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The Untouchables

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Directed by Brian De Palma

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”. From TMDB

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The Untouchables is a 1987 crime history thriller film, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro.

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  • John Scalzi @scalzi.comBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    Over on Whatever, it's Day Three of the 2025 December Comfort Watches, and today I'm looking at The Untouchables, and how, for one film, Brian De Palma got out of his own way (at least for me): whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/03/t...

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  • Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    Jim Malone, to Elliott Ness...in The Untouchables: "You see what I'm saying is, what are you prepared to do?" Great movie! I also like this quote: Jim Malone: "Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?" Eliot Ness: "Yes." Jim Malone: "Good, 'cause you just took one."

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  • Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2025

    Jesus DePalma directs the hell out of THE UNTOUCHABLES. I've probably seen this film fifty times, but not since I went to college. Revisiting it now and DePalma, Mamet, everyone really understood the assignment here: a romantic shrine, a bracing thriller, a story about male friendship. Fuck.

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  • Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    Totally agree with this Even more exciting, for me anyway, is when people applaud a particular scene in a movie because it was just so damn well executed Every time I saw the Untouchables there was applause at the end of the train station sequence

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  • Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    The program notes for De Palma's THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) on 70mm at @filmlinc.bsky.social had me choked up before the screening even began. Restorations are great, but experiencing the imperfections of a vintage print is sacred. My first big screen rewatch in 39 years and it was perfect. #FilmSky

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  • Wes Rose @wesrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    I know Connery got the Oscar for the Untouchables (and deservedly so!) but I think this is one of his best performances. Totally disappears into the affable egg-head professor/emotionally distant father. This movie has LAYERS, man.

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  • Scott Aukerman @scottaukerman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    On this week’s SCOTT HASN’T SEEN, we fill in Sprague’s movie blind spot with 1987’s THE UNTOUCHABLES! Joining us are @danosully.bsky.social & Alana Hope Levinson, hosts of the brand new podcast The Outfit! Available exclusively at @cbbworld.bsky.social!

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  • Phyll S. Pumpkins 🎃 @phyllindablank.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    There are so many iconic film roles, but Robert Redford's early TV performances are just as memorable and varied. An upstart bootlegger on The Untouchables and Empathetic Death on The Twilight Zone showed early on his range and talent. RIP #TCMParty #FilmSky

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  • Lucy de L'amour @lucydelamour.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2025

    Important news!! This skirt is cute! Also: Last night Mr. Film n' Feast & I watched The Untouchables (so good! And yes, he explained the Potemkin steps) and I cooked comfort food. Today we're getting lunch and exploring a part of Melbourne he hasn't visited yet! 😍

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  • The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.netBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    Its funny that when I first saw Capone cry in that great film 'The Untouchables' I didn't quite understand. But now, these days, classical music & opera makes me cry all the time. Vesti la giubba is pretty amazing.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    Name A Film With A Shootout 🔫 My Choice: ‘The Untouchables’ (1987) 🖤 Prompt courtesy of @sophianyx.bsky.social

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  • Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    He did: Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, Blow Out, and The Untouchables, a movie that needed like 90 percent less soundtrack.

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  • EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    If you’ve never watched the Untouchables, it might be time for you to learn about the Chicago way

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  • A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    Is THE BLUES BROTHERS the greatest Chicago movie? I can think of some others—THE UNTOUCHABLES, THE DARK KNIGHT, FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. But this might be the best love letter to the city. #HATM

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  • M.H. Williams @mhwilliams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    First Kingdom of Heaven 4K, and now a potential Master & Commander 4K? All of the most dad-coded movies coming down the 4K pipeline. (You can already get The Great Escape, Rudy, and The Untouchables on 4K, dad film fans.)

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    #nowwatching The Untouchables.

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  • Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2024

    The Untouchables is a great movie but also hilarious for being “inspired” by real events because it is the equivalent of making a movie decades from now about Jack Smith, but he spends his nights beating Trump campaign aides to a bloody pulp while getting into shootouts with Seb Gorka

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  • Chele @chelenc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    Post a movie that starts with the word THE The Untouchables (1987)

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 18, 2025

    We are starting movie night! The Untouchables.. Same usual place same usual time, 8pm Eastern https://cytu.be/r/matrixhub

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  • Steven Clark @thefwordnb.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    I did a rewatch last night of one of my fav movies as a teen. The Untouchables. DeNiro. Connery. Andy Garcia. Costner. Directed by Depalma. The movie doesn't hold up. I think the cast made me delusional of the dialogue and use of the score.

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  • Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    Scott tagged my alias I use to avoid federal detection but yes indeed me and Alana are on SCOTT HASN'T SEEN today talking about THE UNTOUCHABLES, a ridiculous movie about shooting as many as people as possible for tax violations! It was so much fun!

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  • Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2025

    After a day of listening to Ennio Morricone soundtracks while playing Atomfall, I've decided to end my weekend with a long overdue rewatch of Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables". First viewing in 4K and still a movie that I instinctively believed was a Scorsese film when I first saw it.

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  • SpyHards Podcast @spyhards.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    What’s your favourite Kevin Costner film? I’ll start: THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)

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  • filmlinc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    A few behind-the-scenes 📸 from the set of Brian De Palma's THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987). The Academy Award-winning film will screen on Wednesday, July 1 at 9pm and Tuesday, July 7 at 5pm on an enlarged 70mm 🎞️ print originally screened for select first-run engagements in 1987! 🎟️: filmlinc.org/70

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  • Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    Oooooooooooh, The Untouchables is on BBC Two tonight. Bloody love that film.

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  • ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    I saw the movie The Untouchables, starring Robert De Niro as Al Capone & Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness, when it came out in 1987. But I only just learned that my grandfather coined the term "The Untouchables" when he was a reporter in Chicago. I feel like we should get some royalties but we don't.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    without saying the bodyguard, fav kevin costner film? 🎥 for me… ‘The Untouchables’ 🖤

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  • Lady Iris @ladyiris5.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    #FolkloreInASongOrMovie Eliot Loch Ness in the The Untouchables

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  • mikesullmedia.bsky.social @mikesullmedia.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Hey Gabino! My making of book about the 1987 movie The Untouchables is up for pre-order. Comes out next Feb! #FridayReads www.bloomsbury.com/us/untouchab...

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  • Bfschaefer @bfschaefer.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    Loved the Fugitive. Not sure what a “dad” movie is but I also loved The Untouchables.

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  • TCM Party @tcmparty.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    It won three: Cher, Dukakis, and screenplay. Gardenia lost to Sean Connery (THE UNTOUCHABLES), film and director lost to Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR) #TCMParty #Moonstruck ^JW (2/2)

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  • Trixstar @trixstart.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    Hollywood Film News: Trump, Stallone & Mel Gibson to star in New #Movie remake 📽️ The Untouchables. Plot: Nobody wants to touch them... At all... Ever. The End. #StreetArt Untouchable. #Melbourne #Australia by Bruze #Tags #Graffiti

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    #OctoberMovieChallenge Day 16 - something raided in a movie liquor warehouses - The Untouchables #filmsky #moviesky

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 18, 2025

    We are starting movie night! The Untouchables.. Same usual place same usual time, 8pm Eastern https://cytu.be/r/matrixhub

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  • AJ: A Mario Bava Film @ajmacready.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    my favorite De Palma is THE UNTOUCHABLES yet I believe his best film is BLOW OUT, this happens to me *all the time*

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 19, 2025

    We are starting movie night! The Untouchables.. Same usual place same usual time, 8pm Eastern https://cytu.be/r/matrixhub

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  • A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    This month marks 100 years since Eliot Ness became a federal agent. On Aug. 22, my friends at Pennsylvania’s Eliot Ness Museum will celebrate this centenary in the small town where Ness co-wrote his memoir, which inspired the TV series and film THE UNTOUCHABLES. 🗃️ www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2026

    Van Johnson was originally cast as Eliot Ness on The Untouchables, but backed out due to a movie scheduling conflict. Fred MacMurray, Cliff Robertson, and Jack Lord were also considered for the crime-buster role before it went to Robert Stack

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  • flybydenver @flybydenver.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2025

    Exactly. Tax evasion and some minor conspiracy charges related to bootlegging. If you haven’t seen it, The Untouchables is the quintessential classic movie on the era.

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  • Alpheus Williams @alphwilliams.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    To quote Sean Connery in the film “The Untouchables” “They bring knives, we bring guns.” We cannot afford to lose our Democracy to Pedophile supporting Republican scum. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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  • DocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets: The Untouchables, Keep Sean Connery

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Love, love, love THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987). Director: Brian De Palma True Story: When in Chicago, went to Union Station because the scene in the film is so monumental. Ehhh...the stairs are pretty dinky IRL. #filmsky🎥📽 Hot take⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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  • Becca's Mullet is Sending Postcards to Voters @beccasmullet.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    God, what a great movie. I sat down and watched it start to finish this spring, and if you haven't seen the Untouchables lately, I recommend it 100%!

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  • Wilbur72 @wilboo72.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Prohibition My high Movie School friends 🎦 The Untouchables

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  • Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2023

    What's a movie that's a "fall" movie for you, whatever you take that to mean, and, key thing, isn't horror. I realized for me it's The Untouchables (1987).

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  • Horatio Flamethrower🪷🇺🇸🇳🇬🇮🇪 @blindmellojelly.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Sean Connery in "The Untouchables". Great film.

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  • Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    "I've become what I beheld & I'm content I have done right." 'The Untouchables' is on BBC1 at 22.40. It's a movie I'd guess was directed by Martin Scorsese, if I was aware of both directors, but hadn't seen this before. I'd make the same mistake about Brian De Palma directing 'Cape Fear' (1991).

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  • Jaye Bunny! @jayebunny.northsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    So I accidentally discovered "The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse" while trying to find the actual movie "The Untouchables" and, uh, this is a trip. XD 🧵

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  • Zach Rust @zach-rust.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets. The Untouchables Robert De Niro

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2024

    🎞️35MM Film Frames from THE UNTOUCHABLES🎞️ You have 1 more chance to see Brian De Palma's Chicago classic at the Music Box, as part of our CINEMA MORRICONE series! This Tuesday at 7pm Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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  • Thom Tillis is Toast. @thomtillisistoast.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    It's a scene from the movie, the Untouchables. If you have yet to see it, highly recommend.

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  • Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2025

    early days yet but Fabien Frankel as Anthony Grasso on TASK is already reminding me of one of my favorite cinematic characters, Andy Garcia as George Stone in THE UNTOUCHABLES

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  • Other Glammy's Boy @begoodjohnny84.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    If I can back up #PoliticsGirl through a film analogy, think of THE UNTOUCHABLES. Remember what Sean Connery as Jim Malone told Elliott Ness in how to bring Al Capone and his thugs to justice? The Chicago Way. Because they're not going to give up the fight until one of you is dead.

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  • Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2023

    Watching The Untouchables. I think it’s both a really great movie and also a big piece of shit.

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  • John oder Seán @john-tweet.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    THE UNTOUCHABLES - (1987) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. With a fine score by Ennio Morricone & Oscar winning performance for best supporting actor, Sean Connery, a wonderful film.

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  • FlashMobOfOne @[email protected]Lemmy · May 13, 2026

    There's a line in the film 'The Untouchables' that applies here. "It's not meant to be good. It's meant to be bought."

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  • 🫘🇺🇦 @dashamarush.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Great movie! It's too bad our POTUS believes Al Capone is the hero and the Untouchables are the villains.

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  • Mike @fenderjazzmd80.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2025

    It feels like every day, we’re Sean Connery in The Untouchables movie asking “What are you prepared to do?”

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  • Jen Myers @antiheroine.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    My personal Chicago film canon (right now): - THIEF - MEDIUM COOL - HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER - THE UNTOUCHABLES - LITTLE CAESAR Even though it’s in “another time, another place,” I also insist that STREETS OF FIRE is spiritually a Chicago movie.

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  • larissa_fengfu @larissaf.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    🎬 #ACNH x Battleship Potemkin mash-up! This is the most famous sequence from the film Battleship Potemkin. You might recognize references to the baby carriage tumbling down the long staircase in other movies, such as The Untouchables (1987). Poor baby! 😰 youtu.be/AsRp65WZgxo

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