2006 2h 31m Martin Scorsese

The Departed

Name: The Departed
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Released: 2006
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

★ 8.5 IMDb

Drama Mystery & Thriller Crime

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 the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Writers Felix Chong, Alan Mak, William Monahan

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

DP Michael Ballhaus

Music Howard Shore

Essays and Criticism

On this film

The Departed by Justin Stewart, Reverse Shot The Departed by Rahul Hamid, Cineaste

On Martin Scorsese

Scorsese’s Men: Melancholia and the Mob by Chris Long, Cineaste Hollywood’s New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese by Michael Meneghetti, Screening the Past Martin Scorsese: ‘What is it about us as human beings that allows for… by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Is Toni Erdmann Ripe for a Hollywood Remake? by Yael Shuv, FIPRESCI THE DEPARTED: No departure by David Bordwell

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