Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

2007 · 21 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Authorities, journalists, and the cast & crew from "The Departed" (2006) talk about the film's influences. Among them is a real-life Boston gangster named Whitey Bulger, who is the mold for Jack Nicholson's character.

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