1987 - THE UNTOUCHABLES, mainstream success for De Palma

After a couple of less than successful box office pictures.  Brian De Palma came roaring back with this remake of the popular late 1950's early 1960's television show.

This was a large scale production,  The screenplay was by David Mamet, Ennio Morricone composed the score and the cast had the soon to be very hot actor Kevin Costner.  Sean Connery had a supporting role as an Irish cop and he certainly brought a lot of authority to his performance.

  

The movie has a lot of De Palma touches, from the use of overhead shots to long tracking shots.  The expected De Palma violence was toned down but there are still a couple of fairly graphic scenes.  The outstanding scene is obviously the train station shoot out which was apparently improvised by De Palma to save time and money.

The film couldn't miss and it didn't it was a big box office hit when it came out that summer. 

119 minutes.