Apex Mountain
Al Capone
In the discussion (6)
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- Costner and Garcia are rejected; The Sting is preferred for Prohibition, despite its less central use of the subject.
- Marriage is floated jokingly, with Kramer vs. Kramer as an incongruous comparison, without a settled affirmative answer.
- This is preferred for Capone over the secret-vault television event and Stephen Graham’s Boardwalk Empire portrayal.
- De Palma is rejected: Mission: Impossible is the large-budget alternative, while the period around Dressed to Kill and Blow Out better represents maximum career leverage. De Niro is also rejected.
- Older Connery prompts The Rock and Finding Forrester comparisons, with The Hunt for Red October preferred.
- The Chicago-movie comparison lists Running Scared, About Last Night, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Above the Law, Adventures in Babysitting, Midnight Run, The Big Town and The Untouchables; Ferris Bueller is preferred for use of the city.