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Overview
Director:Brian
De Palma
Writers:Oscar
Fraley (suggested by book) and
Eliot Ness (suggested by book) ...
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Release Date:3 June 1987 (USA) more
Genre:Crime / Drama / History / Thriller more
Tagline:The Chicago Dream is that big more
Plot Outline:Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out
Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small,
hand-picked team. more
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Plot Keywords:US Treasury Agent / Gangster Film / Cop / Assault
Rifle / Psychopath more
Awards:Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations more
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| Synopsis
Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters
to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional
means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account
of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The
end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod
to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_. Written by Keith
Loh {loh@sfu.ca}
1920's
prohibition Chicago is corrupt from the judges downward. So
in going up against Al Capone, Treasury agent Eliot Ness picks
just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One
is a sharp-shooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man.
The four of them are ready to battle Capone and his empire,
but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get
him. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}
A depiction
of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago . . .
and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. Stars Kevin
Costner as Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin
Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches
Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. Written
by Robert Lynch {docrlynch@yahoo.com}
Young
Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is deternimed
to take down Al Capone but he learns that it's not going to
be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. But
Ness meets Jimmy Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the
most honorable one in the force. He asks Malone to help him
get Capone but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone,
he is going to war. They recruit academy cadet, George Stone
and Treasury agent Oscar Wallace, who is also an accountant,
who wants to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they make
headway, Capone tries to get them but they are untouchable.
Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com (See
here)
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