Undercover. Underhanded. Unrestrained.
In The Departed, two just-graduated officers from the Massachusetts State Police Academy are following opposite sides of the law. Billy Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello in an effort to get enough evidence to arrest him. Costello’s protégé, Officer Colin Sullivan, is the mob’s informant on the force. But when it becomes obvious there’s a traitor on both sides, each “rat” does his best to identify the other before being exposed himself.
In The Departed, two just-graduated officers from the Massachusetts State Police Academy are following opposite sides of the law. Billy Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello in an effort to get enough evidence to arrest him. Costello’s protégé, Officer Colin Sullivan, is the mob’s informant on the force. But when it becomes obvious there’s a traitor on both sides, each “rat” does his best to identify the other before being exposed himself.
Trivia
The Departed is an American remake of the Hong Kong film Internal Affairs.
Budgeted at $90 million, The Departed grossed nearly $290 million worldwide.
This is the only remake of a foreign film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
One of the main reasons Jack Nicholson joined the production was because he wanted to play the role of a villain again.
This is the first Scorsese film that Jack Nicholson has appeared in.
The Departed is an American remake of the Hong Kong film Internal Affairs.
Budgeted at $90 million, The Departed grossed nearly $290 million worldwide.
This is the only remake of a foreign film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
One of the main reasons Jack Nicholson joined the production was because he wanted to play the role of a villain again.
This is the first Scorsese film that Jack Nicholson has appeared in.