Template:Featured film (Week 21, 2008)

The Untouchables is a highly acclaimed 1987 film by director Brian DePalma featuring a star-heavy cast including Kevin Costner (as 1930s American crime-fighter Elliot Ness), Sean Connery and Robert DeNiro.

It was based on the 1959 ABC television series, and follows Eliot Ness's autobiographical account of his efforts to bring Italian-American gangster Al Capone to justice during the Prohibition era. Directed by Brian De Palma, it was adapted by David Mamet, and besides starring Costner as Ness, Sean Connery played Irish-American beat cop Jim Malone, and Robert De Niro was Capone. Connery received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.

The film was a solid hit, grossing over $76 million domestically.

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