The Departed: Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Traditional

The Departed is the film that gained the legendary Martin Scorsese his first – and to this point solely – Oscar for Finest Director. Whereas it’s outrageous he didn’t win for Raging Bull or Goodfellas, it might’t be denied that his Boston set crime epic struck a chord with audiences, changing into considered one of his greatest worldwide hits, grossing over $290 million on the field workplace. Maybe this isn’t a shock because the film teamed among the greatest stars in Hollywood of the time (the mid-2000s_ with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg taking part in the leads. The movie is definitely a remake of the Hong Kong basic Infernal Affairs, which starred Tony Leung and Andy Lau within the roles performed right here by DiCaprio and Damon.

In it, DiCaprio performs a Boston cop despatched undercover into the Irish Mob, run by the psychotic Frank Costello (Nicholson). In return, Costello has a mole of his personal, Matt Damon’s Colin Sullivan, who’s rising excessive within the police division. The 2 wind up on a violent collision course with fellow Boston cops, performed by Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg, alongside for the trip. All of it provides as much as one heck of a criminal offense thriller, and the film which arguably gave Jack Nicholson his ultimate vital large display function, with him retiring from films just some quick years after this hit theaters. On this episode of Revisited, we discover The Departed’s origins, the affect the Infernal Affairs trilogy had on the movie, and why the film by no means obtained a follow-up, regardless of a spin-off for Wahlberg’s Dignam being rumoured for years. This episode is written by Cody Hamman, narrated by Travis Hopson, produced by Adam Walton and edited by Juan Jimenez.