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6.5The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as James 'Whitey' Bulger
- Joel Edgerton as John Connolly
- Julianne Nicholson as Marianne Connolly
- Dakota Johnson as Lindsey Cyr
- Kevin Bacon as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Billy Bulger
Themes
- prostitute
- corruption
- boston, massachusetts
- gangster
- fbi
- senator
- based on true story
- irish mob
- beaten to death
- pay phone
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Scott Cooper
- Screenplay by
- Mark Mallouk Jez Butterworth
- Based on
- Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal , by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
- Produced by
- John Lesher Brian Oliver Scott Cooper Patrick McCormick Tyler Thompson
- Starring
- Johnny Depp Joel Edgerton Benedict Cumberbatch Rory Cochrane Jesse Plemons Kevin Bacon
- Cinematography
- Masanobu Takayanagi
- Edited by
- David Rosenbloom
- Music by
- Tom Holkenborg
- Production companies
- Cross Creek Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Le Grisbi Productions Head Gear Films Vendian Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- September 4, 2015 ( 2015-09-04 ) ( Venice ) September 18, 2015 ( 2015-09-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $53 million
- Box office
- $100 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Black Mass is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film about American mobster Whitey Bulger. Directed by Scott Cooper and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, it is based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's 2000 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob. The film features an ensemble cast led by Johnny Depp as Bulger, alongside Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, and Corey Stoll.
Principal photography of the film took place in Boston between May and August 2014. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide on September 18, 2015. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $100 million on a $53 million budget.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black Mass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.