Lucas' American Graffiti

[@Area51byDaveReale]

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

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

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.

[@ThePloppy]

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.

[@aquapuppy9838]

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

[@Thewingkongexchange]

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.

[@stealthimaster8583]

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.

[@GeorgiusAgricola-pn4cr]

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.

[@Jessica_Roth]

It's nowhere near the bad joke that "Braveheart" was, IMO. Don't even get me started on that one…

[@GeorgiusAgricola-pn4cr]

@@Jessica_Roth Okay, I won't! :-)

[@The.Android]

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.

[@user-Chris.Alger11]

Yes, I noticed that too. Didn't know his name though. ; )

[@RetroClassic66]

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.

[@gawainethefirst]

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.

[@iggtastic]

I didn't know that Nitti took over Capone's organization. That makes Nitti's being in charge of the Chicago crime syndicate in Road to Perdition make sense.

[@bryanrhenderson6510]

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

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Yet being a cop, even in a country as violent as the U.S. isn't exactly the most dangerous job there is. Being a construction worker and a bunch more occupations has a higher mortality rate.

[@kathyastrom1315]

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.

[@Jessica_Roth]

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.)

[@e.d.2096]

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. 😊

[@michaeleberly7351]

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

[@Jessica_Roth]

Eisenstein's other classic is "Alexander Nevsky" (1938). Apparently it's on KZbin right now. Go watch it!

[@brovold72]

Side note, but I notice that Costner holds a handgun with both left and right hands in many scenes (including the final action scene, in a bit of creative in-continuity) I'm guessing he's a lefty/slightly ambidextrous. Oh and in 'Silverado' he/his character shoots with both.

[@bradsullivan2495]

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.

[@vincentsaia6545]

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.

[@SwordmasterKane]

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.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

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.

[@robertrouse4503]

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

[@petersvillage7447]

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.

[@phohead]

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.

[@rwaa6931]

The woman you said looked familiar at the beginning (Elliott's wife), you probably recognize her from "The Green Mile" as the Warden's (James Cromwell) wife that suffered from the brain tumor.

[@fatcatblinddog]

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.

[@Dr_Jekyll77]

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

[@KP-rm8eg]

Yes! I agree 200%

[@asciishallreceive3871]

But which version? The 3 and a half hour one or the longer version? 🙂

[@rubensalvador9422]

And Once Upon A Time in the West.

[@juvandy]

And a Fistful of Dynamite

[@isabelsilva62023]

@Dr_Jekyll77 I could not agree more.

[@caldwellkelley3084]

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!

[@EliCross]

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!"

[@pablosonic892]

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.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Never knew anyone who thought Al died in jail. I worked with a guy for years until finally found out his great uncle was Al Capone. His grandfather was the youngest of his brothers, changed his name to Hart and was a cop - known as Two Guns Hart.

[@socalpaul487]

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

[@thomashiggins9320]

That said, this was a pretty spectacular performance by Connery.

[@professorjedi1024]

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 :)

[@RetroClassic66]

11:30 In 1987, when I saw this in the theater, two elderly black women got up and walked out at this scene. The violence was seriously shocking and unnerving.

[@lexkanyima2195]

What ?

[@pauldryburgh6346]

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

[@GruffyddFO4]

If she hasn't seen it yet, that one is right up Jen's alley.

[@elizabethparker4511]

Yes! I live Stardust, and DeNiro is fantastic!

[@MrGpschmidt]

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.

[@blortmeister]

No Way Out? Nah, mate. Phantom of the Paradise. De Palma at his batsh*t crazy best.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

@@blortmeister No Way Out for Costner not De Palma.

[@blortmeister]

@@sartanawillpay7977 Quite right. I was just so locked on De Palma I wasn't thinking straight. Costner is pretty great in No Way out. But if you haven't seen Phantom it really is batsh*t crazy. And a fantastic soundtrack by Paul Williams at his coked-out best--and he plays the lead. Alternately, De Palma's Body Double is really unhinged noir.

[@wingedbuffalo4670]

Patricia Clarkson also played the role of Herb Brooks' [Kurt Russell's] wife in the movie "Miracle" about the 1980 Team USA Olympic Hockey Team.

[@ORION2180]

It was future Chicago boss Tony Accardo, with help, that beat the two guys from the dinner. They were Anselmi and Scalise. The beatings did not happen at a dinner party. Accardo's great grand children now play in the NFL, Joey and Nick Bosa.

[@gawainethefirst]

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.

[@jonjohns65]

You say, "Burn" every once in a while, and I lol every time 😂 - also, I so enjoy your love of music...

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂 Thanks Jon!

[@GraemeCampbellMusic]

I’ve said before, but I love the way that you make a point on reacting to the music and sound design too. Really important aspect of movies and you always bring out stuff I hadn’t thought about. I saw this one when it came out and hadn’t seen it since so it was cool to watch it again.

[@Lone-wolf-1982]

Can't watch this now, but I'm leaving a like anyway. This was one of my favorite movies growing up, I know you'll like it Jen.

[@drchaos2000]

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.

[@vincentsaia6545]

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

[@ThomasStClair-zr2lb]

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.

[@BobMartinsback]

My father wore them all his working life, right up to the 1980s, you can still buy them today, though like braces, I think it's more for fashion reasons.

[@Pixelologist]

Jen, you need to watch the old Sergei Eisenstein silent film from 1925 called Battleship Potemkin - in particular, the Odessa Steps sequence in Act IV. Brian DePalma recreated that sequence almost shot for shot when he did the Union Station stairs sequence here in The Untouchables.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

De Palma's homage to that film also explains why sailors show up on the stairs during the shootout.

[@StoneKendricks]

"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.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

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.

[@GruffyddFO4]

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.

[@johnhammonds5143]

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.

[@jenmurrayxo]

The Hunt for Red October and Ocean's 11 trilogy are on my channel!

[@elizabethparker4511]

Definitely watch "Awakenings"!!! It has Robin Williams in it too.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@jenmurrayxowatch JFK, The Bodyguard.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

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.

[@daveking9393]

Such a great flick. I really don't think I've watched too many people react to this. This is going to be excellent because you usually do a great job editing. Thank you so much for sharing

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Dmytro edited this one he always does excellent edits 👍

[@phillcollins3580]

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

[@thejoshman3843]

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

[@Estrada72]

Great movie

[@BDogg2023]

With a soundtrack by Danny Elfman, one of his first.

[@eugeneshadwell6596]

Midnight Run is a movie 'nobody ever heard of'? It's generally regarded as a classic!

[@BenChanNYC]

I was about to recommend it as well! Glad to see that it's definitely "heard of." It's just a FUN movie, as opposed to his more dramatic stuff. (before he started doing a bunch of comedies)

[@coldwhite4240]

DeNiro is surprisingly good with comedy in two great films: Midnight Run is one, and Analyze This is the other. Both are well worth reacting to!

[@wademchenry1560]

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

[@THOMMGB]

That was the character, Toad in American Graffiti. He was also the astronomer who was killed at the beginning of Deep Impact. And he played a scientist in the Jeff Bridges movie, Starman.

[@ChicagoDB]

@@THOMMGB - and great in “The Buddy Holly Story” also

[@wademchenry1560]

@@THOMMGB Toad ! That's it.

[@lethaldose2000]

“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.

[@lethaldose2000]

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

[@NorthernShrew]

See Midnight Run for more De Niro. So great. SO physically different from his role in The Untouchables but only a year apart.

[@rwaa6931]

I'll 2nd that. It's a good movie.

[@XenoTheProducer]

I remember I first got to watch this a good while back, when I was still in secondary school. Funny thing is, it wasn't even for anything relevant like a history class or something...It was a Higher Maths class. 😂

[@edfrancis66]

Maybe it's a different time, but everyone I know was blown away by Connery's performance when this was released. From his first scene to his last breath, he felt like a badass but worn-out Chicago cop not wanting to get involved, then proving he still had lots to give. Well worth the Oscar! And what a score ❤

[@Milosh111]

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).

[@gregorylopez6024]

Hello there Jen. You have excellent taste in movies and music. From one musician to another you have to check out Once Upon A Time In The West. Ennio Morricone is simply masterful in this movie.

[@terryv2006]

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

[@TerryParr]

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

[@positivelynegative9149]

5:24 "Burn." 🤣🤣🤣

[@kdub3871]

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.

[@LogicalNiko]

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.

[@robertshields4160]

7:58 A special lens was used that has two focal lengths. It looks like two half lenses next to each other. Sort of like bifocals.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

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.

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

I actually first watched this in the theater. There is a little Andy Garcia in a little known (yet one of my favorites) movie Dead Again. Don’t watch a trailer, don’t look anything up. Just watch it. If you aren’t impressed I will never give you a suggestion again.

[@rubensalvador9422]

Love that suggestion. Its a great little movie. And you are right, its best to watch this as blind as possible. :)

[@richardmark9161]

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

[@mjhart68]

Costner and Connery, what a combo!

[@BulletTooth504]

Jen: "Case dismissed." Indigo Montoya: "I don't think that means what you think it means."

[@edwinpayne2231]

That's "Case Closed" Jen.

[@Mongo61]

7:42 This shot was achieved with a split-diopter lens: a lens with two different focal lengths. They're more common than you think, and a favorite with De Palma.

[@Mongo61]

24:11 Another split-diopter. With a zoom. Fancy.

[@jchighlander3721]

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).

[@lethaldose2000]

HEy Jen, I guess the reason Capone didn't think paying taxes was a big deal was the fact that he had such a huge level of hubris in all his activities from being so above the law. ------- The other thing was paying taxes was a relatively new endeavor. It was only implemented in 1913 to offset the anticipated loss of alcohol tax when prohibition was to become law. ------- So by 1926 when Capone became super wealthy he was used to not paying taxes. As many have said, "He picked the hill he coffee to die on."