 The Departed
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by: William Monahan
Release Date: October 6th, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, strong sexual content, drug material.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
 Domestic: $132,384,315 (45.7%)
Foreign: $157,463,039 (54.3%)
Total: $289,847,354 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Cops or criminals. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?
Based on the Chinese-linguage Hong Kong gangster film of the same name ("Wu jian dao"), "Infernal Affairs" will be reset in Boston amid Irish-American mobsters and the cops who are their nemeses.
The film was written by William Monahan. Damon would play a gangster who has infiltrated the Boston police department as part of its cadet class and has been steadily rising through the ranks. DiCaprio will play a cop who's been deep undercover inside the mob and is starting to come unglued. Each side works feverishly to flush the mole out, with deadly consequences.
"The Departed" is set 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.
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