Black Mass (film)
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| Directed by | Scott Cooper |
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Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill |
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| Music by | Tom Holkenborg |
| Cinematography | Masanobu Takayanagi |
| Edited by | David Rosenbloom |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $53 million |
| Box office | $99.8 million |
Black Mass is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film directed by Scott Cooper and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, based on the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. The film has an ensemble cast including Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Rory Cochrane, Adam Scott, Dakota Johnson and Corey Stoll.
The film follows the criminal career of infamous American mobster James Whitey Bulger (Depp). Principal photography of the film began on May 19, 2014 in Boston, and wrapped on August 1, 2014. It had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. The film was released by Warner Bros. worldwide on September 18, 2015. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $99 million.
In 1975, James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp), leader of the Winter Hill Gang, controls most organized crime within South Boston, along with his right-hand man Stephen Flemmi (Rory Cochrane), newcomer Kevin Weeks (Jesse Plemons), and callous hitman Johnny Martorano (W. Earl Brown). Bulger lives with his common-law wife Lindsey Cyr (Dakota Johnson) and their young son Douglas (Luke Ryan).
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