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Where was The Departed filmed?

2006 film, directed by Martin Scorsese.

  • Charlestown

The story is set in Boston, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Boston
Filmed in
Charlestown
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About The Departed

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Released
2006
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonMark WahlbergMartin SheenRay WinstoneVera FarmigaAnthony AndersonAlec BaldwinKevin Corrigan
Genre
Crime ThrillerDramaCrimeThrillerGangster
Based on
Infernal Affairs
Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture; Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Film Editing and 4 more

Colin Sullivan, first introduced to Boston Irish mob boss Frank Costello in the 1980s, has been groomed for years as Costello's spy inside the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).

Sullivan begins dating police psychiatrist Madolyn Madden, who becomes Costigan's court-ordered therapist.

Costigan and Queenan learn that Costello is a protected FBI informant.

Famous lines from The Departed

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • James Joyce.Colin Sullivan
  • Smart, Colin.Frank Costello
  • South Boston?Frank Lazio
  • Fuck yourself.Ellerby
  • How's your mother?Ellerby

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