TMR 019 – The Untouchables

Total Movie Recall

The Untouchables (1987)

d. Brian De Palma

Starring:Kevin CostnerSean ConneryAndy GarciaRobert De NiroBilly Drago

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan throw Italian and Irish racial slurs around like its 1929. Steve tells us about growing up as a little street scamp on the mean streets of Chicago, Ryan is the only lapsed Baptist in the world with a patron saint, and the guys run their Sean Connery impressions straight into the ground.

After building an empire with bootleg alcohol, legendary crime boss Al Capone (Robert De Niro) rules Chicago with an iron fist. Though Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) attempts to take Capone down, even his best efforts fail due to widespread corruption within the Windy City's police force. Recruiting an elite group of lawmen who won't be swayed by bribes or fear, including Irish-American cop Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), Ness renews his determination to bring Capone to justice.

Things discussed in the show:

Giorgio Armani & Hugo Boss Nazi uniforms

Chicago cops

The Revenant, Leonardo DiCapro

The Hateful Eight

Best of Enemies - Gore Vidal (Caligula), William F. Buckley Jr.

Ayn Rand

Katharine Hepburn

The Bourne Identity - Matt Damon, Clive Owen

Matt Stone & Trey Parker - BASEsketball, South Park

Run Lola Run

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

American Ultra - Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton

Die Hard

Daisy Ridley

Friday Night Lights - Peter Berg

Dinner for Five - John Favreau, Buzz Bissinger, Brian Grazer, Billy Bob Thorton

Scarface

Robert De Niro: Cape Fear, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Bang the Drum Slowly, New York, New York, The King of Comedy, Bad Grandpa (Zack Effron)

Eliot Ness

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Harrison Ford

Sean Connery as James Bond - Dragonheart, Highlander

Al Capone, Frank Nitti

David Mamet - Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo

Dressed to Kill, Sisters, Body Double

Tunnels under The Green Mill in Chicago

Ennio Morricone

Battleship Potempkin

Untouchables (1959)

Obama tears up talking about gun violence

Chi-Raq - Spike Lee

The Godfather

St. Jude

Hunger Games, The Maze Runner

Next week: Battle Royale