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The Departed (2006) Screenplay

"The Departed": Read The Screenplay By William Monahan

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Based on the the Chinese film, "Infernal Affairs" by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, and for your consideration, we offer the shooting script from May 2005. Free, of course, from 8FLiX and Warner Bros.

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This action-packed thriller is set in Boston, where a long-simmering hostility between the police department and an Irish-American gang is primed to explode. The fuse is lit when a gangster is chosen to infiltrate the police force--and a young cop goes undercover within the gang. Now, when the two moles uncover each other's identity, the battle begins. Warner Bros.

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Type ...
FYC
Version ... v1: Revised Shooting Scriptv2: Final
Date ... v1: 05.23.2005v2: [undated]
Pages ... v1: 152v2: 123
Genres ... CrimeDramaThriller
Screenplay ... William Monahan
IMDb ID ... 0407887

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