Black mass [DVD] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Cross Creek Pictures and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; a Cross Creek Pictures production ; in association with Le Grisbi productions, Free State Pictures, and Head Gear Films ; screenplay by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth ; produced by John Lesher, Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper, Patrick McCormick, Tyler Thompson ; directed by Scott Cooper.
Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane. Based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. DVD release of the 2015 motion picture. Special features : Johnny Depp: Becoming Whitey Bulger.
Summary:
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
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