Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.

Based on the novel by Eliot Ness.

Special features: The script, the cast; Production stories; Reinventing the genre; The classic; Original featurette: "The men"; Theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Stephen H. Burum ; art director, William A. Elliott ; editors, Jerry Greenberg and Bill Pankow ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume designer, Marilyn Vance-Straker ; wardrobe, Giorgio Armani.

Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery.

A larger-than-life depiction of Al Capone, the warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago ... and Eliot Ness, the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. In this classic confrontation between good and evil, Ness learns, with the help of a cop named Malone, how to beat the mob by shooting fast and shooting first.

MPAA rating: R ; special features not rated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround EX.

English or dubbed French dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, USA, 1988: Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery).