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The Departed (2006)

Name: The Departed
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: drama film, epic film, crime film
Duration: 151 min
Rating: 8.5

The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. A remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film 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 film is set primarily in South Boston; Irish Mob boss Frank Costello plants Colin Sullivan as a spy…

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Michael Ballhaus · Cut by Thelma Schoonmaker · Music by Howard Shore · Ratio 2.35:1 · 151 min

How it was made

Warner Bros. and producers Brad Grey and Brad Pitt paid $1.75 million for the rights to remake the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.
Screenwriter William Monahan modelled Frank Costello on the real Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger, adding realism drawn from the FBI's carte blanche arrangement with Bulger in exchange for informant tips; technical consultant Tom Duffy, a thirty-year Boston Police Department veteran and former undercover detective investigating the Irish mob, advised on the production.
Brad Pitt, originally set to play Sullivan, dropped out believing a younger actor should have the role and produced the film instead, after which Scorsese's associate Kenneth Lonergan suggested Boston native Matt Damon for the part.
Despite the Boston setting, many interior scenes were shot on locations and sets in New York City for budgetary reasons, since New York offered tax incentives that Boston did not have at the time.
Howard Shore's score was performed by a quartet of guitarists, Sharon Isbin, G. E. Smith, Larry Saltzman and Marc Ribot; Scorsese described the sound he wanted as a dangerous and lethal tango, citing the guitar score of Murder by Contract and the zither music of The Third Man as reference points.

Behind the scenes

How Jack Nicholson Took Control of The Departed — Filmatic · 6 min
Deleted Scenes (The Departed Blu ray Extra) — Music and stuff · 19 min
The Departed Wins Best Picture: 79th Oscars (2007) — Oscars · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Martin Scorsese

What Happens at Night
The Wager
A Life of Jesus
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? — 1963
It's Not Just You — 1964
The Big Shave — 1967
Who's That Knocking at My Door — 1967
Street Scenes — 1970
Woodstock — 1970
Boxcar Bertha — 1972
Mean Streets — 1973
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — 1974
Italianamerican — 1974
Taxi Driver — 1976
New York, New York — 1978
The Last Waltz — 1978
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince — 1978
Raging Bull — 1980
The King of Comedy — 1982
After Hours — 1985
The Color of Money — 1986
The Last Temptation of Christ — 1988
New York Stories — 1989
Goodfellas — 1990
Made in Milan — 1990
Cape Fear — 1992
Scorsese X 4: Four Short Films By Martin Scorsese — 1992
The Age of Innocence — 1993
Casino — 1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies — 1995

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