Al Capone (Anthony Lapaglia) talks with John Rooney (Paul Newman), Frank Nitti (Stanley Tucci) and Harlen Maguire (Jude Law) about Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks). Deleted scene from the DVD bonus.
capone was a family man with a good sense of humour. he was ruthless with his rivals, but they were towards him. de niro played him badly in the untouchables, and made him look pure evil, but there was another side to him, a nice side apparently.
capone had great power at a young age, but it was torrio who gave it to him. torrio was the real genius of the prohibition era, and not just in chicago, but the whole eastcoast.
@coupycoupon maybe not during capone's time but later when the chicago outfit started skimming the casinos and stuff in vegas during the 60's and 70's they were more powerful than all the 5 families of new york put together
What's almost always forgotten about Capone is how young he was when he came to power. When he took over from Torrio in 1925 he was only 25 years old and he had already been with Torrio for about 7 years even by then. He should be about 31 in this movie. Not as old as he is played here or certainly the older guy that DeNiro played him as in The Untouchables. But even at his peak he was never half as powerful as the New York bosses. They mostly considered him a publicity seeking 'gavone'.
@yurtubsuks No
CheckdaFlow 3 days ago
Stanley Tucci was frank nitti? I didn't get that in the movie...
It's just that seeing him in the movie and in the untouchables, that confuses things...
cepomwa 1 week ago
does anyone get the slightest feeling that jude law was miscast in his part?
yurtubsuks 1 week ago
capone was a family man with a good sense of humour. he was ruthless with his rivals, but they were towards him. de niro played him badly in the untouchables, and made him look pure evil, but there was another side to him, a nice side apparently.
leedumett444 1 month ago
anthony lapaglia is a good actor, but he's miscast as capone, and this scene just doesn't fit. it was better off deleted.
leedumett444 1 month ago
there were many other big shot bootleggers besides capone. danny walsh in rhode island was a irish big shot, just like john rooney.
leedumett444 1 month ago
capone had great power at a young age, but it was torrio who gave it to him. torrio was the real genius of the prohibition era, and not just in chicago, but the whole eastcoast.
leedumett444 1 month ago
this was shoot front of the green screen except that table.
Bhagawann 1 month ago
@coupycoupon maybe not during capone's time but later when the chicago outfit started skimming the casinos and stuff in vegas during the 60's and 70's they were more powerful than all the 5 families of new york put together
BuddyWillis 1 month ago
What's almost always forgotten about Capone is how young he was when he came to power. When he took over from Torrio in 1925 he was only 25 years old and he had already been with Torrio for about 7 years even by then. He should be about 31 in this movie. Not as old as he is played here or certainly the older guy that DeNiro played him as in The Untouchables. But even at his peak he was never half as powerful as the New York bosses. They mostly considered him a publicity seeking 'gavone'.
coupycoupon 2 months ago