That music from Morricone is so epically cool 80s and period sounding, the part when they bring breakfast up to Capone the music really stands out , thanks again
Brian Depalma's best film by far. Such an amazing and horrifying scene when Sean Connery was dying and was crawling away interspersed with DeNiro crying at Pagliacci. Just brilliant. Such great performances by everybody and what a great ending. Hitchcock would have been proud.
Amazing film very classic The Untouchables directed by Brian De Palma starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith and music score by Ennio Morricone. For this film Sean Connery won an oscar for best supporting actor. Thank you Eric and Sarah great reaction guys excellent👍👍👍👍👍
Al Capone was both loved and feared at the time, ruthless in his dealings with those that crossed him (see the baseball bat scene). Ultimately he thought he was a good guy, and he gave the locals gifts and employment. Many people were on his side till the St. VAlentine's day massacre.
Prohibition was widely unpopular - it was passed through a strange coalition of forces. Many thought of Capone as a folk hero for resisting the unpopular law and bringing them alcohol.
@@izzonj I think I read somewhere it had nothing to do with consumption of alcohol... But Henry Ford created a automobile that ran off of 100% corn liquor.. so some of the richest men of the time with oil and trains were not a fan of that
@@dggydddy59 Maybe, gamerfilm fan, despite the movies acclaim, still thinks the movie is deserving of even more accolades than it already has...thus, being underrated.
@SuperPunch76 Ha! Costner never did spectacularly bad English accents, though, like Keanu did in "Dracula" and "Much Ado About Nothing" (Keanu Does Shakespeare!)! :P Madonna making fun of Costner behind his back in that documentary she did, that was a wicked burn, you ever see that one? I felt sorry for him, but it was pretty funny at the same time. (Not that she comes off particularly well in that thing!)
Very good job, guys!! I believe this is in the top 5 of Kevin Costner's best work, which I saw at the movies upon release. I also saw Dances with Wolves. That, to me, was his best movie. I hope you two would react to that one.
CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) Also by Director Brian DePalma and composer EnnioMorricone. The Untouchables did so well, the studio let DePalma choose any film he wanted to make next. He chose to make the true story Vietnam war film "Casualties of War" with Michael J Fox and Sean Penn. His follow up to the Untouchables. Please react 🙏
Great film but very hard to watch. I've only seen it solo (including director's cut). I'd be uncomfortable watching it with someone else. I'm pretty jaded, but that end sequence on the River Kwai bridge almost brings me to tears. Fantastic performance from Penn. Spielberg: "Excellent but I could never make a movie like this." But again, a brave and disturbing film. Audiences agreed and it didn't do well. But a worthy watch regardless.
@@Joe-hh8gd Nice to see someone who appreciates the film. Yes it's a tough watch. I saw it as a kid and it never left me. I always felt though it was a film everyone should see at least once or twice. DePalma risked his career by doing the film and I respect that, that it was that important to him. I saw an interview that wasn't too long ago and he cried talking about how he can't listen to that score by Ennio Morricone and how sad the movie is. He still carries pain from making the film. Pain from it not doing well but also still believing he made the right decision to bring attention to the story. I feel Ericksons pain and guilt. Sean Penn was excellent.
This was a top notch production: DePalma directing, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet on the screenplay, Ennio Moricone score (over 600 movie credits), DeNiro, Connery, and up and coming Costner and Garcia, and the wonderful and always gorgeous Patricia Clarkson. It all made this movie rise way above what it would have otherwise been.
Brian DePalma was on fire in the 70’s and 80’s although this one was the most mainstream. Check out Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Body Double and especially Blow Out for some great DePalma films.
Definitely "Carrie", fantastic. "Blow Out" is a rip off of "Blow Up", which is ten thousand times better, and a million times more influential. And the other two are De Palma continuing his career-long rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock. Watch "Blow Up", and at least a few Hitchcocks before you watch Brian do his normal hack job on them, lol. De Palma's ok, but ultimately I've always thought of him as a bit of a hack. I think it's hilarious that Tarantino goes out of his way to diss Welles and Kubrick every chance he gets....and then champions De Palma and Leone, lol
Great movie, one of my favorites but *highly* fictionalized. Three times removed from reality, it's based on a popular TV series that was based on a book, that was written by Ness himself. *The IRS was already investigating Capone's taxes before the squad was formed. The investigation was slowed and hindered by corruption. The purpose of the squad was to cut into Capone's profits so he'd have less bribe money to throw around. They mounted the raids to destroy his stills and breweries, confiscate his inventory and his other material assets (cars, guns) and hurt his bottom line *There were six guys on the initial team. During the course of their actions, there were a total of ten core members and six other agents who were known to serve with the squad. All three supporting characters in the movie are fictional. *There were some shootouts but the squad finished their operations with zero losses. Ness actually hated guns, rarely carried one, even in raids, and never shot anyone. *Capone was convicted for tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to eleven years. He was released early in 1939 due to his failing health. Syphillis damaged his brain to the point of reducing him to a child's mentality. He died in 1947 at home. *The squad continued raids on Capone's organization during Capone's trial and imprisonment. Ness was promoted to Chief Investigator of the Chicago Prohibition Bureau in 1932 and the squad was effectively disbanded by then but Ness continued liquor raids until prohibition was repealed in 1933 *Frank Nitti was not thrown off a roof. He was convicted for tax evasion as well but only sentenced to a year. Upon release he continued to run Capone's organization for another ten years until his death by suicide in 1943. The long-term effect of Capone's conviction was The Chicago mob and organized crime in general operating with a lower profile and branching out into other enterprises. *The original "Scarface" 1932 directed by Howard Hawks was based on the rise and fall of Al Capone. So in a sense, Brian DePalma already made this movie from Capone's viewpoint with his 1983 remake.
As you both know, I'm an avid follower of the rdr2 playthrough you're doing. First time I ever watched you. Now, after watching your reaction to a classic, I'll be watching the reacts too lol. Films based on true stories are the best to react to I think. Keep em coming and expect comments to come as I watch the other reacts vids I hope you're keeping well Sarah?
For gangster movies based on real life. Your go to should be Bonnie and Clyde (1967) For its time, the violence portrayed was very true to how it happened. A great film 🎥
Good to see you on this channel as well! You had a much better mob name than me lol Sarah is better some days but others not as much. It’s a bit of a journey 😅 Thank you for asking and we’re glad you enjoyed the video! - Eric
I remember Connory was up for an award for his performance, b4 that he was called up for announcement for one of the award, for another film, he got up and walked to the stage and got a standing ovation for over 5 minutes straight, he picked up his first award for this film several minutes later
When they cornered the shipment on the Canadian bridge, the Canadians didn't jump the gun on the ambush. Irl, it was just one guy, who shouted, "Leroy Jenkins!"
Well, it's not from the mob's POV. The protagonist is an officer. So it depends on how we define mobster film. I think most people think it must be from the mob's POV, or at least more focused on them as the central characters. This is close to mob movie, bc Capone is such a huge figure in criminal history. But this is better qualified as a "Cops n Robbers" genre.
BTW, if you watch "Casino," don't neglect to see the spoof, "Mafia" with Lloyd Bridges (from Airplane!). 26:26 The man who actually turned over Capone's books to Federal Prosecutors was Edward J. O'Hare, a lawyer who represented Al Capone and was feeling pretty guilty about it and didn't want his children's lives ruined by his association with organized crime and how it had corrupted his life. His only son, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, received the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II and O'Hare Airport in Chicago was named after him.
the baby at the train station saved Elliot's life. Or rather, Elliot being a GOOD Samaritan saved his own life. Elliot pulling the stroller became camouflaged as a family man with his head down and hat over his eyes. Al Capone's people would looked right past him. Only the guy who Elliot punched (first to die) recognized him.
The building I live in was a hotel owned by mob back during prohibition. Eliot Ness did not throw Frank Nitti off the roof, he was killed in a police raid a few years later.
Imitation Scorsese. I guess if anyone is allowed to rip off Marty, it's Bobby, lol. There are a LOT of De Niro/De Niro-Scorsese to hit before "A Bronx Tale".
@@jamiehickman9468 Sure! Donnie Brasco is great! Dillinger with Laurence Tierney is great, there are tons of great gangster movies that aren't Scorsese. White Heat. Bonnie And Clyde, which influenced all of the subsequent ones. Heck, you can go back to the silent era, "The Penalty", "Regeneration". What I mean is "A Bronx Tale" literally is imitation-Scorsese. You know......the doo-wop ironically playing during violent scenes, ala Mean Streets (and all the others)....you know what I'm talking about, I don't need to explain to YOU, do I? I'm talking direction and originality, and why would you watch a minor movie like "A Bronx Tale", when you can see the parade of masterpiece De NIro/Scorsese movies (not all of which are mob movies, by the way), not to mention the other great De Niro performances before you get to "A Bronx Tale". Heck, "This Boy's Life" is better than a "A Bronx Tale". It's ok, don't get me wrong but you get points for originality, sorry to break the news.
Most people seem to forget that "The Untouchables" was based on the American TV series from 1959 starring Robert Stack (best known to modern audiences as the guy from Unsolved Mysteries) ... a fictional series which was based on the memoir of Eliot Ness & Oscar Fraley.
It is true that Al Capone was convicted of tax evation but while he was in prison he began suffering from dementia due to a pre-existing sexually transmitted desease and was given an early release and ended his days at his Miami estate in the throws of insanity. It is also true that Eliot Ness risked his life and those of his Untouchable squad by distupting Capone's operation with constant liquor raids and that he refused a bribe to stop his raids but neither he nor any of the Untouchables were ever in a shootout or killed anybody nor was any Untouchable killed while going after Capone's operation. The accountants working to make the case against Capone's tax evation were working in Washington and were not on Ness's squad and Ness himself was a 26-year-old bachelor living with his parents when going after Capone.
“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.” “Yeah, well you’re not from Chicago.” Chicago's history of corruption and underhandness is legendary. Just ask former Ilinois Govenor Rod Blagojevich. He knew how to throw down with the best of them and get things done.
Definitely reccommend Public Enemies after this. Its about John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), an infamous robber from the 30s, and his escapades as public enemy #1
Great movie filmed, in large part, in Chicago. My one reservation about this is the death of Frank Nitti. Nitti ultimately took over control of Capone's gang when Capone went to prison. Nitti died several years later as a result of claustrophobia, when he was facing a prison sentence of his own.
The prison time was enough. Repealing prohibition basically killed Capone's business and by the time he got out of prison his brain was so rotted away from syphilis that he barely knew who he was. He did learn to play the banjo in prison so... you know... banjo.
You guys should really check out Mr Brooks if you're a Costner fan. It's so underrated, so under-known. Probably his best or one of his best performances. And the late great William Hurt plays opposite him. It would blow my mind to see just one reaction to this movie!
This is the most entertaining gangster movie ever. It was a big budget studio movie directed by Brian De Palma at the top of his game (as he would be later with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) and written by David Mamet. Every element just came together into a perfect commercial product.
Eric "Scotty" Martinez! Consilergi - well, to know what that means you just have to see the first fifteen minutes of "The Godfather" and you'll know! Al Pacino will tell you himself!/ Sarah Widow Maker! Oh man, I'm not messing with you! :P / My name? Rodd "Shorty" Keith. And it says my idol is Arnold Rothstein.....who happens to be the protagonist of "Casino"!!! lol / "Untouchables" is fun, albeit not very accurate and a little too 80s for me at times (for this story), but you do get some great performances and a good script from David Mamet. It was based on a TV series, so most of it is fiction. This was the second (and last) time De Niro gained a lot of weight for a role, something no one had done before. ("Raging Bull" was the first) Charlie Martin Smith is most known (and beloved) for his role in "American Graffiti", George Lucas' first big (and in my opinion best!) hit movie. Always a treat to see him in anything, which is not often!/ I can't stand how one-dimensional the wife is, and all those family scenes in this movie, ugh! I give this movie a B. Which is still good. A B-list mob movie. De Niro, Connery and Garcia make it a must-see./ LOVE YOU GUYS! You guys are great reactors. You know the period, you know actors' names, you knew Pagliacci for crying out loud! I like all kinds of reactors, but I ESPECIALLY appreciate reactors like you who already know movies and are just filling in the stuff you've missed.
I read about the baseball bat scene. Two guys wanted to kill Capone. He chewed out one of his men. The two that wanted to kill him thought the chewed out guy would want him dead too. They confided in him and he told Capone.
I think The Untouchables was really meant to be more of a wide appeal film. Especially due to the Robert Stack tv series. Capone was convicted on tax evasion and died of syphallis in prison. Nitti was much more than a henchman in real life and ran the Capone organization while Capone was in jail. The film was mostly fiction.
Paul the WaiterRicca and Tony Accardo. we’re the real powers once Capone was in prison. Accardo’s. Grand kids or great grandkids are nfl stars Nick and Joey Bosa
Most people think that Capone got off easy with an 11 year sentence, for all the crimes and people he had murdered. However, it was enough to ensure that Capone never walked free again. He died of Syphilis, while still incarcerated. The disease ate at his brains, and he eventually died, while suffering frequent bouts of insanity. The character, Frank Nitti (White hat and suit guy), was a real crook under Capone. He was Capone's bodyguard, as well as being his cousin. He was in charge of all the money that flowed through Capone's organization, and was next in the line of succession to Capone. Nitti did not die in a fall from a rooftop, as depicted in this movie. One day, in a drunken stupor, Nitti wandered into the railyard that was across the street from his North Riverside, Illinois home. He pulled a pistol and tried three times to kill himself. The first shot, from his unsteady hand, missed him entirely and went through the hat he was wearing. The second bullet entered through his jaw, and exited via the top of his head. Probably thinking that he was not dying fast enough, Nitti then fired a final third shot which entered behind his right ear, and lodged in the top of his head.
my wife's cousin is in this movie he is the gentleman that is dressed in all white suit his character name is Frank Nittie but his real name is Billy Drago
Wow really? Thats so cool! I think he is one of the most sinister character actors of the last 40 years, very memorable in anything ive ever seen him in and frankly I always wished he was even more stuff. He is probably a nice guy in real life but his look gives me the creeps haha
The TV series was closer to historical fact. (And Costner was no steel-eyed Stack in the role.) The film is almost completely fictional. But still terrific. There was also a rebooted Untouchables TV show in the 80s or 90s with William Forsythe as Capone) Cont error: scene where Ness enlists him, Connery's top shirt buttons are buttoned, then unbuttoned, then buttoned.
36:51 😳😁 great reaction! "did it sound anything like that?" is such a badass line. i haven't had the opportunity to use it myself, but not gving up hope.
38:33 Capone: "Your honor, is that justice?!" Judge: "How do you plead?" Capone: "Not guilty your honor." Judge: "Sad day for you, your lawyer pleaded you guilty." Sarah: 38:22 "WHAT?????"
Once they got Capone for tax evasion, they enacted a TAX law aimed AT organized crime: Any income legal or illegal must be taxed, on penalty of prison. So, even if you get away with a lot of illegal/dirty money....you must pay tax, but if you pay tax, you're admitting to committing a crime.
Ness conducted most of this investigation from DC.also,he and Capone never met .and by the time he was going after "bootleggers",he was part of the Dept. of Justice, not the Treasury.
*It's not a sawed off shotgun, it's a regular shotgun model they stopped making called an "Ithica." Because it's WAAY shorter than most sawed off shotguns right out of the box, it's so illegal, that you may want to try and swallow it, rather than get caught with it. I dont know. Dont listen to me...but i think that's the situation with that gun.
You guys are really cute together. So even though i already have like half a dozen subs to other reaction channels, i went ahead and subscribed. Rock on y'all 😉 Btw, i have a friend who could literally be Sarahs sister! You look alot alike and have the same manerisms. Very trippy! Laterz
The Untouchables comes from an older style of telling stories. One might even call it a Modernist movie. The values in it from the perspective of Eliott Ness, tell an uncontroversial story. The main character is a family man, who takes on a corrupt gangster who the go out of their way to show isnt a 'cool gangster' but someone destroying everything good and decent. The family man may have his values challenged, even bent, but ultimately, he gets the bad guy. By the time this came out, only a few gangster movies existed presented a more post-modern take on the gangster genre. The next decade would make this movie feel like a relic that felt, in 1987, like was actually made in the 1960s. However, I do like the feel-good nature of it regardless.
no he didn't die in prison, he got out & went to his house in Miami, & his mind was gone. he would sit at his swimming pool & fish but there were no fish
Prohibition was a strange an inconsistent law. Drinking alcohol was never illegal, so people still bought it (illegally), but you could also obtain it from a doctor for "medicinal reasons". The police never bothered consumers in their own home. The illegal part was the producing and selling of alcohol by non medical entities.
In real life Frank Nitti was not pushed off a building by Eliot Ness. Nitti committed suicide 7 years after Capone was convicted. He shot himself near train tracks.
Its a very different thing than your normal style, but I would really recommend checking out 'Prohibition - Oversimplified' on youtube. He breaks down the details behind a bunch of history things and makes them a bit goofy. All the stuff that led up to prohibition is actually really interesting and can be a fun vid.
Another very entertaining movie with Sean Connery? "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), a semi-historical, slightly tongue in cheek romantic adventure set in 1900s Morocco and America. Nicely written & directed by John Milius, with a great cast and a rousing Jerry Goldsmith score.
Wow, more people who don't know their history. Yes this is a loose take on what happened, but it's still based on actual events. Famous historical events that you should know. Elliot Ness was a real person, who did head up the task force that brought Al Capone to justice. And yes he was famously convicted on income tax evasion. This is basic modern history that you should have been taught about in school.
Such a good crime drama epic! It's one of my favorites!
RIP, Sean Connery. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this movie
3:16 Ennio Morricone's music in this movie is amazing.
14:29 & 21:15 Yeah, you can't judge a book by it's cover :)
Don't worry about those 11 years. Prison was hell for Capone. He was in Alcatraz, got humiliated by the other prisoners, and contracted syphilis.
also, he hated needles, so paid someone else to take his shots. With no medicine, syphilis killed him.
Thats’ what I said when they said, only 11 years? It was enough.
@@elzar760 hey in 1930, Capone was making $3 million/year,
which is $53 million/year in 2024
that's a lot of taxes
when Capone got out, he would sit & fish in his swimming pool in Miami,
...with no fish in the pool.
His mind was gone.
"You got 'em?"
"Yeah, I got 'em"....
That music from Morricone is so epically cool 80s and period sounding, the part when they bring breakfast up to Capone the music really stands out , thanks again
"Only a 11yrs? I guess it's something." You could say that. It ended Capone's run as criminal head of the biggest bootlegging syndicate in Chicago.
Brian Depalma's best film by far. Such an amazing and horrifying scene when Sean Connery was dying and was crawling away interspersed with DeNiro crying at Pagliacci. Just brilliant. Such great performances by everybody and what a great ending. Hitchcock would have been proud.
11 years in Alcatraz. Not too shabby.
Amazing film very classic The Untouchables directed by Brian De Palma starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith and music score by Ennio Morricone. For this film Sean Connery won an oscar for best supporting actor. Thank you Eric and Sarah great reaction guys excellent👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Pedro! Glad you liked the video :)
@@EricSarahReact You're welcome👍👍👍
37:00 DID HE SOUND ANYTHING LIKE THAT?!!
Still kills me! 😆
Al Capone was both loved and feared at the time, ruthless in his dealings with those that crossed him (see the baseball bat scene). Ultimately he thought he was a good guy, and he gave the locals gifts and employment. Many people were on his side till the St. VAlentine's day massacre.
Prohibition was widely unpopular - it was passed through a strange coalition of forces. Many thought of Capone as a folk hero for resisting the unpopular law and bringing them alcohol.
@@izzonj I think I read somewhere it had nothing to do with consumption of alcohol... But Henry Ford created a automobile that ran off of 100% corn liquor.. so some of the richest men of the time with oil and trains were not a fan of that
This movie is totally UNDERRATED.
Im glad you guys reacted to it.
No it isn't, this movie is both popular and well known. People keep sticking that description on just anything.
This movie isn’t underrated, it was critically acclaimed at the time & Sean Connery won a Oscar for this role.
@@dggydddy59 Maybe, gamerfilm fan, despite the movies acclaim, still thinks the movie is deserving of even more accolades than it already has...thus, being underrated.
@@dggydddy59 Just be happy they didn't use the massively cliched "criminally underrated".
Kevin Costner -
OPEN RANGE (2003)
JFK (1991)
A PERFECT WORLD (1993)
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
THE BODYGUARD (1992)
All great movies.
Don't forget Wyatt Earp or Field of Dreams Tin Cup.
Blandest actor in Hollywood history, lol. His best role was playing the corpse in "The Big Chill", lol.
@SuperPunch76 Ha! Costner never did spectacularly bad English accents, though, like Keanu did in "Dracula" and "Much Ado About Nothing" (Keanu Does Shakespeare!)! :P Madonna making fun of Costner behind his back in that documentary she did, that was a wicked burn, you ever see that one? I felt sorry for him, but it was pretty funny at the same time. (Not that she comes off particularly well in that thing!)
Don’t forger Bull Durham and Field of Dreams!
Very good job, guys!! I believe this is in the top 5 of Kevin Costner's best work, which I saw at the movies upon release. I also saw Dances with Wolves. That, to me, was his best movie. I hope you two would react to that one.
CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989)
Also by Director Brian DePalma and composer EnnioMorricone.
The Untouchables did so well, the studio let DePalma choose any film he wanted to make next. He chose to make the true story Vietnam war film "Casualties of War" with Michael J Fox and Sean Penn. His follow up to the Untouchables. Please react 🙏
Great film but very hard to watch. I've only seen it solo (including director's cut). I'd be uncomfortable watching it with someone else. I'm pretty jaded, but that end sequence on the River Kwai bridge almost brings me to tears. Fantastic performance from Penn. Spielberg: "Excellent but I could never make a movie like this." But again, a brave and disturbing film. Audiences agreed and it didn't do well. But a worthy watch regardless.
@@Joe-hh8gd Nice to see someone who appreciates the film. Yes it's a tough watch. I saw it as a kid and it never left me. I always felt though it was a film everyone should see at least once or twice. DePalma risked his career by doing the film and I respect that, that it was that important to him. I saw an interview that wasn't too long ago and he cried talking about how he can't listen to that score by Ennio Morricone and how sad the movie is. He still carries pain from making the film. Pain from it not doing well but also still believing he made the right decision to bring attention to the story. I feel Ericksons pain and guilt. Sean Penn was excellent.
Great reaction. This one of the best crime/gangster movies of a time. Rest in peace Sean Connory.
Awesome movie. Everyone on their a game. Stylin too 🙂👍👍 Cheers
This was a top notch production: DePalma directing, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet on the screenplay, Ennio Moricone score (over 600 movie credits), DeNiro, Connery, and up and coming Costner and Garcia, and the wonderful and always gorgeous Patricia Clarkson. It all made this movie rise way above what it would have otherwise been.
The whole train station scene with the baby carriage was the best scene in the whole movie.
Ah that moment Nitty learns to fly...so good.
Brian DePalma was on fire in the 70’s and 80’s although this one was the most mainstream. Check out Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Body Double and especially Blow Out for some great DePalma films.
Definitely "Carrie", fantastic. "Blow Out" is a rip off of "Blow Up", which is ten thousand times better, and a million times more influential. And the other two are De Palma continuing his career-long rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock. Watch "Blow Up", and at least a few Hitchcocks before you watch Brian do his normal hack job on them, lol. De Palma's ok, but ultimately I've always thought of him as a bit of a hack. I think it's hilarious that Tarantino goes out of his way to diss Welles and Kubrick every chance he gets....and then champions De Palma and Leone, lol
SISTERS!!!!!
@@Joe-hh8gd "Sisters" is good, too. I'd take "Sisters" over all those excepting "Carrie".
@@TTM9691 Carrie aside, the only DePalma movie that got a remake. An odd one at that.
@@Joe-hh8gd Yeah, yet another remake no one was asking for. lol. "I wonder what Carrie would be like....with cellphones!" Lmfao!
Great movie, one of my favorites but *highly* fictionalized. Three times removed from reality, it's based on a popular TV series that was based on a book, that was written by Ness himself.
*The IRS was already investigating Capone's taxes before the squad was formed. The investigation was slowed and hindered by corruption. The purpose of the squad was to cut into Capone's profits so he'd have less bribe money to throw around. They mounted the raids to destroy his stills and breweries, confiscate his inventory and his other material assets (cars, guns) and hurt his bottom line
*There were six guys on the initial team. During the course of their actions, there were a total of ten core members and six other agents who were known to serve with the squad. All three supporting characters in the movie are fictional.
*There were some shootouts but the squad finished their operations with zero losses. Ness actually hated guns, rarely carried one, even in raids, and never shot anyone.
*Capone was convicted for tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to eleven years. He was released early in 1939 due to his failing health. Syphillis damaged his brain to the point of reducing him to a child's mentality. He died in 1947 at home.
*The squad continued raids on Capone's organization during Capone's trial and imprisonment. Ness was promoted to Chief Investigator of the Chicago Prohibition Bureau in 1932 and the squad was effectively disbanded by then but Ness continued liquor raids until prohibition was repealed in 1933
*Frank Nitti was not thrown off a roof. He was convicted for tax evasion as well but only sentenced to a year. Upon release he continued to run Capone's organization for another ten years until his death by suicide in 1943. The long-term effect of Capone's conviction was The Chicago mob and organized crime in general operating with a lower profile and branching out into other enterprises.
*The original "Scarface" 1932 directed by Howard Hawks was based on the rise and fall of Al Capone. So in a sense, Brian DePalma already made this movie from Capone's viewpoint with his 1983 remake.
Thanks for all the info.
Yea... I was gonna post this, then I so yours. While it as a great film, its almost a 'superhero' version of Elliot Ness...
No one cares.
As you both know, I'm an avid follower of the rdr2 playthrough you're doing. First time I ever watched you. Now, after watching your reaction to a classic, I'll be watching the reacts too lol.
Films based on true stories are the best to react to I think. Keep em coming and expect comments to come as I watch the other reacts vids I hope you're keeping well Sarah?
For gangster movies based on real life. Your go to should be Bonnie and Clyde (1967) For its time, the violence portrayed was very true to how it happened. A great film 🎥
Apparently my gangster name is Trigger and I'm a speakeasy owner lol
Good to see you on this channel as well! You had a much better mob name than me lol Sarah is better some days but others not as much. It’s a bit of a journey 😅 Thank you for asking and we’re glad you enjoyed the video!
- Eric
1 of Ennio Morricone's best: another masterpiece! Ps: the stairs scene is stolen from a 1925 Russian film called Battleship Potemkin
my friend told me this:
at their heights, Capone & Ness weren't even 30 yet
I remember Connory was up for an award for his performance, b4 that he was called up for announcement for one of the award, for another film, he got up and walked to the stage and got a standing ovation for over 5 minutes straight, he picked up his first award for this film several minutes later
When they cornered the shipment on the Canadian bridge, the Canadians didn't jump the gun on the ambush. Irl, it was just one guy, who shouted, "Leroy Jenkins!"
Classic movie , top performances all round ( Connery at his best ) .
I don’t think of it as a mobster film. It’s heroic fiction. Eliot almost comes of as a sort of knight.
Well, it's not from the mob's POV. The protagonist is an officer. So it depends on how we define mobster film. I think most people think it must be from the mob's POV, or at least more focused on them as the central characters. This is close to mob movie, bc Capone is such a huge figure in criminal history. But this is better qualified as a "Cops n Robbers" genre.
BTW, if you watch "Casino," don't neglect to see the spoof, "Mafia" with Lloyd Bridges (from Airplane!). 26:26 The man who actually turned over Capone's books to Federal Prosecutors was Edward J. O'Hare, a lawyer who represented Al Capone and was feeling pretty guilty about it and didn't want his children's lives ruined by his association with organized crime and how it had corrupted his life. His only son, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, received the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II and O'Hare Airport in Chicago was named after him.
the baby at the train station saved Elliot's life. Or rather, Elliot being a GOOD Samaritan saved his own life.
Elliot pulling the stroller became camouflaged as a family man with his head down and hat over his eyes. Al Capone's people would looked right past him. Only the guy who Elliot punched (first to die) recognized him.
The building I live in was a hotel owned by mob back during prohibition. Eliot Ness did not throw Frank Nitti off the roof, he was killed in a police raid a few years later.
Great reaction, might want to add 'A Bronx Tale' to your mob movie list, another great story with Mr De Niro on top form again.
Imitation Scorsese. I guess if anyone is allowed to rip off Marty, it's Bobby, lol. There are a LOT of De Niro/De Niro-Scorsese to hit before "A Bronx Tale".
@@TTM9691 I'm a big Scorcese fan too, doesn't mean other mob movies aren't allowed to be good. All about opinions though
@@jamiehickman9468 Sure! Donnie Brasco is great! Dillinger with Laurence Tierney is great, there are tons of great gangster movies that aren't Scorsese. White Heat. Bonnie And Clyde, which influenced all of the subsequent ones. Heck, you can go back to the silent era, "The Penalty", "Regeneration". What I mean is "A Bronx Tale" literally is imitation-Scorsese. You know......the doo-wop ironically playing during violent scenes, ala Mean Streets (and all the others)....you know what I'm talking about, I don't need to explain to YOU, do I? I'm talking direction and originality, and why would you watch a minor movie like "A Bronx Tale", when you can see the parade of masterpiece De NIro/Scorsese movies (not all of which are mob movies, by the way), not to mention the other great De Niro performances before you get to "A Bronx Tale". Heck, "This Boy's Life" is better than a "A Bronx Tale". It's ok, don't get me wrong but you get points for originality, sorry to break the news.
Check out Donnie Brasco it's a good mix of the cops and the bad guys point of view . I enjoyed your reaction.🤘
It was on their poll, but it lost.....to THIS! I know, I'm shocked too. lol.
Such a classic for me. Oddly I haven’t seen good fellas even though I have it on the shelf. Cool characters played by awesome actors.
Right in the middle of the De niro baseball scene I got an advert for Air BnB followed by one for Philadelphia cream cheese...
fun fact …
Al Capone lobbied for it to be made into law that milk should have a freshness date stamped on the bottle
An underrated Gangster movie that's definitely worth a watch is "State of Grace" from 1990 starring Ed Harris Gary Oldman Sean Penn and Robin Wright
It's not everyone's cup of tea but I appreciate and love this movie and glad you gave it a fair shot.
I remember seeing at the theater good movie Sean Connery is classic! Thanks again!
Love this movie connery is amazing in it ok its not that historical accrete but still a good time
Most people seem to forget that "The Untouchables" was based on the American TV series from 1959 starring Robert Stack (best known to modern audiences as the guy from Unsolved Mysteries) ... a fictional series which was based on the memoir of Eliot Ness & Oscar Fraley.
It is true that Al Capone was convicted of tax evation but while he was in prison he began suffering from dementia due to a pre-existing sexually transmitted desease and was given an early release and ended his days at his Miami estate in the throws of insanity. It is also true that Eliot Ness risked his life and those of his Untouchable squad by distupting Capone's operation with constant liquor raids and that he refused a bribe to stop his raids but neither he nor any of the Untouchables were ever in a shootout or killed anybody nor was any Untouchable killed while going after Capone's operation. The accountants working to make the case against Capone's tax evation were working in Washington and were not on Ness's squad and Ness himself was a 26-year-old bachelor living with his parents when going after Capone.
Once Upon a Time in America is a must if you're enjoying the gangster movies.
Another subpar mob movie. Isn't that movie six hours long? Or is it four? I can't remember.
That runaway baby carriage stairs scene was directly inspired by a famous Russian silent film from 1925 called, "Battleship Potemkin".
Connery was such a presence in the movie that his character's death was almost the end of the movie for some Connery fans.
“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.”
“Yeah, well you’re not from Chicago.”
Chicago's history of corruption and underhandness is legendary. Just ask former Ilinois Govenor Rod Blagojevich.
He knew how to throw down with the best of them and get things done.
LA Confidental (1997) would be a great watch.
Definitely reccommend Public Enemies after this. Its about John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), an infamous robber from the 30s, and his escapades as public enemy #1
Great movie filmed, in large part, in Chicago. My one reservation about this is the death of Frank Nitti. Nitti ultimately took over control of Capone's gang when Capone went to prison. Nitti died several years later as a result of claustrophobia, when he was facing a prison sentence of his own.
The prison time was enough. Repealing prohibition basically killed Capone's business and by the time he got out of prison his brain was so rotted away from syphilis that he barely knew who he was. He did learn to play the banjo in prison so... you know... banjo.
Great movie. The falling pram sequence was inspired by the 'Odessa Steps' scene in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 propaganda film, Battleship Potemkin.
You guys should really check out Mr Brooks if you're a Costner fan. It's so underrated, so under-known. Probably his best or one of his best performances. And the late great William Hurt plays opposite him. It would blow my mind to see just one reaction to this movie!
This is the most entertaining gangster movie ever.
It was a big budget studio movie directed by Brian De Palma at the top of his game (as he would be later with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) and written by David Mamet. Every element just came together into a perfect commercial product.
This is based on the real life experience of Elliot Ness’ pursuit of Al Capone who died after a few years in jail from Syphilis related complications.
Eric "Scotty" Martinez! Consilergi - well, to know what that means you just have to see the first fifteen minutes of "The Godfather" and you'll know! Al Pacino will tell you himself!/ Sarah Widow Maker! Oh man, I'm not messing with you! :P / My name? Rodd "Shorty" Keith. And it says my idol is Arnold Rothstein.....who happens to be the protagonist of "Casino"!!! lol / "Untouchables" is fun, albeit not very accurate and a little too 80s for me at times (for this story), but you do get some great performances and a good script from David Mamet. It was based on a TV series, so most of it is fiction. This was the second (and last) time De Niro gained a lot of weight for a role, something no one had done before. ("Raging Bull" was the first) Charlie Martin Smith is most known (and beloved) for his role in "American Graffiti", George Lucas' first big (and in my opinion best!) hit movie. Always a treat to see him in anything, which is not often!/ I can't stand how one-dimensional the wife is, and all those family scenes in this movie, ugh! I give this movie a B. Which is still good. A B-list mob movie. De Niro, Connery and Garcia make it a must-see./ LOVE YOU GUYS! You guys are great reactors. You know the period, you know actors' names, you knew Pagliacci for crying out loud! I like all kinds of reactors, but I ESPECIALLY appreciate reactors like you who already know movies and are just filling in the stuff you've missed.
I read about the baseball bat scene. Two guys wanted to kill Capone. He chewed out one of his men. The two that wanted to kill him thought the chewed out guy would want him dead too. They confided in him and he told Capone.
I think The Untouchables was really meant to be more of a wide appeal film. Especially due to the Robert Stack tv series. Capone was convicted on tax evasion and died of syphallis in prison. Nitti was much more than a henchman in real life and ran the Capone organization while Capone was in jail. The film was mostly fiction.
Paul the WaiterRicca and Tony Accardo. we’re the real powers once Capone was in prison. Accardo’s. Grand kids or great grandkids are nfl stars Nick and Joey Bosa
@@jlb6 But Nitti wasn’t just a gunman was my point. I admit, I’m not up on gangster history.
Most people think that Capone got off easy with an 11 year sentence, for all the crimes and people he had murdered. However, it was enough to ensure that Capone never walked free again. He died of Syphilis, while still incarcerated. The disease ate at his brains, and he eventually died, while suffering frequent bouts of insanity.
The character, Frank Nitti (White hat and suit guy), was a real crook under Capone. He was Capone's bodyguard, as well as being his cousin. He was in charge of all the money that flowed through Capone's organization, and was next in the line of succession to Capone. Nitti did not die in a fall from a rooftop, as depicted in this movie. One day, in a drunken stupor, Nitti wandered into the railyard that was across the street from his North Riverside, Illinois home. He pulled a pistol and tried three times to kill himself. The first shot, from his unsteady hand, missed him entirely and went through the hat he was wearing. The second bullet entered through his jaw, and exited via the top of his head. Probably thinking that he was not dying fast enough, Nitti then fired a final third shot which entered behind his right ear, and lodged in the top of his head.
my wife's cousin is in this movie he is the gentleman that is dressed in all white suit his character name is Frank Nittie but his real name is Billy Drago
Wow really? Thats so cool! I think he is one of the most sinister character actors of the last 40 years, very memorable in anything ive ever seen him in and frankly I always wished he was even more stuff. He is probably a nice guy in real life but his look gives me the creeps haha
The TV series was closer to historical fact. (And Costner was no steel-eyed Stack in the role.) The film is almost completely fictional. But still terrific. There was also a rebooted Untouchables TV show in the 80s or 90s with William Forsythe as Capone) Cont error: scene where Ness enlists him, Connery's top shirt buttons are buttoned, then unbuttoned, then buttoned.
36:51 😳😁 great reaction!
"did it sound anything like that?" is such a badass line.
i haven't had the opportunity to use it myself, but not gving up hope.
A great TV series from this period is “Boardwalk Empire.” It was put out by HBO and scarred Steve Buscemi.
Filming it was that hard?! Just kidding, I know it was just a typo.
@@daerdevvyl4314 Jeez, and he was already a little funny looking, according to the folks in Fargo. Thoughts and prayers.
38:33 Capone: "Your honor, is that justice?!"
Judge: "How do you plead?"
Capone: "Not guilty your honor."
Judge: "Sad day for you, your lawyer pleaded you guilty."
Sarah: 38:22 "WHAT?????"
hey can Capone's lawyer just change the plea from not guilty to guilty without even asking Capone??
Once they got Capone for tax evasion, they enacted a TAX law aimed AT organized crime: Any income legal or illegal must be taxed, on penalty of prison. So, even if you get away with a lot of illegal/dirty money....you must pay tax, but if you pay tax, you're admitting to committing a crime.
Ness conducted most of this investigation from DC.also,he and Capone never met .and by the time he was going after "bootleggers",he was part of the Dept. of Justice, not the Treasury.
Capone never recovered from his imprisonment.
well, it was because he didn't like needles, so his syphillis drove him crazy
he could have been saved
*It's not a sawed off shotgun, it's a regular shotgun model they stopped making called an "Ithica."
Because it's WAAY shorter than most sawed off shotguns right out of the box, it's so illegal, that you may want to try and swallow it, rather than get caught with it.
I dont know. Dont listen to me...but i think that's the situation with that gun.
Checkout Last man standing with Bruce Willis. Seven is also a good one.
Very good reaction, kids! 👍
Pretty crazy how similar Colin Farrell in The Batman is to Robert De Niro in this movie. xD
You guys are really cute together. So even though i already have like half a dozen subs to other reaction channels, i went ahead and subscribed. Rock on y'all 😉 Btw, i have a friend who could literally be Sarahs sister! You look alot alike and have the same manerisms. Very trippy! Laterz
The Untouchables comes from an older style of telling stories. One might even call it a Modernist movie. The values in it from the perspective of Eliott Ness, tell an uncontroversial story.
The main character is a family man, who takes on a corrupt gangster who the go out of their way to show isnt a 'cool gangster' but someone destroying everything good and decent.
The family man may have his values challenged, even bent, but ultimately, he gets the bad guy.
By the time this came out, only a few gangster movies existed presented a more post-modern take on the gangster genre. The next decade would make this movie feel like a relic that felt, in 1987, like was actually made in the 1960s. However, I do like the feel-good nature of it regardless.
this was based on real events of course, but it was also a tribute to the popular tv series the untouchables.
Sean Connery won an Oscar for his performance. The death scene is iconic and has yet to be matched by another movie.
Capone may have only gotten 11 years, but he still died in prison from syphilis.
no he didn't die in prison,
he got out
& went to his house in Miami,
& his mind was gone.
he would sit at his swimming pool & fish
but there were no fish
0:03 train? i'm pretty sure i heard a voice saying "get out!" 👻
Prohibition was a strange an inconsistent law. Drinking alcohol was never illegal, so people still bought it (illegally), but you could also obtain it from a doctor for "medicinal reasons". The police never bothered consumers in their own home. The illegal part was the producing and selling of alcohol by non medical entities.
’Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes’ 🙃
In real life Frank Nitti was not pushed off a building by Eliot Ness. Nitti committed suicide 7 years after Capone was convicted. He shot himself near train tracks.
Robert De Nerio should have won a Oscar. Gained 60 pounds just for the part
I’d like to recommend the movie, Heat with De Niro, Pacino, Judd and Kilmer.
Thank you!
Another excellent gangster film is the Coen Brothers film Miller's Crossing, highly recommend it.
Gangster Squad is a good movie too. Should give a chance.Has the same kind of pace this one has.
The Godfather movies should be on your list if you are interested in mafia lore.
fun fact... capones court case happened in 1931... that 1.3M with inflation is about 24.7M in todays dollars
the shootout scene (on the train station stairs) was supposed to be set in a train.
I like you guys. Not over the top like some reactors. You've got a new subscriber.
0:22 eric putting some spice on Carlito's Way
41:17 eric may not be able to pronounce Carlito's Way without some spice 😀
Its a very different thing than your normal style, but I would really recommend checking out 'Prohibition - Oversimplified' on youtube. He breaks down the details behind a bunch of history things and makes them a bit goofy. All the stuff that led up to prohibition is actually really interesting and can be a fun vid.
You should put " Dog Day Afternoon " on your list .
Great watch guys.
Another very entertaining movie with Sean Connery? "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), a semi-historical, slightly tongue in cheek romantic adventure set in 1900s Morocco and America. Nicely written & directed by John Milius, with a great cast and a rousing Jerry Goldsmith score.
44:23 you want gritty? LA Confidental (1997) is gritty and grimey! 👍🏼✅
Ron Howard : _It was actually the 1930s._
Nice reaction "Widow Maker"
Ness had abolutely nothing to do with taking Capone down. The IRS did that.
Wow, more people who don't know their history. Yes this is a loose take on what happened, but it's still based on actual events. Famous historical events that you should know. Elliot Ness was a real person, who did head up the task force that brought Al Capone to justice. And yes he was famously convicted on income tax evasion. This is basic modern history that you should have been taught about in school.
Capone gets 11 yrs but he dose die in prison! In Alcatraz actually if im not mistaken whiel it was still used as a prison