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The Departed

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Infernal Affairs

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Notes On An American Film Director At Work: Martin Scorsese

Original title: The Departed
Year: 2006
Running time: 149 min.
Country: United States
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: William Monahan (Remake: Alan Mak, Felix Chong)
Music: Howard Shore
Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Kevin Corrigan, James Badge Dale, David O'Hara, Anthony Anderson, Mark Rolston, Conor Donovan, Francesca Scorsese
Producer: Warner Bros., Plan B Entertainment, IEG Virtual Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Films (Distributor: Warner Bros.)
Genre: Thriller. Drama. Action | Mafia. Remake. Crime. Cop Movies
Movie Groups: Infernal Affairs
Synopsis / Plot: In South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on organized crime, young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Costello (Jack Nicholson). While Billy is quickly gaining Costello’s confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit.

Awards: 2006: 4 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. 5 Nominations

2006: Golden Globe: Best Director. 6 Nominations

2006: BAFTA Awards: 6 Nominations, including Best Editing, Movie and Adap. Screenplay

2006: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Director, Acting Ensemble

2006: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Director. 3 Nominations

2006: 2 Critics' Choice Awards: Best Picture, Director. 7 Nominations

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2006: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best film, Director & Adapted Screenplay. 6 Nom.

2006: 4 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, incl. Best Film. 6 Nominations

2006: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

2006: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director

2006: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Adapted Screenplay

2006: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): 2 Nominations including Best Cast in a Motion Picture

2006: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

Critics' reviews

"A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams (...) [It] pins you to your seat (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"What helps make 'The Departed' at once a success and a relief isn’t that the director (...) is back on the mean streets where he belongs; what’s at stake here is the film and the filmmaking, not the director’s epic importance."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"This reworking of a popular Hong Kong picture pulses with energy, tangy dialogue and crackling performances from a fine cast."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"A crime drama of thrilling breadth and intensity (...) [It] seems to have been made in a state of exultation, and holds you captive in a state of delight."

Joe Morgenstern: The Wall Street Journal
"'The Departed' is completely engrossing, a master class in suspense. But in moral terms it may be the least involving story that Scorsese--an artist much preoccupied with morality--has ever taken on."

J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
"What makes this a Scorsese film, and not merely a retread, is the director's use of actors, locations and energy, and its buried theme (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"'The Departed' is a robust piece of storytelling and his best film since 'Casino' in 1995. Everything is rock solid (...) Scorsese's relaxed energy infuses the film with excitement in every frame"

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
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