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WTF Happened to The Departed?
Posted 1 year ago
We take a look behind the scenes of Martin Scorsese's The Departed, the remake of Infernal Affairs that finally won him an Oscar.
The Departed
- Theatrical - Wide 2006-10-06
- Cast Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen
- Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Written by William Monahan
Box Office Gross:
$291,465,000
Running Time:
151 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Films
Genres:
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Synopsis
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... See more the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there’s a mole among them.
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