"The Departed" Team Takes On New Gangster Film

[GreenScar]

I love Gangster movies, do you think the cops and victims' families have a good point?

Director Martin Scorsese, screenwriter William Monahan, and producer Graham King are re-teaming after working on "The Departed" for another Boston-based gangster movie.

It was reported earlier that King had snagged the life rights of Boston underworld hitman John Martorano. Martorano was an enforcer and assassin for James "Whitey" Bulger, the South Boston crimelord and FBI informant who served as the basis for Jack Nicholson's kingpin in "The Departed." Martorano, who served 14 years in prison for killing 20 people, became a witness for the government and helped expose the corrupt relationship between Bulger and the FBI. Bulger's FBI handler is now in prison, while the ex-mob boss has been a fugitive since 1995.

Now The Boston Herald [via IGN] claims that "Scorsese met secretly with the Winter Hill Gang hitman at an Italian restaurant in the Back Bay while The Departed director was in town making Shutter Island. Then Marty had his longtime collaborator, producer Graham King, lock down the rights to Martorano's life story. It is also likely that William Monahan, who wrote the screenplay for 'The Departed,' which Scorsese directed and King produced, will write the Martorano script."

Word of a Martorano biopic has caused a furor in Boston, with many -- including cops and his victims' families -- condemning the very thought of turning the executioner's life story into a piece of entertainment.

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[Decepticon07]

Screw the vitims and families I say. Welcome to AMERICA!! We exploit anything and everything to make a quick buck.

[ixlegitballinxl]

Would depend on how the movie was written/directed... if he is made out to be a cool type gangster..then yea i get it.. but if it's to show how ruthless he was... then go for it!

either way, i'd watch it lol

[Blu_Ray_Fan]

Watching The Departed right now, GREAT movie. I wish there was more stand up Gangster movies out there!

[hoju3508]

Just finished watching The Departed. I really enjoyed it on Blu.

[ixlegitballinxl]

Departed was awesome... I've never heard a bad review about this movie


bring on another one martin!

[thedarkangel1975]

Go to rottentomatoes and there a couple bad reviews for The Departed and Pan's labrinth. They are so ridicolous they are funny. One person did not like The Departed because it was a remake of a Hong Kong movie and someone hated Pan's Labyrinth because they believed Del Toro ruined what could have been a perfect children's movie. After reading them you are WTF?! Then realize that it maybe true that some critics write bad reviews just to get people going.
As for exploiting this hitman, people in this country are too senistive and emo about everything. Seeing the director, this will be a solid and fair treatment of the story. I really believe the world will end if someone in this country has nothing to whine and complain about. I understand this can be a senistive subject, but see how things are portrayed before complaining. Much like Max Baer in Cinderella Man. I can understand why his family was upset by his portrayl.

[Iceberg]

Originally Posted by hoju3508

Just finished watching The Departed. I really enjoyed it on Blu.

+1

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by ixlegitballinxl

Departed was awesome... I've never heard a bad review about this movie

Check out the review on this very site...

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movie...56&show=review

I don't know if I'd call it a "bad" review, but it's not exactly a good one either.

Oh yeah, this is one of my favorite movies