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No Way Out movie info - dvds And by no means whatsoever is Kevin Costner one of my faverite actors and to me most of his films are dull and boring except for this one and THE UNTOUCHABLES. No Way Out is a well-acted, well-scripted film with Costner at the heart of a scandal involving high-level government officials. Mooviees.com is not the official site for this film. www.mooviees.com /815-no-way-out/movie

Blow Out Movie Rewind « Blow Out resides in my mind as De Palma's best work alongside 'Casualties of War', his seminal 1989 film about the Vietnam War, and 1987's 'The Untouchables' (yes, another De Palma climax at a train station). Jack and Sally are the 'loose ends to be cut off when they close the book on this case', and they have to show the film to the world before anyone gets to them. In its protagonist's relentless quest for the truth, Blow Out is more often than not, a representation of an American public who have suffered their famous scandals, and would sooner not be protected from the gory details of their 'private' wars and assasinations. www.fast-rewind.com /blowout.htm   (2461 words)

Amazon.com: DVD: The Untouchables (1987) Sean Connery was awarded in 1987 by receiving the Academy Award (Oscar) for an Actor in a Supporting Role. I believe that Connery deserved the Oscar; firstly because he had never one an Oscar before and secondly because his acting in the film is astonishing. His craftsmanship as a director is tested during two crucial sequences; Ness's raid on a line of trucks crossing from Canada into the US with liquor; and the famed final confrontation between Ness and Capone's henchmen in Union Station. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000541AJ?v=glance   (2461 words)

Falk, Peter NBC was interested in turning the film into a series, but neither Falk nor Levinson and Link wanted to do weekly episodic television at the time. Since the late 1970s, Falk has continued to appear in feature films as well as reprise his Columbo character on television. One of Falk's earliest roles was in The Untouchables, a series which launched a number of stars, including Robert Redford. www.museum.tv /archives/etv/F/htmlF/falkpeter/falkpeter.htm   (618 words)

Untouchable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Untouchables (1987 film), the Paramount Pictures film, directed by Brian De Palma Untouchables, a former stable in All Japan Pro Wrestling led by wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa, reincarnated in Pro Wrestling NOAH under the name WAVE The Untouchables (law enforcement), the Treasury agent team led by Eliot Ness featured in, among other things: en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Untouchables   (199 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - The Untouchables -- Brian De Palma - DVD - Special Edition / Wide Screen / Subtitled Like the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a script from respected playwright David Mamet. The Untouchables will always be one of my favorite all-time gangster films for years to come! The Prohibition-era reign of mob kingpin Al Capone is dramatized in The Untouchables, a colorful, stylishly violent drama graced with a superb script by David Mamet and flamboyantly directed by Brian De Palma (Scarface). video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=BQv1JrNvg9&wrk=3633703   (1164 words)

Amazon.co.uk: The Untouchables [1987]: DVD From a script by David Mamet, the film pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper Caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. That is the reason why from time to time I find some jewels that were released a long time ago, but that are totally new to me. “The untouchables” (1987) is, of course, one of such movies. This film is set in Chicago, during the prohibition, a time were mobsters had enormously increased their influence due to the contraband of alcohol. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000059H1Y   (895 words)

DVD Times - The Untouchables CE Whatever one's reservations about the film as a whole, The Untouchables remains marvellously exhilarating entertainment. I still remember the thrill of anticipation I felt in 1987 upon first seeing the trailer for Brian De Palma's The Untouchables. In The Untouchables the key emotional moments are delivered with as much power as the violent set-pieces and, in retrospect, it's that genuine rarity; a blockbuster with a brain, and even more refreshingly, a heart. www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12520   (2564 words)

The Making of THE UNTOUCHABLES Opening on June 3, 1987, THE UNTOUCHABLES was everything its creators had hoped: a box office success admired by audiences and reviewers alike for breathing new life into the period gangster epic. A similar devotion to craft was seen in a week of rehearsals, when it was determined that Connery would set the mood for the Untouchables' offbeat chemistry by assuming his role as the gruff mentor, both on- and off-stage. But THE UNTOUCHABLES lets him show that he isn't just a brilliant sicko. www.briandepalma.net /utch/utch2.htm   (3653 words)

TV's "Untouchable" Dies - May 15, 2003 - E! Online News Modern-day audiences probably picture Ness as Kevin Costner and Capone as Robert De Niro--the stars of the 1987 film, The Untouchables. After The Untouchables, Stack moved onto other series, chiefly, as host of the pioneering reality show, Unsolved Mysteries, which ran on various networks for more than a decade, starting in 1987. Robert Stack, the Emmy-winning actor who portrayed the straight-shooting G-man on the landmark crime series, The Untouchables, and donned a trench coat to unravel Unsolved Mysteries, died Wednesday of heart failure. www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11804,00.html?eol.tkr   (790 words)

TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Nick At Nite: The Movie -- Aug. 23, 1993 Yes, it is. TWILIGHT ZONE Film released: 1983 TV show aired: 1959-65 Updated how: No Rod Serling narration in film DRAGNET Film released: 1987 TV show aired: 1952-70 Rerun status: Nick at Nite THE UNTOUCHABLES Film released: 1987 TV show aired: 1959-63 Updated how:... TIME's account of the heinous killings made famous by the 1988 film Mississippi Burning The Fugitive is only the latest of a recent spate of movies that are based on a very specific type of TV show: the ones that baby boomers watched in the '60s as kids and that then became classics of camp popular culture, seen everywhere in reruns. www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,979091,00.html   (790 words)

Brian De Palma Variety reports that celebrated director Brian De Palma will return to old-school Chicago to direct "The Untouchables: Capone Rising," which will be a prequel to his 1987 hit "The Untouchables." Veteran filmmaker Brian De Palma said his latest movie came to life as he was strolling down the red carpet at the Cannes film festival, with a jewel-covered girlfriend and bodyguards at his side. De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" was recently picked up by Universal, so fans should keep an eye out for that one.) more... www.rottentomatoes.com /p/brian_de_palma/news.php   (790 words)

De Palma to direct 'Untouchables' prequel - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Movies - A&E Brian De Palma has returned to the scene of the crime for ''The Untouchables: Capone Rising," a prequel to his 1987 hit film about lawman Eliot Ness's takedown of Al Capone. The film, to be written by ''Rounders" scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien, centers on young Capone's arrival in Chicago and his rise to criminal kingpin status. De Palma to direct 'Untouchables' prequel - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Movies - AandE www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2005/07/03/de_palma_to_direct_untouchables_prequel   (522 words)

Junior Muscle International In the late 1980s Martin headed QM Communications in order to develop motion pictures for Warner Bros. He died in 1987 leaving behind a production legacy of 17 network series, 20 made-for-television movies, and a feature film, The Mephisto Waltz. Desilu where he was given the production chores for the Desilu Playhouse production of the two-hour television movie, "The Untouchables," which served as the basis for the series. Indeed, the relationship between QM and ABC was enormously beneficial to both, despite repeated charges that both the production company and the network rode to their mutual successes upon a wave of violent programming begun with The Untouchables and continuing as a central stylistic feature in QM programs. www.juniormuscle.com /jmi2003/QuinnMartin.html   (1412 words)

Ennio Morricone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He received his first nomination for an Academy Award in 1979 for the score to Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) and another in 1986 for The Mission, 1987 for The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987), 1991 for Bugsy (Barry Levinson, 1991) and 2001 for Malèna (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000). However it is for his Western film scores that he is best known, and his sparse style of composition for the genre is particularly exemplified by the soundtrack for the classic film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966). He composed over two dozen scores for the Italian Mafia TV series La Piovra. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ennio_Morricone   (1412 words)

Biography for David Mamet He returned to films for The Untouchables (1987), a pet project set in his home town of Chicago, and then took on the more lighthearted remake We're No Angels (1989). Mamet adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning play for the film Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), adding one dynamic character (played by Alec Baldwin) who didn't appear in the play, and wrote the screenplay for Hoffa (also 1992). In 1987 Mamet made an impressive directing debut with House of Games (from his own script), a story of con artists which starred his then-wife, Lindsay Crouse, and a host of longtime stage associates, including his acting alter ego, Joe Mantegna. www.imdb.com /name/nm0000519/bio   (884 words)

Ennio Morricone - The Untouchables (1987 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] il singolo mp3 o tutto l' album The Untouchables (1987 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] Ennio Morricone - The Untouchables (1987 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] solomp3.net /album/229511.html   (884 words)

nV News Forums - Sean Connery tops bad film accent awards Scottish actor Sean Connery created the worst accent in the history of cinema in the 1987 movie "The Untouchables", according to a poll conducted by British film magazine Empire. Although James Bond star Connery won a supporting actor Oscar for his role as Jim Malone in Brian de Palma's film "The Untouchables", a jury of industry professionals crowned him top of their bad accent list, which appears in the magazine's July issue. US actor Brad Pitt came third in the poll, for his role as an Austrian mountaineer in the 1997 film "Seven Years in Tibet". www.nvnews.net /vbulletin/printthread.php?t=14211   (884 words)

St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Kevin Costner Costner became a rising star with Silverado (1985) and The Untouchables (1987). Unlike typical westerns&; Costner's film deals with the confrontation between the white man and the native American from a distinctly antiracist perspective, allowing the language of the native tribes to be heard as was never heard before in cinema. The former, which he co-directed with Kevin Reynolds, was in its time the most expensive film ever made but it failed to generate enough box-office receipts to recoup the impressive investment. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200282   (855 words)

Antoine Fuqua Fuqua cites Tony Scott (Top Gun, True Romance) as an artistic influence, and is hoping to film a sequel to Brian De Palma's 1987 The Untouchables. In his first chance to direct a feature film, Fuqua turned in The Replacement Killers, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino. Fuqua's uncle, funk pioneer and doo wop crooner Harvey Fuqua, was the lead singer of the Moonglows, and is in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. www.nndb.com /people/418/000041295   (279 words)

Mission Impossible - Nitrate Online Review This is not to say that 1987’s, The Untouchables was less than entertaining, because it most assuredly was, but De Palma’s handling of the film fell under the category of necessary, but not sufficient. Although much of the work done in the early part of his career was warmed-over Hitchcock or Antonioni, he was still able to take these remaindered elements and fashion them into a unique trashiness that was really fun to watch (his 1978 film, The Fury, is still one of my guiltiest of pleasures). Likewise with the career of Brian De Palma, who used to be a risk-taker of sorts. www.nitrateonline.com /rmi.html   (637 words)

CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - DePalma, Brian: De Palma to helm 'Untouchables' prequel Director Brian De Palma is plotting a prequel to his 1987 hit gangster film "The Untouchables," Variety reports. De Palma's various film credits include "Scarface," "Carrie," "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and the recently completed "Black Dahlia" with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson. The prequel is being written by "Rounders" scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien. jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/D/DePalma_Brian/2005/06/28/1108613-ca.html   (228 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - The Battleship Potemkin -- Sergei Eisenstein - DVD - Black & White To Eisenstein, this single bloody incident was the crucible of the successful 1917 Bolshevik revolution, and the result was the "Odessa Steps sequence," which is often considered the most famous sequence ever filmed; it is certainly one of the most imitated, perhaps most overtly by Brian De Palma in The Untouchables (1987). Eisenstein was one of the 20th century's foremost film theorists, and Potemkin is a vivid example of the power of his approach. The centerpiece of his technique was montage, and Potemkin has enough separate shots and cuts for a dozen conventional narrative films, each designed to have a carefully calculated effect. video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=18111234191&pwb=1   (542 words)

VideoHound Golden Movie Pick of the Day In particular, a horrifying sequence depicting the slaughter of civilians on an Odessa beach by soldiers coming down the stairs leading to it is exceptional; many movies pay homage to this scene including "The Untouchables" and "Love and Death." Viewers should overlook obvious Marxist overtones and see this film for what it is: a masterpiece. Highlight is an astonishing 17-minute ballet which holds the record for longest movie dance number--and one of the most expensive, pegged at over half a million for a month of filming. Considered by many to be the best film ever made and one of the most quoted movies of all time, it rocketed Bogart from gangster roles to romantic leads as he and Bergman (who never looked lovelier) sizzle on screen. www.pocketsensei.com /vh_potd.htm   (3756 words)

The History of Cinema. David Mamet: biography, reviews, links Playwright David Mamet, who had just written DePalma's Untouchables/b> (1987), debuted in cinema with House of Games (1987), a stylish film noir that borrows the atmosphere from 1940s thrillers but is uniquely Mamet-ian thanks to a twisted script. Mamet reaches the most pessimistic conclusion: not only Bobby has lost his identity, not only this has left him without "any" identity, but reality, that could help him recover it, is so ambigous that ultimately he feels powerless and pointless. Winslow Boy (1999), adapted from the play by Terence Rattigan, and set in England at the beginning of the century, is an oddity in Mamet's career, a period piece steeped in Dickens-ian melodrama. www.scaruffi.com /director/mamet.html   (2294 words)

Quinn Martin - The Memorable TV Hall of Fame In the late 1980s Martin headed QM Communications in order to develop motion pictures for Warner Bros. He died in 1987 leaving behind a production legacy of 17 network series, 20 made-for-television movies, and a feature film, The Mephisto Waltz. Martin's early television career consisted of writing and producing for many shows at Ziv Studios and at Desilu where he was given the production chores for the Desilu Playhouse production of the two-hour television movie, "The Untouchables," which served as the basis for the series. Too often producers would save a few dollars by simply darkening film footage shot during the day to simulate night time. www.memorabletv.com /halloffame/quinnmartin.htm   (2294 words)

Quinn Martin - The Memorable TV Hall of Fame In the late 1980s Martin headed QM Communications in order to develop motion pictures for Warner Bros. He died in 1987 leaving behind a production legacy of 17 network series, 20 made-for-television movies, and a feature film, The Mephisto Waltz. Martin's early television career consisted of writing and producing for many shows at Ziv Studios and at Desilu where he was given the production chores for the Desilu Playhouse production of the two-hour television movie, "The Untouchables," which served as the basis for the series. Too often producers would save a few dollars by simply darkening film footage shot during the day to simulate night time. www.memorabletv.com /halloffame/quinnmartin.htm   (881 words)

Music / The Untouchables (1987 Film) Home / Music / The Untouchables (1987 Film) The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture, Price: Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording (1989 Film), Price: www.buymusicposters.com /music/asinsearch_B00008MJ8H/music/asinsearch_B000002GFG/index.html   (881 words)

Encyclopedia article on Ennio Morricone [EncycloZine] He received his first nomination for an Academy Award in 1979 for the score to Days of Heaven and another in 1986 for The Mission, 1987 for The Untouchables and 2001 for Malèna. Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928) is an Italian composer, especially noted for his film scores. The metalband Metallica uses Morricone's 'Ecstasy of Gold' as intro at their concerts. encyclozine.com /Ennio_Morricone   (354 words)

TV's "Untouchable" Dies - May 15, 2003 - E! Online News Modern-day audiences probably picture Ness as Kevin Costner and Capone as Robert De Niro--the stars of the 1987 film, The Untouchables. The real Eliot Ness was a U.S. Treasury Department agent who helped bring down notorious Chicagoland gangster Al Capone during the gun-running, moonshine-making late 1920s and early 1930s. Born Robert Langford Modini on January 13, 1919, the future TV icon was a child of Hollywood--born in Los Angeles, educated at the University of Southern California, acquaintance of Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy. www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11804,00.html?tnews   (790 words)

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