#Fbi undercover agent mole 1980s full#

Scorsese has a nice feel for Boston's atmosphere, as good as what he had for Goodfellas in New York and Casino in Las Vegas. Nicholson's character has survived in many ways, that's all I can say. If you think you know how this film ends, I guarantee you will be wrong.

#Fbi undercover agent mole 1980s full#

The real Whitey Bulger is 80 years old now and in real life he was as full of tricks as Nicholson's character is in the film. Leonardo DiCaprio had a career year, he might have been nominated himself if he wasn't up for Best Actor in Blood Diamond. The Departed won additional Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing to go with the Best Picture And Best Director Oscars for Scorsese. Wahlberg was the only one who came up short at Oscar time. He lost to Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine. Mark Wahlberg for his role as one of the task force trying to take Nicholson down got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Both of these players are well known for their Boston roots and they fit really well into their parts. Scorsese probably had a lot of help in having both Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg in the cast. There are no dummies on either side, the police aren't keystone cops and the criminals as shrewd and brutal as they come.

At that point the whole film becomes a cat and mouse game on both sides with each having their informants on the other side. But the Boston PD has put one of their own undercover in the person of Leonardo DiCaprio whose family knows Nicholson from the neighborhood. A great spot for a mole to keep an eye on pending investigations. One of them being that years ago he put a young man played by Matt Damon through the Boston Police Academy, concealing a juvenile record and Damon moved gradually up the ranks and got to work in the Boston PD Internal Affairs Division. Getting this man won't be easy because he has a full bag of tricks. I didn't add the word distinguished because scandal crept around that man all his life. He came from a really interesting family because a brother of his William Bulger had a long political career that culminated in that Bulger being elected President of the Massachusetts State Senate. Nicholson's character is based on Whitey Bulger who was the real life organized crime chieftain of the Boston area. That was Scorsese's little joke because the real Frank Costello was one of the Mafia overlords back in the day, although his real name was an Italian one.

The film is simple enough, the police want to take down organized crime kingpin Jack Nicholson who plays a character named Frank Costello. Instead of an Italian atmosphere for The Departed, Scorsese decided to use the Boston Irish who are the dominant group of that city in everything including crime.

But it certainly was the Best Film of that year as well, rivaled in my humble opinion by Blood Diamond. It's not my favorite Scorsese film, that honor belongs to Casino for me. You may reach the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Valossa when needed, and the details for doing so can be found in the updated Privacy Policy.Ĭlick 'OK' to agree and continue using The Departed finally gained for Martin Scorsese a Best Director Oscar it was felt it might have been for the work of a lifetime. Under the GDPR, you have several rights, such as accessing your own personal data, erasing of that data, and the right to be notified within 72 hours of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk for your rights and freedoms. By using our services on or after, you will be agreeing to the changes. If you use our services to process personal information of EU-resident natural persons you need to comply with the GDPR. Please review Valossa's updated Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy. The GDPR strengthens and clarifies the rights of EU-resident natural persons with regard to their personal information The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy for Valossa services have been updated accordingly. On, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 will come into force.