How accurate is The Departed?

Jack Nicholson’s role as mob boss Frank Costello in Martin Scorsese’s Boston gangster drama “The Departed” is very loosely based on Whitey Bulger, though Scorsese’s film is actually a remake of the Hong Kong film “Infernal Affairs” from 2002.

Is The Departed realistic?

It is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and is also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger.

Was Delahunt really a cop in The Departed?

Timothy Delahunt was a member of Frank Costello’s gang, who was possibly a Boston Police Department undercover officer. He was portrayed by Mark Rolston.

Did Dignam know Sullivan rat?

Dignam already knew that Sullivan is the rat. Remember the premise, there are 2 rats in both sides. Those rats are Billy and Sullivan. Billy was wiped out earlier, and then at the ending, Sullivan was wiped out because Dignam now knows that Sullivan is the rat.

Was Frank Costello really an FBI informant?

He became the boss of his own mafia organization, with predominantly Irish-American members, the Costello crime family, in which French was also a leader, under Costello. He was also an FBI informant, who denounced mobsters including his men, those who “wasn’t going down anyway.”

What was Brad Pitt’s role in The Departed?

I thought I was too old for it.” Though he didn’t join its cast, Pitt stayed on as a producer of The Departed, a role that allowed this Scorsese picture to become the first film from Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, to score a Best Picture nomination.

What is Brad Pitts role in The Departed?

Why didnt he tell anyone Billy was the rat?

Before he dies he says he now knows he can’t kill anyone, and doesn’t tell anyone about Billy being the rat because he doesn’t want to be responsible for Billy’s death.

What was in the brown envelope in The Departed?

She was going to say something about it, and also that she wanted to be with him. The envelope contained the whole truth which she gave to marky mark by instruction from leo contained in the envelope which is why mark kills him in the end.

What makes ‘the departed’ so different from other movies?

With ‘The Departed’, though, Scorcese takes it a step further. In the film, he blurs the line between the good and the bad. The film throws everyone in the same pot and lets you decide which side you want to take. ‘The Departed’ is a remake of ‘Internal Affairs’, a 2002 Chinese film directed by Andrew Lau.

Is the departed a remake of Internal Affairs?

‘The Departed’ is a remake of ‘Internal Affairs’, a 2002 Chinese film directed by Andrew Lau. Although the overall designs of the films are similar, along with dramatic undertones, Scorcese infuses ‘The Departed’ with style and typically detailed notes from his cinematic universe.

Why is the ending of the departed so anticlimactic?

The ending to ‘The Departed’ can be categorized as anti-climactic. The reason for the same is the build-up, formidable and scintillating, that brought the two character’s world together. Many expected either one of the characters to finish as the winner. But the end was fitting, considering the central theme of the film: finding the rat.

Why did the police and government support Costello in the movie?

But the police and government were in support of Costello for several reasons. The movie was more of some sorts of deceptions. There was this borderline corruption as well as incompetence that went through different characters, most especially through the characters Dicaprio and Wahlberg/Sheen.