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Plot. In the 1980s in Boston, Irish Mob boss Frank Costello introduces himself to a young Colin Sullivan. Many years later, Sullivan has been groomed as a spy inside the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and joins the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).
William Monahan. Screenplay. To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Oct 6, 2006 · The Departed: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg. An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
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The Departed, American crime film, released in 2006, that was directed by Martin Scorsese and won four Academy Awards, including best picture. A tense action thriller with an all-star cast, it was one of Scorsese’s biggest hits at the box office.
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The Departed is set in Boston. Colin Sullivan (played by Matt Damon) is a protégé of Irish American crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), and he joins the state police force as a mole for Costello. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a police recruit who is chosen by Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen) and Staff Sgt. Sean Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) as an undercover officer, known only to them, assigned to infiltrate Costello’s organization. Both Sullivan and Costigan have a relationship with police psychiatrist Madolyn Madden (Vera Farmiga). As each organization becomes aware that it has been infiltrated, Sullivan and Costigan work to determine the identity of the mole while trying to keep their own duplicity from being found out. They engage in a game of cat-and-mouse in which each is often within a hair’s breadth of discovering the other. In an extra twist, it emerges that Costello is also an FBI informant. Upon learning of this, Sullivan kills Costello. Costigan then attempts to give up his undercover role, thus revealing himself to Sullivan, but he discovers that Sullivan was Costello’s mole. In a violent climax, Costigan is killed by a second dirty cop, and Sullivan kills that cop and walks away free. He returns to his home, only to be ambushed and killed by Dignam.
The Departed was a remake of the popular Hong Kong film Mou gaan dou (2002; Infernal Affairs). It was the first movie for which Scorsese, one of the industry’s most respected directors, won a best director Oscar. Nicholson’s portrayal of Costello was loosely based on real-life crime boss Whitey Bulger and was often improvised.
•Studios: Warner Bros., Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group, and Vertigo Entertainment
•Director: Martin Scorsese
•Writer: William Monahan, based on a screenplay by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
•Music: Howard Shore
•Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan)
•Matt Damon (Colin Sullivan)
•Jack Nicholson (Frank Costello)
•Martin Sheen (Captain Queenan)
•Mark Wahlberg (Staff Sgt. Sean Dignam)
•Vera Farmiga (Madolyn Madden)
The Departed is a 2006 crime film by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson. It is a remake of a Hong Kong film and won four Academy Awards, including best picture.
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