Brian De Palma's 'The Untouchables': A Lesson in History? Complete w/Annotated Bibliography

'Ratta-tat-tat' Gunshots, echoing through the concrete maze of Chicago streets. This was an all-too real occurrence during the Prohibition era. As gangsters from rival gangs riddled each other with bullets, and deftly defied the law through slightly, less-than-honorable techniques, the 1930s were plagued with corruption on the municipal scale. The 18th Amendment passed in 1919 in response to the Volstead Act of the same year, publicly put a stop to sale, and possession of alcohol and …

…of The Untouchables, providing another view than provided from the other article. It talks more about what went in behind the scenes and between the writer and director. Howe, Desson. "'The Untouchables' (R)." The Washington Post. 5 June 1987. [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/theuntouchablesrhowe_a0b0c6.htm] This site featured a professional movie critic's views on the 1987 film. The article also asks the question of fact vs. fiction in Hollywood.