Capone [1975] [DVD]

The Capone dvd is good. The action ismoderate, and the scenes covers most ofCapone’s struggles. I recommend this movie to history students, and look back to a wildAmerican time.

This movie is a very accurate account of Al Capone's rise to power and eventual demise. It depicts life in Chicago during prohibition and the violent times in which Capone lived in very accurately. It has a lot of violence, as you might expect from this type of story. Some strong language and nudity. It is definitely an R Rated movie.The movie has a long list of established actors and a very young Sylvester Stallone in one of his first roles. He portrays Capone's right hand man, Frank Nitti.I was fortunate enough to get a DVD copy made in Portugal since the studio has not yet made this film available in DVD format in the U.S. The Portuguese version is flawless and is Region 0 which plays on all DVD players. I recommend it. It is in English. Only the cover is in Portuguese.

CAPONE was released in the pre-VHS days when the only hope to see it was on cable. The recent DVD release does nothing to dull the film. The audio and video are flawless and seeing a young Sylvester Stallone working on his acting 'chops' is great. And speaking of great - the audio commentary for the film is excellent - it brings together the Ben Gazzara/ John Cassavettes connection. This is reminiscent of the Corman classic, THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE but with the addition of Susan Blakely, the movie goes to whole new level. Fresh from RICH MAN, POOR MAN, Susan's "Julie Prescott" was every guy's fantasy girl and her bed scene, that occurred a decade before Sharon Stone's BASIC INSTINCT flash, is the stuff of legends. And as the commentary points out, Susan had no trouble with the nudity. And this is one of the few CAPONE films that show him in his final days - dying of syphilis and fishing in a swimming pool, having conversations with himself. Although a little footage from VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE was used in this film - a Corman hallmark - it doesn't detract from the movie. For a great 'gangster' film, this is it!

Probably the worst movie I've seen about Al Capone. I'm an armature historian on the mob, and this picture didn't do it justice.... It was a waste, and I didn't even finish it.

1st of all - I didn't see the Susan Blakely "Sharon Stone like" scene...duh. Males don't appear capable of "reviewing" much else in this picture! How did I miss it? I digress...can't remember another gangster flick w/practically everyone getting shot. Sylvester was quite good here & wasted his time playing a "developmentally challenged" boxer. (was "Capone" before or after "Rocky"?) Ben Gazzara - a primeval hood used a machine gun on anyone he considered better off dead. Would that we all could follow his lead. Fearlessness is at the top of my list...Capone was fearless. Watched "Gotti" before this...not primeval. Want to see "Hoffa" or whatever it's called. Don't know much about him except he was a big union boss/had mob "acquaintances" & disappeared off the face of the earth. I'd rather disappear then let everyone know what happened to me...

Do you like viewing movies through a potato sack, cheesecloth, and some newspaper with sand glued to it? Because that is how quality this movie print is. The streaming which just came out on prime is great but this DVD was pitched as the sound is terrible and the video quality is so poor it stays grainy and black most of the movie. Avoid this purchase. Not a restored version.

A very graphic and "somewhat" true story of the guy who made The Chicago Outfit what it is today. The only thing I didn't like was near the end of the movie, in Palm Island Florida in 1946, Frank Nitti (Sly Stallone) went to visit Al while he was fishing in his swimming pool. That never happened, because Nitti committed suicide in 1943. I first saw this movie on KTLA in Los Angeles in the 1980s, but the movie was edited for language and content. This DVD was raw, uncut, and it just blew me away.

A great movie where the past becomes the present on your screen. Ben Gazzara played a wonderful role showing me what it was like in those days. A film that kept me glued to my seat. I have to own this and watch it again. It shows how people in power act while their ego's get out of control. This film taught me to do the right things in life.

Starker Mafia-Krimi. Vielen Dank.

Love it

Person happy with this gift.

Doesn't work in dvd player. Dvd is in other format.

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