The departed

Resource Information

The work The departed represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The departed

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures ; Vertigo Entertainment ; Initial Entertainment Group ; Plan B Entertainment ; Media Asia Films ; produced by Brad Grey, Graham King, Brad Pitt, Martin Scorsese ; screenplay by William Monahan ; directed by Martin Scorsese

Contributor

• Initial Entertainment Group
• Media Asia Group (Hong Kong)
• Plan B Entertainment (Firm)
• Vertigo Entertainment (Firm)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Anderson, Anthony, 1970-
• Baldwin, Alec, 1958-
• Corrigan, Kevin, 1969-
• Damon, Matt
• DiCaprio, Leonardo
• Farmiga, Vera
• Grey, Brad, 1958-
• King, Graham
• Monahan, William
• Nicholson, Jack
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Scorsese, Martin
• Sheen, Martin
• Wahlberg, Mark, 1971-
• Winstone, Ray, 1957-

Subject

• Crime -- Feature
• Crimen organizado -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Teatro
• Criminal behavior -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Delitos -- Massachusetts | Boson -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Gangster -- Feature
• Gangster films
• Gangster films
• Infiltration (Military science) -- Drama
• Organized crime -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Organized crime investigation -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Police -- Massachusetts -- Drama
• South Boston (Boston, Mass.) -- Drama
• Suspense films
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Undercover operations -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Crime
• Drama
• Feature films
• Gangster
• Gangster films
• Suspense films
• Teatro
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate

Awards note

National Board of Review (USA), 2006: NBR - Best Director (Martin Scorsese) ; Best Ensemble.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Kristi Zea ; visual effects supervisor, Rob Legato

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material

Language note

English, French or Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

D4737843 2007

PerformerNote

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan

Runtime

152

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action