• Book to Screen: Black Mass

    Directed by Scott Cooper
    USA/UK | 122 minutes | Book to Screen

The 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.

film synopsis

Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Boston, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals.

film details

Director: Scott Cooper
Producers: Scott Cooper, John Lesher, Patrick McCormick, Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson
Screenwriter: Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth
Cinematographers: Tyler Thompson
Editor: Tyler Thompson
Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgard
Country: USA/UK
Language: English
Year: 2015
Running Time: 122 minutes
Display Format: DCP

2016 PS Film Festival