The Departed
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Produced by	Brad Grey Graham King Roy Lee Brad Pitt
Written by	Screenplay (Infernal Affairs): Felix Chong Alan Mak Screenplay: William Monahan
Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Anthony Anderson and Alec Baldwin
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Editing by	Thelma Schoonmaker
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (and worldwide with exceptions) Entertainment Film Distributors TFM Distribution Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company Medusa Distribuzione
Release date(s)	October 6, 2006
Running time	151 min. Brad Alan Grey (born December 29, 1957) is an American film, Television producer, and former Talent manager currently Graham King (born December 19, 1961) is a Film producer and President and CEO of Initial Entertainment Group who is best known for his Roy Lee (born in Brooklyn, New York, USA on March 23, 1969) is a Korean-American Film producer who regularly William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Infernal Affairs ( is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Felix Chong Man-Keung ( (born January 1, 1968 in Hong Kong, China) is a Hong Kong Scriptwriter, Film director Alan Mak Siu-Fai ( born on January 1, 1965 in Hong Kong, is a Writer, director, Actor and producer. William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American Actor who earned Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American Comedian and Actor. Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3 1958 is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -winning American Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer Michael Ballhaus, ASC (born 5 August 1935, Eichelsdorf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany) is a German Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January) is an American 3-time Academy Award -winning Film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90 million
Gross revenue	$289,847,354 (worldwide)
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This film takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, where notorious Irish Mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello (Nicholson) plants his protégé Colin Sullivan (Damon) as an informant within the Massachusetts State Police. The Irish Mob is one of the oldest Organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century A mole (also called a defector in place, an informant and in the Mafia a rat) is a Spy who works for an enemy Nation, but whose loyalty The Massachusetts State Police ( MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ' Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement Simultaneously, the police assign undercover cop William Costigan, Jr. (DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello's crew. When both sides of the law realize the situation, each man attempts to discover the other's true identity before being found out.

Plot

The film begins in South Boston and Charlestown, featuring a montage of riot footage with voice-over narration by Irish mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello (Nicholson), who expresses his belief that "a man makes his own way" in the world, and that "no one gives it to you. Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper The Irish Mob is one of the oldest Organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals . . you have to take it. " He is able to beguile a young neighborhood boy named Colin Sullivan (Conor Donovan), who enters into Costello's criminal underground at a young age.

Years later, Colin Sullivan (now played by Damon) is finishing his training for the Massachusetts State Police, as, in a separate class, is William "Billy" Costigan, Jr. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. The Massachusetts State Police ( MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ' Executive Office of Public Safety responsible for criminal law enforcement (DiCaprio); both eventually graduate to become state troopers. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Sullivan, who quickly distinguishes himself, is assigned to the Special Investigations Unit ("SIU") of the State Police by SIU's Captain Queenan (Sheen) and Staff Sergeant Dignam (Wahlberg). Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American Actor who earned Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of Queenan and Dignam also interview Costigan, but are convinced that Costigan's family ties with the Boston underworld make Costigan unsuitable for anything other than undercover work. Costigan agrees to work for Queenan and Dignam's undercover division of SIU and become a mole in Costello's crime family. Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information To make his new identity believable, SIU creates a false assault conviction for Costigan, who serves a jail sentence to comply with the sham conviction. The "conviction" also requires Costigan to be placed on probation upon release, and to attend mandatory psychiatry sessions with staff psychiatrist Dr. Madolyn Madden (Farmiga), who will later become Costigan's love interest. Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Costigan's police academy record and file are concealed from the department, leaving only Queenan and Dignam with any knowledge of his true identity.

Sullivan is assigned to the organized-crime division of SIU, an "elite unit" headed by Captain Ellerby (Baldwin). Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3 1958 is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -winning American The unit's only target is Costello, whom the unit attempts to apprehend in cooperation with the FBI. Although Dignam agrees to assist Ellerby's unit, he refuses to reveal any information about undercover informants to the organized-crime division of SIU. Costigan, in the meantime, infiltrates Costello's crew using his family connections and a "nothing to lose" character he fashions for himself while in Costello's presence (Costigan beats up two of Costello's rival Italian-American gang members, as well as one of Costello's own underlings). Although suspicious of Costigan's motives, Costello adopts Costigan into his crime family after Costigan withstands a physically torturous inquisition into his police background by Costello.

Sullivan, in the meantime, works to tip-off Costello to police activity while moving his way up the ranks in SIU. Sullivan also attempts to work his way up the social strata, by initiating a romantic relationship with Dr. Madden. Shortly afterward, Madden begins seeing Costigan under the terms of his probation, and begins a simultaneous romantic relationship with Costigan of which Sullivan is unaware. Until the end of the relationship, Madden remains unaware that Costigan is actually a State police officer, instead falling in love with Costigan's concocted criminal persona.

After one of Costello's illegal transactions is nearly thwarted by SIU, Costello becomes convinced that there is a rat in his crew. Likewise, Costello's elegant evasion of SIU's heavy surveillance during the transaction tips Queenan and Dignam to the presence of an informer in SIU.

To catch the "rat" in his gang, Costello agrees to obtain the biographical information of his enforcers and transmit it to Sullivan in SIU for a records check. The information, including social security numbers, is collected on paper and placed in a distinctive envelope to be transmitted to Sullivan. In the United States, a Social Security number (SSN is a 9-digit number issued to citizens Permanent residents and temporary (working residents under section 205(c(2 Costigan, predicting that the envelope will be transmitted to the mole in SIU, follows the envelope and Costello, where Costigan observes the inter-change between Costello and his mole in a porno house (the film being played is an actual scene from Debbie Does Dallas - The Revenge). Costigan, however, cannot directly identify Costello's mole because of his vantage point. Attempting to discover Sullivan's identity, Costigan follows him through the streets, where Sullivan becomes alerted to Costigan's presence. Costigan eventually loses track of Sullivan in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood; and neither party becomes able to positively identify the other. A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of Chinese outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China.

Meanwhile, SIU initiates its own measures to capture the mole(s) in its division. Captain Ellerby, beguiled by Sullivan's "immaculate record", assigns him to investigate SIU officers and locate the mole(s). Sullivan uses his new authority to instead target the mole in Costello's crew. He orders SIU officers to follow Captain Queenan, which eventually leads them to a building where Costigan has scheduled a meeting with Queenan. Sullivan quickly realizes that Queenan is meeting the informant in Costello's crew, and calls Costello to alert him. Costello orders his crew to the scene; and they arrive before the two officers can make their escape. Queenan orders Costigan to flee, and stays behind to confront Costello's crew alone, resulting in him being thrown out of a window to his death. Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a Window. Costigan encounters the crew on their way out of the building, feigning his late arrival on the scene to help catch Costello's "rat. "

The SIU, which is still present at the scene, opens fire on Costello's crew, wounding one of Costello's lieutenants, Timothy Delahunt (Mark Rolston). Mark Rolston ( December 7, 1956) is an American Actor. He played PFC M After a narrow escape, the crew gathers in one of Costello's hideouts where Delahunt lies dying. Delahunt, out of earshot of the others, reveals to Costigan his certainty that Costigan is the mole, but states he has not informed any of the others. Delahunt then expires, and a news report (watched by Costello and his men) states that he was a police informant, but Costello assures the others that "the cops are saying he's a cop, so I won't look for the cop. "

In the aftermath of Queenan's death, Sullivan orders Dignam to "unlock" the files on undercover officers for him; Dignam replies by punching Sullivan in the face and airing suspicions that Sullivan had a hidden motive for following Queenan. Ellerby steps in and places Dignam on a 2 week probation.

Sullivan then opens the box of evidence retrieved from Queenan's murder scene, and finds Queenan's cell phone with a stored number to his undercover in Costello's crew. Sullivan calls Costigan and attempts to lure him out of hiding by pretending to be Queenan's replacement. While rifling through the other recovered articles of evidence, Sullivan finds a notation in Queenan's personal notebook indicating that Costello might be an informant for the FBI.

Costello is later tailed by SIU to a warehouse where he is to acquire packages of cocaine for distribution. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Sullivan, disturbed by the possibility of Costello's informant identity, stages a police ambush at the warehouse. Costigan, who has communicated with Sullivan to set up the ambush, slips away from the scene before the two sides engage in a shoot-out. Costello is badly wounded in the fray, but manages to slip away and contacts Sullivan for aid. Sullivan, however, confronts Costello about his status as an informant in the FBI, and demands to know whether Costello has alerted the FBI to Sullivan's criminal activities. Costello attempts to kill Sullivan with a concealed pistol, but Sullivan manages to kill Costello first.

At the station, Sullivan is showered with praise from his co-workers, who remain unaware of his identity and relationship with Costello. Costigan, who has come in after Costello's death to regain his identity, meets with Sullivan for the first time. While Sullivan leaves the room to retrieve Costigan's file, Costigan notices the distinctive envelope containing the crew's personal information sitting on Sullivan's desk and leaves the station. Sullivan erases Costigan's police record and file from the department database. Costigan locates Madden and gives her an envelope, without disclosing its contents, only telling her to open it if anything should happen to him in the next few weeks.

Madden, at the apartment she shares with Sullivan, is tipped to the true identity of each when a piece of mail arrives, addressed from "WM Costigan" to Sullivan. It contains sound recordings of Sullivan and Costello's private conversations, along with Costigan's phone number. Madden plays the recordings for Sullivan, who dismisses them, but who nervously calls Costigan for an explanation. Costigan explains that the tapes, which Costello kept for self-protection reasons, had all been released to him by Costello's lawyer upon Costello's death. Using the tapes as leverage, Costigan orders Sullivan to meet him later that day at the building where Queenan was killed.

On the building's rooftop, Costigan confronts and handcuffs Sullivan, intending to arrest him and reveal his part in Costello's organization. Sullivan's SIU colleague, Officer Brown, (Anthony Anderson) (who attended M. Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American Comedian and Actor. S. P. training with Costigan) arrives shortly afterward and orders Costigan to stand down. Costigan backs Sullivan into an elevator at gunpoint. When the elevator doors open on the ground floor, Costigan is shot through the head by Officer Barrigan, (who attended M. S. P. training with Sullivan) who then kills Brown when Brown reaches the ground floor. Barrigan explains that he too was in Costello's employ, and appeals to Sullivan with solidarity, stating that they "must stick together" to survive. Instead, Sullivan shoots Barrigan to keep his involvement with Costello a secret. In his official report, Sullivan tells investigators that Barrigan, as Costello's lone mole, entered the building and shot both Costigan and Brown, whom Sullivan was unable to save. Sullivan closes by recommending William Costigan, Jr. for the department's Medal of Merit. The Médaille militaire (Military Medal is a decoration of the French Republic which was first instituted in 1852.

At Costigan's funeral, Madden rebuffs Sullivan's attempts to reconcile their relationship. Following the funeral, Sullivan returns home with groceries to find Dignam (apparently tipped off by Madden) waiting in his apartment. Dignam shoots Sullivan through the head with a suppressed pistol, and then exits the apartment. A suppressor, sound moderator, or silencer is a device either attached to or part of the barrel of a Firearm to reduce the amount of The camera pans up from Sullivan's body to show a lone rat crawling on the apartment's balcony railing, which frames the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House in the background. This article is about a building For the similarly-named legislative body see Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Cast

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Trooper William M. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. "Billy" Costigan; Undercover officer
• Matt Damon as Det. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. Sgt. Colin Sullivan; Costello's MSP informant
• Jack Nicholson as Francis "Frank" Costello; Boss of the Boston Irish Mob
• Mark Wahlberg as SSgt. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of Sean Dignam; Second in Command of the Undercover Unit
• Martin Sheen as Capt. Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American Actor who earned Oliver "Charlie" Queenan; Commander of the Undercover Unit
• Vera Farmiga as Dr. Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Madolyn Madden; Occupational psychiatrist and Sullivan's girlfriend
• Ray Winstone as Mr. Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor French; Costello's right-hand man
• Alec Baldwin as Capt. Consigliere (konsiʎˈʎɛːɾe is the Italian term for an adviser or counsellor Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3 1958 is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -winning American George Ellerby; Commander of the Special Investigations Unit
• Anthony Anderson as Trooper Brown; member of the Special Investigations Unit
• James Badge Dale as Trooper Barrigan; member of the Special Investigations Unit
• David O'Hara as "Fitzy" Fitzgibbons; one of Costello's enforcers
• Mark Rolston as Timothy Delahunt; one of Costello's enforcers
• Kevin Corrigan as Sean Costigan; Billy's cousin
• Robert Wahlberg as FBI Agent Frank Lazio; FBI liaison to the SIU

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Originally, William Monahan's script had Billy and Colin being childhood friends, who lost touch with each other after attending the police academy. Therefore, Costigan's discovery of Sullivan being Costello's informant would have been even more emotionally jarring for Costigan. Ultimately, Monahan dropped the idea, and Billy and Colin do not appear to know each other until their first meeting following Costello's death.

William Monahan's final script states that there is a four year gap between Colin's graduating from the police academy and Billy's entering the police academy. Thus, it can be inferred that Colin is at least four years older than Billy. Near the end of the film, Billy's personnel file is visible on a computer screen. According to the file, his birth date is November 7, 1984 making Billy 22 years old and Colin at least 26 years old during the events of the film.

Themes

Film critic Stanley Kauffman describes a major theme of The Departed as one of the oldest in drama—the concept of identity—and how it "affects one's actions, emotions, self-assurance, and even dreams. Stanley Kauffmann (b April 24, 1916, in New York City New York) is an American Film critic, Theater Critic, and "^[2]

The father-son relationship is a motif throughout the film. Costello acts as a father figure to both Sullivan and Costigan and Queenan acts as Costello's foil in the role of father-figure presenting both sides of the Irish-American father archetype. ^[3] Sullivan also refers to Costello as 'Dad' whenever he calls him to inform him of police activities.

The film also explores a variety of masculine crises; from impotence to the emasculation of subjecting oneself to 'talk' therapy.

In Rolling Stone magazine, Scorsese linked the zero-sum feeling of the end of his movie to real-world feelings toward terrorism and the war on terrorism.

Additionally, class issues are a major theme throughout the film, Sullivan, a working-class Irish-Catholic who desires to rise in the department, even as a mole, and moves into upper-class apartments and considers leaving the state, and Costigan, who comes from a working-class section of Boston but was raised in, and ultimately rejects, an upper-class environment.

Homages

• In homage to the 1932 film Scarface (a film by Howard Hughes, directed by Howard Hawks), Scorsese inserted the X (a symbol of death, or departure) in various shots to signify those who would become "the departed". This article is about the 1932 film For the 1983 remake see Scarface. In several cases, the "X" appears multiple times for a character. This is most prevalent after the title "The Departed" first appears on screen, as a wave of Xs can be seen layered over Sullivan at his apartment, and through a fence over Costigan while he walks the prison halls. Other instances include Xs in the windows at the moment of Queenan's death, and on the bridge above the construction yard at the time of Costello's death. There are also X's in the structure outside the window of the Terminal where Bill Costigan is contemplating flying away, a very obvious placing of one on the envelope of the note with social security numbers, and on the floor outside of Sullivan's apartment. Though it is considered that the most prevalent of all is when Costigan has Sullivan handcuffed in the elevator just prior to his death. A black X can be seen in duct tape on the wall behind them. Also before Officer Brown is killed, you can see a white X in his elevator wall which his head passes by in the same spot where Barrigan shoots him in the head. ^[4][5]

• After Sullivan leaves the porn theater, the chase through Chinatown is a tribute to Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai, with the shot of the glass mobile recalling the famous house-of-mirrors scene. The Lady from Shanghai is a 1948 Black-and-white Film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles his then-estranged ^[6]

• The funeral scene, where Madden walks away from Sullivan without speaking to him, pays homage to The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, where Anna walks away from Holly Martins. The Third Man ( is an award-winning British Film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, ^[7]

Soundtrack music

There were two albums released for The Departed, one presenting the original score composed for the movie by Howard Shore, and the other featuring earlier recordings, mostly pop/rock songs, which were used on the soundtrack. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs

Music from the Motion Picture album

The Departed
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released	November 7, 2006
Genre	Rock Film music Country Pop
Label	Warner Sunset
Producer	Jason Cienkus
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link

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Track Listing

1. "Comfortably Numb" (Roger Waters Feat. " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall Van Morrison and The Band, version from The Wall Concert in Berlin) – 7:59
2. "Sail On, Sailor" (Beach Boys) – 3:18
3. "Let It Loose" (Rolling Stones) – 5:18
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Roy Buchanan) – 3:32
5. "One Way Out" (Allman Brothers Band) – 4:57
6. "Baby Blue" (Badfinger) – 3:36
7. "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:34
8. "Nobody But Me" (Human Beinz) – 2:18
9. "Tweedle Dee" (LaVern Baker) – 3:10
10. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" (Patsy Cline) – 2:34
11. "The Departed Tango" (Howard Shore, Marc Ribot) – 3:32
12. "Beacon Hill" (Howard Shore, Sharon Isbin) – 2:33

Original Score album

The Departed
Soundtrack by Howard Shore
Released	December 5, 2006
Genre	Soundtracks Film music
Label	New Line
Producer	Jason Cienkus
Professional reviews
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Track Listing

1. "Cops or Criminals" – 2:01
2. "344 Wash" – 2:03
3. "Beacon Hill" – 2:36
4. "The Faithful Departed" – 3:01
5. "Colin" – 2:09
6. "Madolyn" – 2:14
7. "Billy's Theme" – 6:58
8. "Command" – 3:15
9. "Chinatown" – 3:16
10. "Boston Common" – 2:53
11. "Miss Thing" – 1:45
12. "The Baby" – 2:48
13. "The Last Rites" – 3:05
14. "The Departed Tango" – 3:38

Boston setting

A still from the theatrical trailer: the incorporation of the Boston Back Bay skyline into the gun reinforces the film's thematic use of Boston's heritage and culture.

Born to an Irish-American family in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts, William Monahan (who adapted the screenplay from Infernal Affairs) incorporates the culture and history of Boston heavily into the film. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former Infernal Affairs ( is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. The first images are news clips from the busing riots of the 1970s, over which Costello muses about the city's troubled racial history. Desegregation busing in the United States (also known as forced busing or busing) is the practice of attempting to integrate schools by assigning students to Several times, Dignam refers to Costigan as "lace curtain", a term used primarily in the Boston metropolitan area by working-class Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans to disparage upper-middle class Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans who have "strayed from their roots" in their attempt to better themselves.

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The character Frank Costello was largely based on James "Whitey" Bulger, a real life Irish-American mobster in Boston who was secretly an FBI informant for over three decades. James Joseph " Whitey " Bulger Jr (born September 3 1929) is a wanted fugitive and alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang The revelation that the FBI had long protected Bulger and his gang from prosecution caused a major scandal in Boston law enforcement. Bulger was believed to have been seen coming out of a theater showing the film in San Diego in November 2006. ^[8][9] Matt Damon's character is based on John Connolly, the FBI agent who tipped off Bulger for years, allowing him to evade arrest. John J Connolly Jr is a former FBI agent currently incarcerated in a federal penitentiary for racketeering and obstruction of justice convictions stemming from his relationship In real life, Bulger went into hiding and is still presumed to be at large, currently occupying a spot on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list; Connolly is currently imprisoned for his role in Bulger's criminal activities. See also Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, FBI Most Wanted Terrorists The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 ^[10] Costigan's undercover role as a former State trooper who joins the Irish mob parallels the story of Richard Marinick, a former State trooper who later joined Whitey Bulger's crime syndicate. Costigan also lives in Somerville, where Bulger's Winter Hill Gang began. Thomas Duffy, the film's technical advisor (he also plays the Governor at the State Police Academy graduation ceremony), is a former MSP major who was assigned to investigate the Irish mob upon making detective.

Reception

The Departed was highly anticipated when it was released on October 6, 2006 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The film is currently one of the highest-rated wide release films of 2006 on Rotten Tomatoes at 92%,^[11] the sixth highest on Metacritic. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books.

Popular critic James Berardinelli awarded the film four stars out of four, praising it as "an American epic tragedy. James Berardinelli (born September 1967 is an Online Film critic. " He went on to compare the film favorably to the onslaught of banality offered by American studios in recent years. "The movies have been in the doldrums lately. The Departed is a much needed tonic," he wrote. He also went on to claim that the film deserves to be ranked alongside Scorsese's past successes, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas. Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Raging Bull is a 1980 Biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is an Academy Award winning 1990 Crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese ^[12]

Andrew Lau, the co-director of Infernal Affairs, who was interviewed by Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, said, "Of course I think the version I made is better, but the Hollywood version is pretty good too. Not to be confused with singer and actor Andy Lau. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung ( born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong Infernal Affairs ( is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. This article is about the Hong Kong version of the newspaper For the Taiwan version of the newspaper see Apple Daily (Taiwan Apple [Scorsese] made the Hollywood version more attuned to American culture. " Andy Lau, one of the main actors in Infernal Affairs, when asked how the movie compares to the original, said, "The Departed was too long and it felt as if Hollywood had combined all three Infernal Affairs movies together. Not to be confused with film director Andrew Lau. Andy Lau Tak-Wah MH, JP (born September 27 1961 is a Hong Kong "^[13] Lau pointed out that the remake featured some of the "golden quotes" of the original but did have much more swearing. He ultimately rated The Departed 8/10 and said that the Hollywood remake is worth a view, though "the effect of combining the two female characters in the original into one isn't as good as in the original", according to Lau's spokeswoman Alice Tam. ^[14]

The film also evoked some controversy in Boston. Michael Patrick MacDonald, author of the Southie memoirs All Souls and Easter Rising, wrote an op-ed piece for The Boston Globe^[15] praising the film's ability to recreate the "strangulating" culture created by Boston gangsters, politicians, and law enforcement officials at all levels of local, state, and federal government - a culture of violent death and silence that led to years of young suicides and an epidemic of painkilling through heroin and Oxycontin, the latter even shown in the film. Michael Patrick MacDonald (born March 9, 1966) is an Irish-American activist against crime and violence and author of his memoir All Souls A Family Oxycodone is an Opioid Analgesic Medication synthesized from Thebaine. The op-ed piece caused a stir in Boston, eliciting a missive from a South Boston state senator as well as letters from South Boston real estate agents concerned about the "negative" depiction of the "trendy" neighborhood of South Boston.

The film grossed $26,887,467 in its opening weekend, becoming the third Scorsese film to debut at #1. The film saw small declines in later weeks, remaining in the list of top ten films for seven weeks. The film grossed $132,384,315 domestically and $289,835,021 worldwide. Budgeted at $90 million, the film is believed to be the most commercially successful of Scorsese's features and is his highest-grossing film to date, easily beating The Aviator's previous record of $102. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 6 million.

The film won four Academy Awards at the 79th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese) (The latter was thought to be long overdue, and some entertainment critics subsequently referred to it as Scorsese's "Lifetime Achievement" Oscar), Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Best Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The 79th Academy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars) honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25 2007 500 p The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934 Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January) is an American 3-time Academy Award -winning Film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former Mark Wahlberg was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance. Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of Film or Theatre professionals in recognition of the work

Top ten lists

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006. ^[16]

Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal, Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it one of the top ten best films of 2006. James Berardinelli (born September 1967 is an Online Film critic. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The Miami Herald is a daily Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Florida. The AV Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion eaters. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, commonly abbreviated locally as the Dem-Gaz, Demgaz or DemoZet, is a daily newspaper published in Little The Baltimore Sun (officially just The Sun) is Maryland ’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides comprehensive coverage The AV Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion eaters. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually The Oregonian is the major daily Newspaper in Portland Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Premiere was an American and New York City -based film Magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U The Austin Chronicle is an Alternative weekly, Tabloid -style Newspaper published every Thursday in Austin Texas, United The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Empire is a British Film Magazine published Monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 The AV Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion eaters. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. The AV Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion eaters. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H Michael Sragow (born 26 June, 1952 in New Jersey is a film critic and columnist who has written for The Baltimore Sun, The New Times The Baltimore Sun (officially just The Sun) is Maryland ’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides comprehensive coverage USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United ^[16] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times named it the best film of 2006. Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is a Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and from September 2000 through August 2008 The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois.

Awards and nominations

Single-disc DVD cover for The Departed

London Film Critics Circle:

• Nominated: Film of the Year
• Nominated: British Producer (Graham King)
• Nominated: Best Director (Martin Scorsese)

Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards:

• Won: Best Gangstertainment

Toronto Film Critics Association:

• Nominated: Best Picture
• Nominated: Best Director (Martin Scorsese)
• Nominated: Best Supporting Male Performance (Mark Wahlberg)
• Nominated: Best Screenplay (William Monahan)

2-disc DVD cover for The Departed

DVD and HD release

The Departed was released by Warner Brothers on DVD on February 13, 2007 in Region 1 format and on February 19, 2007 in Region 2 format, and has also been released on March 14, 2007 in Region 4 format. The 79th Academy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars) honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25 2007 500 p Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January) is an American 3-time Academy Award -winning Film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese William Monahan (ˈwɪljəm ˈmɒnəhæn (born November 3 1960 is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Literary novelist and former Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971 is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA -winning American actor rapper and Producer of Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors ( ACE) is an honorary society of Film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements 11th ADG Awards 2nd AFCA Awards 27th BSFC Awards 60th BAFTA Film Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals 12th BFCA Critics' Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer 19th CFCA Awards Michael Ballhaus, ASC (born 5 August 1935, Eichelsdorf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany) is a German 13th DFWFCA 59th DGA Awards 11th FFCC Awards 64th Golden 41st KCFCC Awards 10th LVFCS Awards The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV ( Music Television) 78th NBR Awards 72nd NYFCC Awards 41st NSFC Awards 10th Online 18th Producers Graham King (born December 19, 1961) is a Film producer and President and CEO of Initial Entertainment Group who is best known for his The Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix -based publications 11th Satellite 15th SEFCA 5th WAFCA Awards 59th WGA Awards The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of the The Critics' Circle is known internationally The Spike Guys' Choice Awards is an awards show patterned after the MTV Movie Awards (Also owned by Viacom) It was first shown on June 13, 2007 The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA is an organization of Film reviewers from Toronto -based publications Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The film is available in a single-disc full screen (1:33:1), single-disc widescreen (2:40:1) edition, and 2-disc special edition. The second disc of this film predominately contains features that concerned the crimes that influenced Scorsese with deleted scenes being the only feature that are actually film related. The Region 1 version has three available audio tracks: English, Spanish, and French (all of which are in Dolby Digital 5. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played 1), and also three subtitle tracks (English, Spanish, French). The film was also released on HD DVD and Blu-ray at the same time as the standard-definition DVD. not insert the publicly disclosed HD DVD key into this article for the time being The 2-Disc Special Edition was also packaged in a Limited Edition Metal Steelbook. It also marked the first time that an Oscar winning Best Picture was released to the home video market only in the DVD format, as VHS was totally phased out by the start of 2006; the 2005 Best Picture, Crash, was the last Oscar winner to be issued in the VHS format. Crash is a 2005 Drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004 and was released

Potential sequel

In February 2007, Mark Wahlberg had an interview with Empire Magazine about The Departed 2. February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Empire is a British Film Magazine published Monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. Although the film hasn't been greenlit yet, Wahlberg stated that there might be a sequel, and they're considering bringing in Robert De Niro to play a senator or a congressman. Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer He also stated that William Monahan is busy penning the script and that shooting could begin sometime in "the beginning of next year or end of this year". ^[18]

However, the film is said to be on hold, due to producer Brad Grey's involvement since he's now the head of Paramount Pictures and the film is a Warner Bros. project. Brad Alan Grey (born December 29, 1957) is an American film, Television producer, and former Talent manager currently Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and ^[19]

Word has now come out that HBO is looking to do a series based on the movie that would be both a prequel and a sequel. Also, IMDB has a page on the "Untitled Departed Sequel," with a release date of 2009.

Cultural references

The film was satirized in a 2008 episode of The Simpsons called "The Debarted". 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " The Debarted " is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons ' nineteenth season.

See also

• Infernal Affairs
• Infernal Affairs II
• Infernal Affairs III
• Irish American
• Irish Mob
• 79th Academy Awards

Notes

Further reading

• Brad Balfour. "MARTIN SCORSESE, LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, MATT DAMON, VERA FARMIGA AND WILLIAM MONAHAN (records two 40-minute press conference sessions)", PopEntertainment. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.  

External links

• The Departed at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website of The Departed
• The Departed at Rotten Tomatoes
• The script at imsdb