However, the 1987 movie takes a Tommy gun to the facts of Elliott Ness’ crusading squadron and the adversarial nature of his relationship with Capone. One would presume that the story of a legendarily irreproachable squad of law enforcement officers taking on one of the most notorious villains in American history would warrant no creative tinkering to sell to audiences. While creative license is often met with resistance, sometimes biopics benefit tremendously from veering heavily away from historical veracity.Ĭase in point, Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables. It would then stand to reason that the more accurate the filmic depiction, the better the movie. It’s often the case that biopic films are judged by their adherence to the facts of the actual stories on which they are based.
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