The Untouchables
First screened in February 2004 / Most recently screened in June 2014

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Director: Brian De Palma. Cast: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Patricia Clarkson, Billy Drago, Steven Goldstein, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Robert Swan. Screenplay: David Mamet (adapted, sort of, from the book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley).

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Twitter Capsule: Filmmaking has gusto. Why side, then, with stuffed-shirt Ness and totally botch Capone? Nifty but self-regarding.

VOR: ④  As mannered as it is, at least De Palma wants to bring punchy film grammar to box-office tentpoles. Resists period-film sedation. Eccentric for a police thriller.

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Photo © 1987 Paramount Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C+

(in February 2004: C–)

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery
	Best Art Direction: William A. Elliott & Patrizia Von Brandenstein; Hal Gausman
	Best Costume Design: Marilyn Vance
	Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery
	Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone
Other Awards:
	National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (Connery)
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone

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