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"'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. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that there¿s a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy -- and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself."

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808745378 (a few production photos)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
Cast:

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"Leonardo DiCaprio .... Billy Costigan Matt Damon .... Colin Sullivan Jack Nicholson .... Frank Costello Martin Sheen .... Queenan Vera Farmiga .... Madeleine Mark Wahlberg .... Dignam Anthony Anderson .... Brown Ray Winstone .... Mr. French Alec Baldwin .... Ellerby Amanda Lynch .... Carmen"

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"Produced by Jennifer Aniston .... producer G. Mac Brown .... executive producer Doug Davison .... executive producer Brad Grey .... producer Graham King .... producer Roy Lee .... executive producer Gianni Nunnari .... executive producer Brad Pitt .... producer Joseph P. Reidy .... co-producer Martin Scorsese .... producer "

kind of interesting to see two of those names up there.

cinematography by michael balhaus
http://imdb.com/name/nm0000841/

original music by howard shore
http://imdb.com/name/nm0006290/

^both are very accomplished, check the links to see what else they've worked on.

and as always thelma schoonmaker on editing.

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"Felix Chong original film "Wu jian dao" Siu Fai Mak original film "Wu jian dao""

i just realized that this was a remake from ^ the writing credits. "Cape Fear" was spectacular though i don't know how it compares with the original (with robert mitchum and gregory peck).

has anyone seen this film? i'd like to check it out after the departed comes out to compare the two.

I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FILM!

3/23/2006 8:11:19 AM

goddamnit what is the hard-on w/ dicaprio and scorcese?? why does he get stuck in ruts with actors?

3/23/2006 9:38:11 AM

Produced by Jennifer Aniston?

3/23/2006 10:45:58 AM

and brad pitt

hahaha

3/23/2006 11:14:15 AM

Flop

3/23/2006 11:27:21 AM

The original film, Infernal Affairs, is abosolutely great.

3/23/2006 11:31:41 AM

Jennifer Aniston wtf

3/23/2006 11:42:48 AM

Somehow he needs to get the three six mafia involved.

3/23/2006 11:45:38 AM

They need to get Ben Affleck somewhere in there too; maybe as another producer... Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston?...have they ever produced before? i havent heard if they have or not

3/23/2006 1:48:22 PM

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"goddamnit what is the hard-on w/ dicaprio and scorcese?? why does he get stuck in ruts with actors?"

Well I suppose dick-riding is always a possibility but it might simply be that he took to DiCaprio because he knows how to get something unique out of him, might be a click between the two.

One French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has used Dominique Pinon in three of his films so far (Amélie, Alien: Resurrection, and Delicatessen) just off the top of my head.

3/23/2006 2:30:27 PM

you people who are all like "brad pitt jennifer anniston wtf?"

you've just gone on my list of "people who know roughly 'shit' about hollywood"

thanks for playing

ps, when did jack nicholson get attached to this project, it was someone else for the longest time i thought

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"Robert De Niro was signed on for this film, but was forced to drop out."

there we go

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 2:38 PM. Reason : `]

3/23/2006 2:36:25 PM

^
IMDB lists Jennifer Aniston's production credits as:

A Million Little Pieces (2006) (announced) (producer)
The Senator's Wife (2006) (announced) (producer)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2006) (announced) (producer)
The Departed (2006) (post-production) (producer)
Running with Scissors (2006) (completed) (producer)

So if you don't know that she has successfully produced two films throughout her entire career (including this one) and plans on producing three more, you know nothing about hollywood?

Am I missing something? cause I don't get it.

Brad Pitt isn't listed as having produced anything before 2006 either.

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 3:58 PM. Reason : I'm just out of the loop ]

3/23/2006 3:55:56 PM

yes

thats exactly what i'm saying

thanks for saving me the keystrokes

3/23/2006 4:02:11 PM

Vera Farmiga was in a movie called Down to the Bone this year, and she's a fine looking woman. Good actress, too, I guess.

3/23/2006 4:04:41 PM

^^

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"Am I missing something? cause I don't get it."

Thanks for the explanation. I get it now.

3/23/2006 4:07:04 PM

DURING THE BRAD/JENNIFER SPLIT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN HOLLYWOOD, ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS PARTS OF THE DIVORCE WAS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO SHARE/SPLIT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY THEY HAD JUST STARTED

WE'RE NOT TALKING MOVIE KNOWLEDGE HERE

WE'RE TALKING "HOLLYWOOD"

THE KIND OF SHIT YOU WOULD SEE ON ACCESS HOLLYWOOD OR ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

3/23/2006 4:16:24 PM

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"goddamnit what is the hard-on w/ dicaprio and scorcese?? why does he get stuck in ruts with actors?"

if its the number of films they have made together that is botheringyou...i don't hear you complaining about the scorsese/de niro duo that made more than twice as many as scorsese and dicaprio have made so far.

the combination works. "gangs of new york" and "the aviator" were both SPECTACULAR.

scorsese isn't the only one that "gets stuck in ruts with actors".

spielberg/tom hanks
hitchcock/jimmy stewart

those are the only two i can think of right now but there are lots more.

its not that hard to imagine why a director would want to work with an actor repeatedly.

3/23/2006 7:44:55 PM

gangs of new york was decent but it didnt seem to be a "scorcese" movie. just seemed to have a diff style. i havent seen aviator yet so i will withhold judgement i guess. it just doesnt seem like leo is right for this role. he still looks like a pretty 18 yr old and he is supposed to play a tough cop who infiltrates the mob?

who knows though i have def been wrong before

3/23/2006 7:50:35 PM

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"Jennifer Aniston .... producer"

eh?

3/23/2006 7:55:48 PM

GOOD FUCKING GRIEF

HOW HAS NOBODY HEARD OF "PLAN B"

3/23/2006 8:01:26 PM

what's a guy gotta do to get an oscar???

3/23/2006 8:02:38 PM

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"gangs of new york was decent but it didnt seem to be a "scorcese" movie. just seemed to have a diff style. i havent seen aviator yet so i will withhold judgement i guess. it just doesnt seem like leo is right for this role. he still looks like a pretty 18 yr old and he is supposed to play a tough cop who infiltrates the mob? who knows though i have def been wrong before"

watch the aviator. you will be impressed.

3/23/2006 8:21:04 PM

I think Scorsese brings out a very intense, focused and lonesome quality in Di Caprio that other directors never touched. If you compare The Man in the Iron Mask to The Aviator, you'll see, or Catch Me if you Can to Gangs of New York, again it's obvious. People used to have an image of him being a teen star but Scorsese has really made him into a unique character actor, like DuVal or Al Pacino.

3/23/2006 9:55:09 PM

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3/23/2006 10:00:45 PM

actually i think Basketball Diaries is my favorite DiCaprio performance

and its not really fair to include man in the iron mask, that movie was horrible





V i need an embarassed smiley for my parenthesized comment

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 10:09 PM. Reason : ^Mark Wahlberg can be money sometimes, see: Fear, Three Kings, BB Diaries (rock star) ]

3/23/2006 10:07:19 PM