Where was the bridge scene in The Untouchables filmed?

MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE
MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE This is the setting for a scene early in the movie where Ness (Costner) meets officer Malone (Connery) for the first time. It was filmed on the Michigan Avenue Bridge underpass – not far the site of the new Apple Store.

Did the train station scene in The Untouchables really happened?

In the original script, the final gunfight had Eliot Ness and George Stone battling Capone gunmen on a stopped train. Brian De Palma conceived the gunfight on the steps in Chicago’s Union Station when Paramount Pictures decided that staging the scene, and finding a 1930s period train would be too expensive.

What is the bridge in Manhattan movie?

Queensboro Bridge
Allen’s magical Queensboro Bridge shot is a backdrop to mutual self-deception. Built to connect Manhattan to Long Island City and completed in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge has survived millions of romances and numerous movies: It can be seen in, among others, No Man of Her Own (1932), My Man Godfrey (1936), Turk 182!

Which is the best scene in the untouchables?

For me, that mastery reached its peak in one specific (and obvious) moment in The Untouchables. The movie as a whole ranks alongside Scarface and Carlito’s Way as one of De Palma’s most satisfying mainstream thrillers. But in a film full of stand-out scenes, it’s the Union Station sequence that is inarguably the most memorable.

How is the Union Station scene in the untouchables shot?

Shot in heart-stopping slow-motion, the sequence is thrilling when seen in the context of the film, but so strongly directed that it can easily viewed in isolation, without any prior knowledge of who its characters are or their motivations.

Who is the director of the Untouchables movie?

A second notable thing: De Palma has long been criticised as an overly violent filmmaker, particularly in his 80s cycle of films such as Dressed To Kill, Scarfac e and Body Double. It’s interesting, then, that De Palma chooses to reference one of the most shockingly violent scenes in all cinema for The Untouchables.

Who was the only person to help Ness in the untouchables?

Ness is the only character in the scene who bothers to help the mother and child – an entire group of commuters is shown rushing by without apparently noticing them, though one has to step over the poor woman’s luggage to get down the stairs.