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    Who was Eliot Ness? Nearly anyone knows Ness’ accomplishments in Cleveland when he went up against Al Capone. Most also know Capone eventually went to jail for tax evasion, but what happened to Ness and his Untouchables? Did they merely fade away into quiet life? The fate of Ness was quite the opposite, he continued doing what he fell in love with. Taking down corruption on any level. He carried on his war on the mob for an entire decade after Capone, staging daring raids on bootleggers

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    My Reaction of the topic was all about illegal liquor. Illegal liquor is very controversial issue facing by Mr. Ness. He wants to stop Al Capon because Al Capone is one of the biggest leaders of the gangs in Chicago. The Untouchables is the title because it means that they are not allowing is touching or affecting by someone like our main characters did in the movie. The Untouchables is the title because it means that they are not allowing be touching or affecting by someone like our main characters

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    The Untouchables      The author of this book was Eliot Ness. He was a prohibition agent given the special assignment of cracking down on the Chicago mob and illegal liquor sales. He was six feet tall, 180 pounds. Graduated in the top third of his class in both highschool and at the University of Chicago. Both his parents were from Norway, and he was raised in the traditional way. His reasoning behind writing this book was to tell the inside story of what really happened

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    Unfortunately, Ness was never able to see his team’s achievements shown in a glorified melodrama. When it comes to understanding the Untouchables and their impact on history, we have to know who the members were and what their mission was. The members were selfless men

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    The Untouchables

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    The Untouchables The Untouchables was about Eliot Ness is very tired of Al Capone committing crimes and getting away with it. Ness makes a team to take down Al Capone however, Al Capone kills two of Ness’s men who were on the investigation but this motivates Ness to get him into custody. Honestly, this movie was generally a good movie because it teaches you about prohibition, organize crimes, and Al Capone. These things are very important to have insight about because these rules explains why

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    enforcement officers that we will talk about today, few are more famous than the men in this room. Eliot Ness, Elmer Irey, Harry Anslinger, and J. Edgar Hoover were all well known for taking down criminals involved in many different rackets. Eliot Ness of the Bureau of Prohibition and Elmer Irey of the IRS were particularly influential in taking down gangsters during the 1920’s and 30’s. Though Ness could not get a conviction to stick to Al Capone, he and his posse of agents were famous for being

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    impression that one is ultimately the bad guy in the movie. Demonstrating violence is one of the most important factors in the film. An important part of the film that shows this, is when Elliott Ness is trying to catch the bookkeeper at the train station. It then turns into a shootout scene between the Mob and Ness. In this scene, at the beginning, slow motion was used to help convey the violence that was happening. When things are in slow motion, it helps to bring about the detail and gore that is unfolding

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    The Untouchables Analysis

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    The Untouchables was released on June 3, 1987 with a rating of 4 stars. It is about probation in the 1920’s. With the Elite Ness and Al Capone being the two main characters. Elite and his team of four embark out on a mission to stop the dealing of Alcohol. Elite’s first couple of days were rough. Then he meat Jimmy Malone, Jimmy was just an average police officer when Elite asked him to join his group, Jimmy said no because “ I’d rather be alive” was his words. At first it was just himself Elite

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    The Intouchables, Hero’s Journey. By Pablo Cabrera The Intouchables is a film where Philippe, a millionaire aristocrat; becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident. Driss, a rude young man; cuts the line of candidates that are trying to get a job as Philippe’s caretaker to get a sign in his social security paper to prove that he is looking for a job so he can get the unemployment benefit. Philippe Tells Driss to come back the next day so he can take back his paper. Driss goes back to

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    Al Capone and Eliot Ness In the 1920’s, alcohol became illegal because of the ratification of the 18th amendment. As this big change was being enforced, people didn’t exactly act in accordance with the new law. People still sold alcohol, even though it was illegal. These people were called bootleggers. One bootlegger in particular was Al Capone. There were also people who followed the law and tried to seize bootleggers. Eliot Ness was one of those individuals. Al Capone and Eliot Ness went head to

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