The Departed

The Departed
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Directed byMartin Scorsese
Screenplay byWilliam Monahan
Based on
Infernal Affairs
by
  • Alan Mak
  • Felix Chong
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited byThelma Schoonmaker
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (North America and select international territories)
  • Media Asia Distribution (Hong Kong)
  • Initial Entertainment Group (Select overseas territories)
Release dates
  • September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26) (Ziegfeld Theatre)
  • October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06) (United States)
Running time
151 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90 million
Box office$291.5 million

The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller movie, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. A remake of the 2002 Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs, it is also loosely based on real-life people, including the Winter Hill Gang, corrupt FBI agent John Connolly and Irish-American crime boss Whitey Bulger. The movie is set primarily in South Boston; Irish Mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) as a spy within the Massachusetts State Police; simultaneously, the police assign undercover state trooper Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello's mob crew. The ensemble cast also features Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson, and James Badge Dale.

The Departed premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre on September 26, 2006, and was released on October 6 by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States. A critical and commercial success, the movie grossed $291.5 million on a $90 million budget, and received acclaim for its direction, performances (particularly of DiCaprio, Nicholson and Wahlberg), screenplay and editing. At the 79th Academy Awards, The Departed won Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese (his only ever personal Oscar win), Best Adapted Screenplay for Monahan, and Best Editing for Thelma Schoonmaker. It also received six nominations each at the 64th Golden Globe Awards (winning one) and the 60th British Academy Film Awards, and two nominations at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

References

  1. 1 2 "The Departed". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Departed (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ Ebert, Roger (July 5, 2007). "Good and evil, in each other's masks". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

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