The untouchables [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents an Art Linson production, a Brian De Palma film ; produced by Art Linson ; written by David Mamet ; directed by Brian De Palma.

Other Titles: Untouchables (Motion picture).
Untouchables.

Edition: Special collector's ed.

Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2004]

ISBN: 079219909X
9780792199090

Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject: Ness, Eliot Drama.
Capone, Al, 1899-1947 Drama.
Gangsters Illinois Chicago Drama.
Prohibition Illinois Chicago Drama.
Criminal investigation Illinois Chicago Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster Feature. migfg
Crime Feature. migfg
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Credits: Director of photography, Stephen H. Burum ; art director, William A. Elliott ; editor, Jerry Greenberg ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume designer, Marilyn Vance-Straker.

Performers: Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery.

Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.

Notes: English or dubbed French dialogue; closed-captioned.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on the novel by Eliot Ness.
Special features: the script, the cast; production stories; reinventing the genre; the classic; original featurette: "The men"; theatrical trailer.
Academy Awards, USA, 1988: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery).

Summary: The story of the glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of mob warlord Al Capone who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago ... and Eliot Ness, the law enforcer, who vowed to bring him down. A classic confrontation between good and evil, and how with the help of a cop named Malone, Ness learns how to beat the mob by shooting fast and shooting first.