The Departed (MA 15+) PRESENTED IN 35MM FILM

The Departed (MA 15+, 2006) 20th Anniversary Presented in 35mm Film by The Revival House Perth

In Boston, two young men embark on parallel paths of deception within the same violent underworld. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), a state trooper, goes deep undercover to infiltrate the crime organisation of ruthless Irish mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), while Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), planted by Costello years earlier, rises through the ranks of the state police as his mole. As both men live increasingly precarious double lives, each racing to identify the other before their own cover is blown, the psychological toll of sustained deception mounts, pushing both toward a violent, inevitable reckoning where loyalty, identity, and survival collide in Boston's criminal underworld.

Director Martin Scorsese delivers a ferociously entertaining crime thriller, adapting the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs into a distinctly Boston-flavoured tale of duelling identities and moral corrosion. Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon deliver career-defining performances as mirror-image moles, each man's psychological unravelling escalating as the parallel deceptions tighten around them, while Jack Nicholson brings gleeful menace to Costello's volatile criminal patriarch. Scorsese's kinetic direction and razor-sharp editing generate relentless tension, balancing the film's labyrinthine plotting with the director's signature blend of dark humour and sudden, brutal violence. The film's exceptional ensemble, including Mark Wahlberg's incendiary supporting turn, contributes to a genre masterwork that finally earned Scorsese his long-overdue Academy Award for Best Director, alongside the film's win for Best Picture.

Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise.

When: Friday, October 9th at 7:20PM
Where: The Revival House at the Como Theatre
Rating: MA 15+ (Strong violence and coarse language, Sexual references)

Scorsese's ferocious crime masterwork finally won him his overdue Oscar—experience DiCaprio and Damon's career-defining performances on 35mm film.