Crime drama
Synopsis
In Boston an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) gains a gangland chief's (Jack Nicholson) trust, while a career criminal (Matt Damon) infiltrates the police force for the mob.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, James Badge Dale, David Patrick O'Hara, Mark Rolston, Kevin Corrigan, Anthony Anderson, Amanda Lynch, Tracey Paleo, Kristen Dalton, Tom Kemp, Gary Lockwood
Producer(s): Warner Bros., Vertigo, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B Entertainment
Crew: Director - Martin Scorsese, Writer - William Monahan, Producer - Brad Pitt, Producer - Brad Grey, Producer - Graham King, Executive Producer - Roy Lee, Executive Producer - Gianni Nunnari, Executive Producer - Doug Davison, Executive Producer - G. Mac Brown, Executive Producer - Kristin Hahn, Original Music - Howard Shore, Cinematographer - Michael Ballhaus, Film Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker, Production Design - Kristi Zea, Set Decoration - Leslie Rollins, Art Direction - Teresa Carriker-Thayer, Art Direction - Nicholas Lundy, Costume Designer - Sandy Powell, Casting - Ellen Lewis
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: 10/06/2006
Running Time: 152 minutes
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed."
"The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob run by gangland chief Costello (Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan (Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for Costello, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit.
Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy -- and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, A Plan B / Initial Entertainment Group / Vertigo Entertainment Production, in association with Media Asia Films, a Martin Scorsese Picture, "The Departed," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin.
The film is directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay by William Monahan. Brad Pitt, Brad Grey and Graham King produced "The Departed," with Roy Lee, Doug Davison, G. Mac Brown, Kristin Hahn and Gianni Nunnari serving as executive producers and Joseph Reidy co-producing.
Collaborating with Scorsese behind the scenes were director of photography Michael Ballhaus, production designer Kristie Zea, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, and costumes designer Sandy Powell. The score is composed by Howard Shore.
"The Departed" is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. This film has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material."
