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《紐約風雲》《盜亦有盜》大導演
馬田史高西斯 Martin Scorsese作品

《捉智雙雄》里安納度狄卡比奧 Leonardo DiCaprio
金像影帝 積尼高遜 Jack Nicholson
《叛諜追擊》麥?文 Matt Damon
《再戰邊緣》麥克華堡Mark Wahlberg
─ 最強男星•魅力交鋒 ─

《現代啟示錄》馬田辛 Martin Sheen
《王者無敵》雷雲史東 Ray Winstone
《死亡直播》維娜法米嘉 Vera Farmiga
《追擊赤色十月》艾力寶雲 Alec Baldwin
聯合主演

《侏羅紀公園》編劇 威廉蒙拿漢 William Monahan
根據《無間道》原創電影改編

畢彼特 Brad Pitt
馬田史高西斯 Martin Scorsese
珍妮花安妮絲頓 Jennifer Aniston
監製

《魔戒》音樂 侯活舒亞 Howard Shore
《紐約風雲》攝影 米高包浩斯 Michael Ballhaus
《賭城風雲》剪接 花瑪史麥加 Schoonmakor
《沉默的羔羊》美術 姬絲?絲亞 Kristi Zea

10月6日 戲壯人強
發行： 寰亞電影發行有限公司

正邪難分，忠奸難辨，無間風雲席捲美國波士頓

Frank Costello 高法蘭（積尼高遜　飾）是波士頓隻手遮天的黑幫頭目，一直是麻省警方的眼中釘。初出茅廬的警員Billy Costigan葛比利（里安納度納卡比奧　飾）奉密令混入高法蘭的黑幫圈子當臥底，試圖搗破高法蘭的犯罪組織。另一位警界新星Colin Sullivan 蘇哥連（麥迪文　飾）則在警隊中屢建奇功，扶搖直上。蘇哥連貴為特別調查隊的成員，他其中一項任務就是要剷除黑幫頭子高法蘭，但誰也想不到原來他竟是替高法蘭工作的警隊內奸。

葛比利和蘇哥連同樣擁有雙重身分，兩人同時遊走在黑白兩道之間，冒著生命危險執行秘密任務。直至一天，警隊和黑幫發現他們當中各自暗藏著一位奸細，葛比利和蘇哥連更必須步步為營，一方面要盡快揭穿對方的假面具，另一方面則要時刻提防自己的身分被識破。

殿堂級大導演馬田史高西斯重返黑幫電影世界，重新演繹港產經典《無間道》，聯同里安納度狄卡比奧、麥迪文、積尼高遜三位荷里活一級演技派巨星，勢將在波士頓掀起連番血戰風雲。

從《無間道》到《無間道風雲》

《無間道風雲》是美國頂級導演馬田史高西斯回歸黑幫電影世界的最新力作，故事環繞波士頓市兩位年青警員：蘇哥連是位聰明、果敢、野心勃勃的幹探，他所屬的特別調查隊以剷除黑幫頭目高法蘭為目標；葛比利是位機智、硬朗的警界初哥，但據稱因為脾氣暴躁而丟掉警章，輾轉混進波士頓街頭的黑幫分子之中。然而，葛比利和蘇哥連都不如表面所看般簡單，他們各自擁有一個不可告人的秘密身分，在黑白兩道之間周旋角力，隨時會惹上殺身之禍。

《無間道風雲》的故事改編自2002年香港影壇經典《無間道》，該系列在香港和海外都極受歡迎，兩位主角陳永仁（梁朝偉　飾）和劉建明（劉德華　飾）的形象都非常深入民心，當中許多對白更被引為一時佳話。承接《無間道》的空前成功，日後更拍攝了《無間道II》和《無間道III之終極無間》兩部續集。《無間道》在美國亦是大受歡迎，劇本的版權旋即被片商購下，並交由《天國驕雄》的編劇William Monahan改編。

談及改編的工作，編劇Monahan說道：「我沒看過《無間道》，我不希望看過電影才改編，我是從一份從中文翻譯過來的劇本開始著手工作的。劇本實在很出色，我很喜歡原版對角色雙重身分的描寫。但我的改編版本，在主題上則較著重描寫人們偏離正途所釀成的悲劇。」

「《無間道》就是那種使我喜歡香港電影的佳作，但《無間道風雲》並不是它的翻版。」導演馬田史高西斯說道：「我無疑深受《無間道》正邪難辨的故事啟發，但編劇Monahan的改編故事跟原著很不一樣。我一邊讀劇本的時候，一邊已開始想像如何將它電影化。新版劇本最突出之處，在於它描寫的角色都很生動，並很有力地刻劃出他們面對逆境而不屈的態度，這就是最吸引我執導這部電影的原因。」

在《無間道風雲》中，馬田史高西斯將重回他在《窮街陋巷》、《盜亦有道》等經典名片所呈現的黑幫世界，並對同類電影作出令人耳目一新的嶄新演繹。編劇Monahan興奮地說：「跟馬田合作實在是很難得的寶貴經歷，能跟這位一級大導演詳細討論劇本，實在使我獲益良多，他簡直像把電影學校裡幾年教的東西在幾天內傾囊相授。」

為了使警匪角力的場面拍攝得更加逼真，製作人員找來Thomas Duffy這位在麻省警署服役足有30年的退休警官擔當技術顧問。他在製作過程中不斷給予導演和演員一些真實的經驗作參考，令《無間道風雲》黑白道兩個不同的世界更像真、更震撼。

電影主角里安納度狄卡比奧這次已是第三次跟馬田史高斯合作，他說道：「《無間道風雲》是一部黑幫電影，但跟導演從前的作品很不一樣。故事的背景設在波士頓而非導演的祖家紐約，內容涉及警察和黑幫貪污、正邪難分的局面，就像是在反映美國和這裡某些制度貪污的情況。」

如導演所言，《無間道風雲》是一個講述兩位年青人如何在黑白兩道勢力中掙扎求生的故事。葛比利和蘇哥連都有著不可告人的臥底身分，卻有著很不一樣的際遇，但命運註定他們將要作你死我亡的對決。連番緊張刺激的警匪鬥法，勢將令波士頓風雲變色。

槍口之下正邪莫辨

曾兩度獲得奧斯卡最佳演員提名的里安納度狄卡比奧，在《無間道風雲》中飾演葛比利，他初出警察學堂便被委以重任，獲派入當地最大的黑幫組織當臥底。「我一口氣讀完劇本後，立即決定我必須演這部戲，沒有半點猶豫和考慮！這故事棒極了，角色寫很深入，很細緻。」里安納度繼續解釋他扮演的角色：「葛比利來自波士頓的街頭，他加入警隊是因為他沒有其他選擇，他極力想擺脫自己成長的環境。但加入黑幫成為臥底，卻使他成為自己最不希望變成的那類人。」

導演談及葛比利這角色時說：「里安納度很懂得如何飾演這位深受環境所困的迷惘青年，他的表情、他的眼神都令我非常信服。我很喜歡跟他合作，他是那種不用說話便能表達深厚情感的出色演員。」

蘇哥連是一位在波士頓前線工作的執法者，就像葛比利一樣，他也擁有雙重身分，表面是英勇破案的警界紅人，內裡是替黑幫頭目高法蘭工作的奸細。飾演蘇哥連的麥迪文曾獲奧斯卡最佳編劇獎，但演員才是他最為人熟知的一面。他本身也在波士頓長大，對角色的處境別有一番體會：「蘇哥連跟高法蘭早在12歲時認識而言，對他來說，高法蘭不只是位黑幫頭目，更是位類似教父般具威嚴的人物。」

導演對麥迪文同樣讚不絕口：「麥迪文令蘇哥連這角色更豐富立體，看他在腦裡盤算如何令自己逃離險境的樣子簡直是一絕。蘇哥連這人物其實更具悲劇性，他選擇走上邪道，並認定這才是讓他揚名立萬的出路，一切道德價值對他來說都是沒有意義的。」

黑幫頭目高法蘭，就是葛比利和蘇哥連兩位年青警察之間唯一的連繫，這角色由兩度獲封金像影帝的影壇傳奇積尼高遜飾演，本片亦是他首次跟馬田史高西斯在銀幕上合作。導演感歎地說：「我認識積尼高遜已有30多年，不過一直因為種種原因而沒有合作拍片，實在非常可惜，所以我便借這次機會問問他有沒有興趣演高法蘭這角色。我們之間的合作確實醞釀了許久，但這期待絕對是值得的，因為我們都對結果非常滿意。」

「積尼高遜簡直是演戲天才！」里安納度讚歎地說：「他在鏡頭前總是充滿驚喜，跟他演戲必須要有很敏捷的反應。老實說，有些時候我真不知道下一刻會發生甚麼事，不知道他會演出高法蘭的哪一面。跟這樣的演員合作實在很刺激，因為他會令你時常保持在最佳狀態。」

在整個麻省警署，只有兩個人知道葛比利的秘密身分：警長Queenan和警官Dignam 迪南。迪南是一位很有才華，但非常嚴苛，很難相處的人物，這角色由麥克華堡飾演，他在95年的《邊緣日記》中早已跟里安納度合作過。導演對麥克華堡亦有很高的評價：「他是飾演迪南的最佳人選。他本身來自波士頓那邊，所以對那裡的環境很熟悉，他演出那種堅定不屈、性格剛烈的警探實在很精彩。」

麥克華堡對他的家鄉感觸良多：「在那裡貧窮街頭長大的孩子，要不成為黑幫，要不成為警察，我自己也認識不少這樣的人物。」他在戲中很自然地用回他的波士頓口音，更打趣說：「我猜導演有一半時間聽不清楚我在說甚麼，他有時甚至會說：『這一段可能要加入字幕啊。』」

追求最高度真實感

為了令演出更傳神，多位演員在開鏡前接受了技術顧問Thomas Duffy的訓練。這位退休警員擁有30多年在波士頓當差的經驗，曾跟真正的黑幫分子作正面交鋒，有他的意見作參考，自然能令電影看起來更具真實感。演員們不但要熟習警員如何執行日常職務，更要認識警員之間如何相處。其中，麥迪文更試過親身參與一次警方搗破毒販的行動，給他留下深刻的印象。

Duffy亦很佩服導演一絲不苟的態度：「馬田史高西斯實在是很了不起的導演，他對每個細節都要求嚴格。為求令一切儘量貼近現實，我們花費了大量時間綵排，他不止要演員模仿前線警員的舉止和談吐，更要他們代入警員的思想，他這種認真的態度真使我折服。」

馬田史高西斯作為影壇的前輩大師，對拍電影自然有一番獨到的見解：「怎樣製作一部電影呢？當然就是用不同的工具，這包括故事、對白、場景、演員等等。然而，在這許多工具之中，我最倚重的就是演員。」《無間道風雲》集合了多位荷里活最頂尖的演員，加上精彩出色的劇本，勢必在全球掀起另一次忠奸難分的無間道熱潮。

演員與導演資料

里安納度迪卡比奧（Leonardo DiCaprio）飾演 葛比利Billy Costigan
今天，再沒有人膽敢懷疑里安納度迪卡比奧的演技。他至今得過兩次奧斯卡最佳男主角提名，並憑《娛樂大亨》獲封金球獎影帝，又在2004年被荷里活電影節封為全年最佳男演員。

里安納度迪卡比奧生於美國加州荷里活，早在14歲已開始他的演戲生涯。1993年，里安納度在《不一樣的天空》中飾演一位智障青年，技驚四座之餘更獲得奧斯卡和金球獎最佳男配角的提名。其後，里安納度跟多位影壇前輩合作，豐富自己的演戲經驗，當中包括《鳳舞狂沙》的沙朗史東和真赫曼，與及《一切從心開始》的梅麗史翠普和羅拔迪尼路等。

里安納度在《羅密歐與茱麗葉後現代激情篇》中與嘉兒丹絲合演銀幕情侶固然非常討好，但他最為影迷津津樂道的電影，肯定是在97年破盡全世界票房紀錄的愛情經典《鐵達尼號》。該片共贏得11項奧斯卡大獎，至今仍是影史上最賣座的電影。

里安納度在《紐約風雲》中首次參演馬田史高斯的電影，其後在《娛樂大亨》中再次合作，依然是好評如潮。今次二人在《無間道風雲》中再三攜手，勢將打造最有血有淚的黑幫故事。

麥迪文（Matt Damon）飾演 蘇哥連Colin Sullivan
1997年的《驕陽似我》無疑是麥迪文演藝生涯的轉捩點。他憑這部電影跟好友賓艾佛力一起獲得奧斯卡最佳編劇大獎，更獲得柏林影展的銀熊獎。自此以後，麥迪文星途似錦，接拍了多部叫好叫座的名片，包括《雷霆救兵》、《盜海豪情》、《格林兄弟幻險記》和最近期的《油激暗戰》等。

麥迪文畢業於哈佛大學，早期多參與話劇演出，自《驕陽似我》一舉成名後，便成為美國獨立導演吉士雲辛的愛將，日後接拍了吉士雲辛的《隔窗友緣》和《謝利》兩部作品。他在《心計》中出色的演出，更獲得金球獎最佳男主角的提名。

積尼高遜（Jack Nicholson）飾演 高法蘭Frank Costello
積尼高遜實在是不可多得的影壇傳奇，他的演戲生涯超過50年，曾參與超過60部電影，當中包括一些不朽的影壇經典，如Dennis Hopper的《迷幻車手》、波蘭斯基的《唐人街》、寇比力克的《閃靈》等。

2002年，積尼高遜憑《薯嘜先生》獲得第12次奧斯卡獎項提名，成為影史上獲得最多奧斯卡提名的男演員，並憑《飛越瘋人院》和《貓屎先生》兩部電影坐上奧斯卡影帝的寶座。除奧斯卡以外，積尼高遜亦曾獲得多個不同獎項，包括三數獲封金球獎最佳男主角、康城影展影帝、紐約影評人協會的最佳演員獎等。

積尼高遜近年多接拍輕鬆幽默的電影，如《薯嘜先生》、《我愛發脾四》、《玩轉男人心》等，今次他在《無間道風雲》中重演認真嚴肅的角色，讓觀眾有機會再次欣賞他演黑幫人物的精湛演技。

麥克華堡（Mark Wahlberg）飾演 迪南 Dignam
麥克華堡從影已有10多年，曾參演多位著名導演的作品，包括P.T. Anderson的《一舉成名》、添布頓的《人猿襲地球》、David O. Russell的《奪金三王》和《笑看人生》等。除了在幕前演戲之外，麥克華堡亦是HBO當紅喜劇《Entourage》的監製。

導演　馬田史高西斯（Martin Scorsese）
馬田史高西斯是當今美國最佳導演之一，他上一部作品《娛樂大亨》獲得五項奧斯卡大獎及三項金球獎，執導以來曾六次獲得奧斯卡最佳導演的提名，更憑《三更半夜》得過康城影展的最佳導演獎。

馬田史高西斯1942年生於美國紐約，他多部電影均以這家鄉城市作為背景。1966年，他在紐約大學電影學院獲得碩士資格，同期拍出多部風格凌厲的短片。馬田史高西斯最為影迷們崇拜的電影，肯定是《的士司機》和《狂牛》兩部超級經典，前者在康城影展獲得至高榮譽金棕櫚獎，後者則連奪兩個奧斯卡獎項。他日後還拍攝了多部出色的電影，包括《基督的最後誘惑》、《海角驚魂》、《賭城風雲》等。導演最近期的作品，是描寫傳奇唱作人卜戴倫的紀錄片《卜戴倫飄流半生》，此片廣被譽為其中一部最出色的音樂傳記電影。

黑幫電影對馬田史高西斯而言並不陌生，導演早期的《窮街陋巷》和九十年代初的《盜亦有道》都是非常出色的同類傑作，不但深得影迷和影評人的愛戴，後者更奪得威尼斯影展的銀獅獎。觀眾將在，《無間道風雲》見證馬田史高西斯回歸在槍口求生的黑幫世界，並對港產經典《無間道》作全新的演繹，為他早已輝煌的光影事業再闖高峰。

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed."

"The Departed" is set in South Boston where the Massachusetts State Police Department is waging an all-out war to take down the city's top organized crime ring. The key is to end the reign of powerful mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) from the inside. A young rookie, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), who grew up in South Boston, is assigned to infiltrate the mob run by Costello. While Billy is working to gain Costello's trust, another young cop who came up from the streets of "Southie," Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), is quickly rising through the ranks of the state police. Earning a spot in the Special Investigations Unit, Colin is among a handful of elite officers whose mission is to bring Costello down. But what his superiors don't know is that Colin is working for Costello, keeping the crime boss one step ahead of the police.

Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operation he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the gangsters and the police that they have a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin find themselves in constant danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Plan B / Initial Entertainment Group / Vertigo Entertainment Production, in association with Media Asia Films, a Martin Scorsese Picture, "The Departed," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin.

The film was directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay by William Monahan. Brad Pitt, Brad Grey and Graham King produced "The Departed," with Roy Lee, Doug Davison, G. Mac Brown, Kristin Hahn and Gianni Nunnari serving as executive producers, and Joseph Reidy co-producing.

Collaborating with Scorsese behind the scenes were director of photography Michael Ballhaus, production designer Kristi Zea, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, and costume designer Sandy Powell. The score was composed by Howard Shore.

"The Departed" is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

HONG KONG TO BOSTON

"The Departed," the gritty crime drama from director Martin Scorsese, takes us into the lives of two cops: Colin Sullivan, smart and unabashedly ambitious, appears to be on the fast track in the Massachusetts State Police Department's elite Special Investigations Unit, whose prime target is powerful Irish mob boss Frank Costello. Billy Costigan, street-smart and tough, is purported to have a violent temper that costs him his badge and eventually lands him back on the rough streets of South Boston, where he is recruited into Costello's ranks. But neither man is what he seems and, as they work at cross purposes, they are plunged into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in which the stakes could not be higher.

The story of "The Departed" is based on the 2002 crime thriller out of Hong Kong called "Infernal Affairs," which achieved great success in Asia before coming to U.S. shores in 2004. An American version was soon in the works, with William Monahan writing the screenplay.

The screenwriter recalls, "I hadn't seen 'Infernal Affairs,' and I didn't want to watch it before adapting the story. I worked from a translation of the Chinese script. There was a great central story around which I could create new characters. I loved the duplicity of the characters in the Chinese film, but my adaptation, thematically, is all about the engine of tragedy that is started when people depart from what they really should be doing with their lives."

"'Infernal Affairs' is a very good example of why I love the Hong Kong cinema, but 'The Departed' is not a remake of that film," states Martin Scorsese. "It was inspired by 'Infernal Affairs' because of the nature of the story; however the world William Monahan created is very different from the Hong Kong film. When I received the script, it took me quite a while to read through it because I began visualizing the action and getting into the nature of the story and the characters. One of the things that hit me was that the depiction of the characters and their attitudes toward the world in which they live was so uncompromising. That's what really got me interested in directing the movie."

Producer Graham King notes, "You could say 'The Departed' takes Martin Scorsese back to his days of 'GoodFellas' and 'Mean Streets,' which is a genre he has been identified with in the past. But in this film, he's taking that genre and turning it into something new and different and original. That's what Marty does."

"Working with Martin Scorsese was extraordinary," Monahan says. "It was a privilege to see him put the film together in his mind as we were discussing the script. It's like having years of film school packed into each and every day."

Monahan relates that he set "The Departed" in a world with which he was very familiar. "The project came about at a time when I was thinking about Boston, where I came from, and about the people I had lost in my own life. So it allowed me to explore themes that were very personal to me."

Thomas B. Duffy, a 30-year veteran of the Massachusetts State Police, who served as a technical consultant for the film, reveals that the screenwriter's decision to center the film on the battle between the "Staties" and Boston's Irish mob has its basis in reality. "Certainly in 'Southie,' the Irish mob dominated and controlled the city's underworld, at least from the early 1970s until just a few years ago. They were the pinnacle of the criminal world there."

Collaborating for the third time with Scorsese, actor Leonardo DiCaprio comments, "As much as it is a gangster movie, 'The Departed' is unlike anything Marty has ever done. It deals with a very different set of circumstances-not just that it involves the Irish underworld, but also the fact that it deals with the police force and the corruption there, as well. It is also set in a completely different environment, being Boston, not New York. Although, as we went on, we saw it more as a story of America and the corruption of certain systems in our country as a whole."

It is a story, Scorsese says, of "how two young men are shaped by the forces in their lives: the institution of the police and a crime group headed by a figure named Frank Costello. Costello takes Colin as a young boy and makes him into a seeming pillar of the community so he can rise up in the hierarchy of the state police. But, in reality, he is Costello's inside man. At the same time, Billy is the perfect material for the police to send undercover, because he comes from the working-class element of South Boston. He is put in the position to join Costello's crew, but he has really been set up to rat on Costello. It's like Billy and Colin are running on parallel tracks…but they will ultimately end up on a collision course."

COPS OR CRIMINALS…

WHEN YOU'RE FACING A LOADED GUN

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Billy Costigan, a promising cadet at the Massachusetts State Police Academy, who is selected for a dangerous undercover assignment before he has even had a chance to pin on a badge. The actor says that the role represented more than an opportunity to work again with Scorsese. "I read the script and immediately wanted to be a part of it. I just couldn't put it down, and I said 'yes' without any deliberation or hesitation. I thought it was a really intense story with multi-faceted and very compelling characters."

Billy Costigan came up from the streets of Boston, and DiCaprio remarks that his character's motivation to become a police officer is rooted in his desire to escape his upbringing. "Billy comes from an underworld background and has all the chips stacked against him in a lot of ways. I think he joins the police force because he has no other options, and he wants to do things differently than his family did. Ironically, he is asked to go undercover and pretend to be the very thing he was determined not to become. At the heart of it, I think Billy is ultimately trying to redeem himself and not just be a product of his environment, but he ends up deep in a situation that is extremely dangerous and deceitful. There are moments when he could so easily be caught-all the arrows are pointing in his direction as the 'rat,' and everything begins to cave in around him."

Scorsese notes, "As an actor, I knew Leo would convey the conflict of a young man who has gotten himself into a bad situation and then wonders what the hell he is doing there. You can see it in his face; you can see it in his eyes. That's one of the reasons I like working with Leo; he knows how to express emotional impact without saying a word. It just emanates from him. It is quite extraordinary to watch."

Colin Sullivan is another member of the Massachusetts State Police Force with roots in South Boston who is also leading a double life, although Colin's is the mirror opposite of Billy's. A native of Boston himself, Matt Damon stars in the role of Colin, a young hotshot in the department, who has quickly risen to the rank of sergeant in the elite Special Investigations Unit while his Academy classmates are still in uniform. However, despite what he has led his superiors to believe, there is only one authority to whom Colin actually reports: mob boss Frank Costello.

"Matt brought a lot to the part of Colin," states Scorsese. "I love that you can see his mind working as Colin is trying to figure his way out of his latest predicament and save himself, even as he gets himself in deeper and deeper over his head. In a way, Colin is an even more tragic character than Billy, because he truly believes he will get away with everything and that, by aligning himself with evil, he has created an inroad to redemption, so to speak, represented by the upper class society of Beacon Hill and the State House-that golden dome he keeps staring at. In the beginning of the picture, you see Costello teaching Colin a false set of values and, by a certain point in time, Colin has no values at all."

Damon offers, "In Colin's neighborhood, the character of Frank Costello is bigger than life. Everybody knows who he is and is terrified of him. The first time Colin comes in contact with him, Colin is about 12 years old, and that kind of interaction would be incredibly meaningful to a kid from that neighborhood. Costello is even more powerful than a father figure in Colin's mind, and you see the relationship develop from the very beginning."

Costello can afford to bide his time because, as Damon says, "Inevitably, boys grow into men and Costello knows he will be able to use the loyalty Colin has for him. He gets Colin to join the state police to act as an informant for him. So while one guy is an undercover cop in the mob, the other is a cop undercover for the mob."

"Our characters are two sides of the same coin, even coming from the same neighborhood," DiCaprio agrees. "Colin chose one path and Billy chose another, but their lives are intertwined…linked in ways they could never understand. It becomes this really intriguing chess game of information and disinformation."

The most obvious link between Billy and Colin is their unknowingly shared connection to Frank Costello, who is portrayed by the legendary Jack Nicholson. "The Departed" marks the first collaboration between Nicholson and Scorsese, although, the director says, "Jack and I have known each other for 30 years. For some reason, we had never quite connected on a movie, so I thought it would be interesting to see if he had any desire to take on the role of Costello. It may have taken a long time, but it was worth the wait because we had quite a time together on this picture."

Graham King recalls, "When Marty first mentioned Jack Nicholson for the role, I thought we were dreaming, but it became a reality. Jack took the character of Costello to another level, as only he could do. There are so many of what I call 'Jack moments' in the film, which are just terrific."

"Jack really made the character his own," Scorsese attests. "Costello has had everything in life, so he doesn't give a damn about anything anymore. And why should he? He has all the power. But now, he starts taking too many risks, like putting himself on the front lines of drug deals. He knows he doesn't have to do that; it's just for the thrill of it at this point in his life. Costello has gotten too old, and he knows, ultimately, he is probably on his way out. It was interesting to watch Jack portray Costello starting to unravel."

"Jack Nicholson is a force of nature," DiCaprio adds. "He can be very unpredictable when he's on camera, so you have to learn to roll with the punches. I mean there were moments during filming that I didn't know what was going to happen next; I was never sure which side of Costello he was going to be playing on any particular day. That can be very exciting for an actor to play against, because it really keeps you on your toes."

There are only two people in the Massachusetts State Police who know the newest addition to Costello's crew is an undercover cop: Captain Queenan and Sergeant Dignam.

Mark Wahlberg stars as Sergeant Dignam, a hard-nosed detective who, the actor acknowledges, "is a mean, miserable guy, and he is not going to pretend to be anything else. He is very in-your-face, but, at the same time, he's pretty on the level."

"Mark Wahlberg is just remarkable as Dignam," Scorsese says. "He comes from the Boston area, so he knows that world fairly well and really knew this character. Dignam is who he is; nothing is going to change his attitude towards anyone or anything. He's seen it all and heard it all, and there is nothing you can put past him. You can try, but he'll always have an answer for you, and it will most likely be only two words…I think you know what they are," Scorsese laughs.

Raised in the working-class neighborhood of Dorchester, Wahlberg found it natural to revert to his native Boston accent, although, he jokes, "I don't think Marty knew what I was saying half the time. He would say, 'We might have to use subtitles at some point.'"

Describing his hometown as "a pretty rough place to grow up," Wahlberg asserts, "There is only one Boston. It has a reputation as this amazing school town, but there are also those neighborhoods where you are either going to become a crook or a cop or a construction worker. There's not too much in-between. My being raised there has an effect on everything I do, whether it's obvious or not. I didn't have to do much homework for this movie-I've known a lot of these guys-the only difference is I was playing one of the cops who used to arrest me all the time."

Countering Dignam's abrasive style is the level-headed Captain Queenan, played by Martin Sheen. The actor reveals that he took the part even before reading the script. "What made me say 'yes' almost instantly was the opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese. I had never worked with him before, but he has always been one of my favorite directors. With that in mind, how could I make a mistake? Then, of course, I read the script, and I thought it was a great story of divided loyalties and betrayal in the context of law enforcement and criminality. Sometimes they mix and overlap, and you're hard-pressed to tell the difference."

Sheen adds that, while Queenan is not unsympathetic to Billy's growing desperation, he cannot afford to let that interfere with the objective. "He understands that Billy's identity has been swallowed up by going undercover. Except for Queenan and Dignam, the cops know Billy only as a gangster and, if Costello discovers he's a cop, he's a goner. It's a precarious position because both sides could take him out at any time."

Billy's real identity isn't even known to the head of the Special Investigations Unit, Captain Ellerby, portrayed by Alec Baldwin. "Ellerby is obsessed with bringing down Costello and smashing his crime ring," Baldwin states. "He views Costello as being violent and depraved, so Ellerby is willing to bend the rules to suit his purposes. But he is a good cop, nonetheless."

Although Frank Costello has more than earned his violent reputation, he has rarely done his own dirty work. Instead, he relies on a gang of brutal henchmen, none more so than the one who goes by the name Mr. French. British actor Ray Winstone, who plays the role of Costello's top man, describes his character as "one of those guys you get nothing from-he doesn't trust anyone, doesn't like anyone…probably doesn't like himself. To him, everyone is a rat. As an actor, I'm always trying to find the emotion in a character, the weaknesses as well as the strengths. It started to dawn on me early on that French is without emotion. Nothing rattles him, and nothing frightens him, but if you get in his way, he'll kill you without a second thought. His only loyalty is to Costello."

The one main character in "The Departed" who is neither a cop nor a criminal is also the only woman. Vera Farmiga plays Madolyn, a psychiatrist who specializes in dealing with troubled people on both sides of the law. In a twist of fate, she becomes another unwitting link between Colin, the man she is seeing romantically, and Billy, the man she starts out seeing professionally. Farmiga offers, "To Madolyn, Colin appears to be a man who has it all together. He represents security and commitment for her, while Billy is more intimacy and passion. He seems to be a bit of a derelict, but they are drawn to each other."

DiCaprio notes, "Madolyn is the only emotional connection Billy has. She is the one person Billy can confide in, although in a very limited way because he can't reveal anything about himself or what he's doing. As his counselor, she tries to help him initially, but then a stronger bond develops between them."

"What I liked about the character of Madolyn is that you have this psychiatrist who is intuitive, but who is not following her own instincts. I loved that contradiction," says Farmiga.

Rounding out the main cast of "The Departed" are: Anthony Anderson and James Badge Dale as state troopers Brown and Barrigan, who eventually become part of the Special Investigations Unit; and David O'Hara and Mark Rolston as Fitzy and Delahunt, two of Costello's henchmen.

"One of the best parts of producing a Scorsese film is the casting," Graham King remarks. "Marty has a way of picking the most amazing actors for each role, and this film was no exception."

Matt Damon offers, "Working with Martin Scorsese is about as good as it gets for an actor. I learned so much just watching him shoot this movie. He has a great eye for behavior and for discerning what's real and what's not. So many of the brilliant moments for which he's been responsible have been those that delve into character. As actors, we love to explore those moments; that is one of the reasons we all want to do his movies."

"How does one make a motion picture?" Scorsese proposes. "You make it with different instruments, so to speak. The story, the language, the milieu, the people portraying the parts-these are all instruments. Of all these extraordinary elements, the one I tend to rely on most often to tell the story is the cast. To have the actors we had in this film all together was remarkable."

ACT ACCORDINGLY

Prior to the start of principal photography, a number of cast members began training for their roles, most with the help of technical consultant Tom Duffy. Recently retired, Duffy had served three decades with the Massachusetts State Police, a significant portion of which was spent in the Special Investigations Unit, targeting organized crime, including the Irish mob. His background and experience made him an invaluable resource for the cast, as well as the filmmakers.

Executive producer G. Mac Brown says, "When you start looking for a technical consultant, you don't always know where or if you're going to find the right person. We had learned about Tom and knew he was a retired state trooper, so we got his number and just made a cold call. He ended up coming through with flying colors."

Working on his first feature film, Duffy was duly impressed by Scorsese's commitment to accuracy, from the police terminology to the attire. "I was somewhat overwhelmed by his attention to detail," Duffy admits. "We went through a painstaking process to make sure everything was as authentic as possible, not just about the rudiments of police work, but in trying to get into the minds of the officers. Keeping in perspective that it's a piece of entertainment, I think it's very realistic."

The director was not the only one who benefited from Duffy's expertise. Matt Damon confirms, "I'm from Boston, so there are cultural aspects of the city that are second nature to me, but that didn't address the subculture of the state police. To have a person like Duffy, with his breadth of actual experience, take me under his wing-it was everything to me. Duffy gave me information and showed me around and connected me with other state troopers. I was able to spend days with them, picking their brains and watching them in action. I even went on a ride-along and, at one point, went in on a drug bust with these guys. That's the kind of experience you can't approximate. It's really the fun part of the job," he smiles.

Brown remembers that he wasn't exactly smiling when he got the phone call about Damon's brush with Boston's criminal element…after the fact. "Matt calls and he's all excited because he's gone out on this ride-along. And I'm thinking, 'Thanks a lot, Duffy,'" Brown kids. "I mean, that's just great for Matt, but, as a producer, you worry about your star going out on a real raid with real police and real guns at a real crime scene. Obviously, it all worked out okay."

For Damon, the time spent with the real troopers had an impact on his portrayal of Colin that went beyond the practical applications. "It was really humbling to see the troopers' commitment to what they do, often at tremendous risk. As I was thinking about Colin, I realized that, at some level, he must have a deep, deep disdain, not just for the law, but for police officers themselves. To be that close to that kind of selfless sacrifice every day and then to want to undo it says a lot about who he is. There were so many things I was able to bring to my performance that I would not have known without that time with the experts, so what Duffy did for me was incalculable," Damon states.

Duffy also advised Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin on the correct demeanor for ranking members of the state police. In fact, Sheen notes, "I based my character a lot on Tom Duffy. Whenever I shot a scene, I would try to think how Tom would do it…and he was right there to make sure I did it right."

Although DiCaprio's Billy Costigan spends most of the movie acting more like a criminal than a cop, the actor was nevertheless able to profit from Duffy's years of undercover experience. "Working undercover requires a certain state of mind," Duffy says. "Leo and I talked a lot about the toll it can take over time."

"The whole idea of what it is to be a cop in that circumstance, and the mindset I had to get into, would not have been as authentic without him," DiCaprio attests. "He was a tremendous help throughout the entire shoot."

In preparing to play a native Bostonian, DiCaprio also knew the importance of immersing himself in the local culture. "I definitely felt I needed to go to Boston and walk around and get a feeling for the people," he says. "Everyone there was extremely supportive and tried to help me as much as they could. There was someone I hung out with, who took me down to the old neighborhoods and also helped me with the accent. It really helped me get into the character."

"Leo was at a real disadvantage coming into this movie," Damon allows. "I mean, he had to do a lot of preparation work that Mark Wahlberg and I didn't have to do because we both grew up in Boston. There is a very particular attitude and culture there, and Leo did a great job capturing that. It was truly impressive."

THE BIG APPLE MEETS BEANTOWN

While "The Departed" is set entirely in Boston, principal photography on the film was accomplished in and around the cities of both Boston and New York. Production designer Kristi Zea, who had earlier collaborated with Scorsese on "GoodFellas," observes, "'The Departed' does have some of the same elements as 'GoodFellas,' but, of course, this film takes place in Boston. Because we had worked together before, Marty could refer to things we had done back then and say, 'Remember that thing we did on 'GoodFellas?' I want something like that…only, what's the Boston version? I'd scratch my head and say, 'Well, I'm not sure, Marty, but we'll find out,'" she laughs. "It was great to do another film with him."

Almost all of the film's exterior scenes were shot in Boston at such sites as Boston Common, Boston Harbor, Chinatown, and, of course, South Boston, known to the locals as "Southie." Traveling outside of the city, the company also filmed in the neighboring towns of Braintree, Quincy and Mark Wahlberg's hometown, Dorchester. In New York, the company stayed primarily outside of Manhattan proper, instead having areas of Brooklyn double as Boston, mostly for interior scenes.

"The fact that we shot this movie in two different cities is not unusual," Zea relates, "but in this case, the differences between New York and Boston are pretty evident as you drive around. Outside of downtown Boston, most of the structures are quite low and there is lots of sky, whereas most of the New York sky is filled with high-rises. It's very difficult to do much in New York that looks like Boston from an exterior point of view, which is why we stayed mainly in Brooklyn. In Boston, there is also a specific style of New England architecture that doesn't exist in New York, like the three-story wooden houses with front or back porches on each floor. That is something of a signature Boston look that we made sure to have in our film. Another element that was fascinating to me is the "brutalist" mode of architecture, which is the cement look that certain buildings were designed with in Boston, including City Hall and the Hurley Building."

Juxtaposed with the city's historical landmarks, the imposing, cement-gray Hurley Building, in the heart of Boston's Government Square, was selected to serve as the exterior for the utilitarian headquarters of the Massachusetts State Police. Zea and her team then created the interiors of the headquarters on a cavernous soundstage in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. "We decided to carry over the gray and brown palette of the existing structure, which really worked well for those sets," she says.

Director of photography Michael Ballhaus took a similar approach in lighting the police headquarters. He offers, "Police stations are normally lit with fluorescents, but I didn't want to do that because fluorescents create a wash of light, which has no tension. I decided to use direct light and shadows to add variety and texture to the atmosphere."

Ballhaus, who had previously teamed with Scorsese on six films, states, "I don't think Marty and I have ever talked so much about lighting. The whole movie was somewhat influenced by film noir. We lit it almost like a black-and-white film, especially in the police station, which didn't have much color. But even if you don't have a lot of color, color is still something you can use in a dramatic way."

Costume designer Sandy Powell utilized color to set Jack Nicholson's character apart from the rest. She comments, "Basically, everybody else is in ordinary street clothes in neutral tones of black, brown, gray and beige. That's pretty much it. Originally, we were just going to make Frank Costello blend in, but after meeting Jack, it was obvious he wanted to take the look a little more to the extreme in terms of color and design. Costello is a guy who has so much power, he can wear whatever he wants and no one would dare question it. So we definitely had more leeway with his character's wardrobe."

Within the almost colorless settings, the occasional injection of the color red was both dramatic and deliberate. Zea confirms, "We intentionally made the costumes and the sets fairly monochromatic, but Marty, Michael Ballhaus and I collectively made the decision that whenever we used red, there was a reason for using red. It's intended as a subliminal message that something of a dangerous nature is about to happen, with blood being the obvious correlation."

The letter X was also used symbolically throughout the movie, at the behest of Scorsese, who meant it as a tribute to the 1932 movie "Scarface," directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hughes, in which the X has a special significance. "Marty asked us to utilize the letter X wherever we could," Zea reveals, "so you can see X's on windows, on walls, on floors…"

"The X is a sign of death, so Marty wanted us to include them-sometimes subtly and sometimes not so subtly," adds Ballhaus, who even used lighting to project X's into certain scenes.

The concept of death harkens back to the title. Monahan explains, "In the Catholic Church, we would refer to the dead as 'the faithful departed.' I started playing around with that idea and the fact that, ironically, this movie is about faithlessness-to others, of course, but most fatally to the characters' own best interests, so I thought the title fit."

Scorsese concludes, "William Monahan is an Irish American from Boston, so he placed his characters in that milieu. Nevertheless, the movie is about people in a situation that, in a sense, could be found in any city around the world. It is a story of trust and betrayal and deception and loyalty, which could be told anywhere."

ABOUT THE CAST

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO (Billy), a two-time Academy Award nominee, earned his most recent Oscar nod for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 2004 biopic "The Aviator." For his performance in that film, DiCaprio also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama, and received Critics' Choice Award and BAFTA Award nominations. In addition, he was honored with two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations, one for Best Actor and another as part of the "The Aviator" cast, nominated for Best Ensemble. In 2004, DiCaprio was also named the Actor of the Year at the Hollywood Film Festival.

Born in Hollywood, California, DiCaprio started acting at the age of 14. Following small parts on television, commercials and in films, he landed a regular role on the hit sitcom "Growing Pains." His breakthrough feature film role came when director Michael Caton-Jones cast him in the coveted role of Tobias Wolff in the screen adaptation of Wolff's autobiographical drama, "This Boy's Life," in which DiCaprio starred with Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin.

DiCaprio then starred with Johnny Depp in 1993's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," garnering his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his performance as a mentally handicapped young man. In addition, he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's New Generation Award.

In 1995, DiCaprio had starring roles in three very diverse films, beginning with Sam Raimi's Western "The Quick and the Dead," with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. Continuing to challenge himself, DiCaprio received praise for his performance as drug addict Jim Carroll in the harrowing drama "The Basketball Diaries," and then portrayed the disturbed pansexual poet Arthur Rimbaud in Agnieszka Holland's "Total Eclipse."

The following year, DiCaprio starred in Baz Luhrmann's contemporary screen adaptation of "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. That same year, he joined an all-star ensemble cast, including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro, in "Marvin's Room," sharing in a SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble Cast.

In 1997, DiCaprio starred in the blockbuster "Titanic," for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination. The film shattered every box office record on its way to winning 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, and is still the top-grossing film of all time. He subsequently played dual roles in "The Man in the Iron Mask," and then starred in "The Beach" and Woody Allen's "Celebrity."

DiCaprio gained his third Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of con man Frank Abagnale in 2002's "Catch Me If You Can," directed by Steven Spielberg. Also that year, he starred in the drama "Gangs of New York," which marked his first collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.

DiCaprio next stars in the drama "Blood Diamond," directed by Edward Zwick, which is due out this December.

MATT DAMON (Colin) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and has also been honored for his work as an actor. He most recently starred in the politically charged drama "Syriana," with George Clooney. Later this year, he stars with Robert De Niro and Angelina Jolie in the dramatic thriller "The Good Shepherd," directed by De Niro. Damon is currently filming the sequel "Ocean's 13," which reunites him with castmates Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia and Bernie Mac, and director Steven Soderbergh. He also stars with Anna Paquin in the upcoming drama "Margaret," directed by Kenneth Lonargan.

Hailing from Boston, Damon attended Harvard University and gained his initial acting experience at the American Repertory Theatre. Following small roles in "Mystic Pizza" and "School Ties," he first caught the attention of critics and audiences with his role as a guilt-ridden Gulf War veteran in 1996's "Courage Under Fire."

However, it was 1997 that would prove to be Damon's breakout year. Together with his friend Ben Affleck, he co-wrote the acclaimed drama "Good Will Hunting," in which Damon also starred in the title role of a troubled math genius. The film brought him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award (shared with Ben Affleck) for Best Original Screenplay. Damon also garnered Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his performance in the film, as well as two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations: one for his individual performance and a second for Outstanding Cast Performance, shared with his co-stars. Also in 1997, Damon starred in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker" and made a cameo appearance in Kevin Smith's "Chasing Amy."

In 1998, Damon played the title role in Steven Spielberg's award-winning World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan," for which he shared in another SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Cast Performance. He also starred that year in John Dahl's drama "Rounders," with Edward Norton.

Damon earned his third Golden Globe nomination for his work in 1999's "The Talented Mr. Ripley," under the direction of Anthony Minghella. Damon also reunited with Ben Affleck and director Kevin Smith to star in the controversial comedy "Dogma."

In 2000, Damon starred in Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance," and Billy Bob Thornton's "All the Pretty Horses." The following year saw Damon join an all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle, in Steven Soderbergh's hit remake of the "Rat Pack" comedy "Ocean's Eleven." Damon took on his first action role when he starred as Jason Bourne in 2002's mega-hit action thriller "The Bourne Identity." In 2004, he starred in the sequels "Ocean's Twelve" and "The Bourne Supremacy."

Damon's other recent film credits include the Farrelly brothers' comedy "Stuck On You," with Greg Kinnear; Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm," opposite Heath Ledger; and a cameo appearance in George Clooney's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

Lifelong friends Damon and Affleck formed the production company LivePlanet. Among its film and television projects, LivePlanet produced three Emmy-nominated seasons of "Project Greenlight." It is currently producing the documentary "Running the Sahara," directed by Academy Award winner James Moll.

JACK NICHOLSON (Costello), one of the most honored actors of all time, has worked with many of the film industry's most esteemed directors during his career, which has spanned five decades and encompassed more than 60 feature films.

In 2002, Nicholson received his twelfth Academy Award nomination for his performance in the title role of Alexander Payne's "About Schmidt," giving him the distinction of having earned the most Oscar nominations of any male actor. He has won the Academy Award three times: twice for Best Actor for his work in Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets"; and once for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Brooks' "Terms of Endearment." Nicholson has also been Oscar-nominated for his performances in Rob Reiner's "A Few Good Men," Hector Babenco's "Ironweed," John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor," Warren Beatty's "Reds," Roman Polanski's "Chinatown," Hal Ashby's "The Last Detail," Bob Rafelson's "Five Easy Pieces" and Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider."

Additionally, Nicholson won Golden Globe Awards for his work in "About Schmidt," "As Good as It Gets," "Prizzi's Honor," "Terms of Endearment," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Chinatown." He also garnered Golden Globe nominations for his roles in "Something's Gotta Give," "A Few Good Men," Danny DeVito's "Hoffa," Tim Burton's "Batman," "Ironweed," "Reds," "The Last Detail," "Five Easy Pieces" and "Easy Rider."

Nicholson's film work has also brought him a myriad of critics groups' awards. In addition, he has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

His long list of film acting credits also includes the hit comedy "Anger Management"; the Sean Penn-directed films "The Pledge" and "The Crossing Guard"; Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!"; Mike Nichols' "Wolf" and "Carnal Knowledge"; James L. Brooks' "Broadcast News"; George Miller's "The Witches of Eastwick"; Bob Rafelson's "The Postman Always Rings Twice"; Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"; Elia Kazan's "The Last Tycoon"; and Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger."

Nicholson made his feature film directorial debut in 1971 on "Drive, He Said," which he also wrote and produced. He went on to direct and star in "Goin' South," and to direct, produce and star in "The Two Jakes," which was the sequel to "Chinatown."

MARK WAHLBERG (Dignam) is currently filming "Shooter," for director Antoine Fuqua, and recently wrapped "We Own the Night," opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Duvall. Most recently, he starred in "Invincible," playing real-life football hero Vince Papale, as well as John Singleton's "Four Brothers." Both films opened in the top spot at the box office.

He previously appeared in the critically acclaimed existential comedy "I Heart Huckabees" and led a stellar cast in the heist movie "The Italian Job." Wahlberg has also enjoyed playing diverse characters for such visionary filmmakers as David O. Russell, Tim Burton and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Wahlberg's remarkable film career began with Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" and Scott Kalvert's "The Basketball Diaries," followed by a star turn opposite Reese Witherspoon in "Fear." His breakout performance in "Boogie Nights" launched him into the public consciousness. He then headlined "Three Kings" and "The Perfect Storm," with George Clooney. Wahlberg subsequently starred in "Rock Star," "Planet of the Apes" and "The Truth About Charlie."

In addition, Wahlberg is the executive producer of HBO's hit comedy "Entourage" and the documentary "Juvies," an exploration of the juvenile justice system. He is also very involved with his charity, the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, which benefits inner-city youth.

MARTIN SHEEN (Queenan) earned dual Emmy Award nominations this year: one for his guest appearance on the comedy series "Two and a Half Men," starring his son Charlie Sheen; and another for his starring role on the acclaimed NBC series "The West Wing," created by Aaron Sorkin. During his seven-year "term" as President Josiah Bartlet, Sheen also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and garnered four more Golden Globe nominations and five additional Emmy nominations in the same category. In addition, he has been honored by his peers with four Screen Actors Guild Awards: two for Best Male Actor in a Drama Series; and two shared with his "The West Wing" castmates for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Sheen won his first Emmy Award in 1994 for his guest role on the comedy series "Murphy Brown." He had previously earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of "The Execution of Private Slovik," and received Golden Globe nominations for his portrayals of John Dean in "Blind Ambition," and John F. Kennedy in "Kennedy."

Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Sheen first gained the attention of critics when he starred in the Broadway production of "The Subject Was Roses." He later earned a Golden Globe Award nomination when he reprised his role in the 1968 screen version of the play.

Sheen went on to receive early praise for his chilling portrait of serial killer Kit Carruthers in Terrence Malick's "Badlands," and for his performance as the enigmatic Captain Willard in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now." Sheen's other notable films credits include Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning Best Picture "Gandhi," Oliver Stone's "Wall Street," Rob Reiner's "The American President," written by Aaron Sorkin, and Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can."

Sheen's upcoming films include Gregory Nava's "Bordertown," with Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas; "Talk to Me," directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Don Cheadle; and "Bobby," in which Sheen joined an ensemble cast under the direction of his son Emilio Estevez.

RAY WINSTONE (Mr. French) will next be seen in Anthony Minghella's "Breaking and Entering," with Jude Law and Juliette Binoche, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. His upcoming film credits also include the title role in the fantasy adventure "Beowulf," being directed by Robert Zemeckis for a 2007 release.

Earlier in his career, Winstone won a 1998 British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, and earned a BAFTA Award nomination, for his performance in Gary Oldman's drama "Nil by Mouth." The following year, he gained another British Independent Film Award nomination for his work in Tim Roth's drama "The War Zone." Winstone received his third British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the 2000 crime drama "Sexy Beast," in which he starred with Ben Kingsley. In addition, he shared in a National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble for the 2001 film "Last Orders." Winstone most recently earned an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in "The Proposition."

Born in Hackney in the East End of London, Winstone was a champion boxer in school and fought twice for England. He studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke in the controversial project "Scum," which was originally made as a BBC play but was banned for its brutally violent content. Later remade as a feature film, "Scum" launched Winstone's career. His subsequent film credits include "Quadrophenia," "Ladybird Ladybird," "Face," "The Sea Change," "The Very Thought of You," "Agnes Browne" and "Fanny and Elvis." More recently, Winstone was seen in Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain" and Antoine Fuqua's "King Arthur," and was heard as Mr. Beaver in the fantasy blockbuster "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe."

Winstone has also worked extensively on television, starring in both series and television movies. His latest credits include the title roles in the British telefilms "Henry VIII" and "Sweeney Todd."

VERA FARMIGA (Madolyn) starred in the acclaimed independent film "Down to the Bone," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where Farmiga won a Special Jury Prize for her performance. In addition, she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Actress and earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female for her work in that film. Farmiga will next be seen in Anthony Minghella's "Breaking and Entering," in which she co-stars with Jude Law and Juliette Binoche. The film had its premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

Farmiga has also completed work on a wide range of upcoming films, including the thriller "Joshua," in which she stars opposite Sam Rockwell under the direction of George Ratliff; Tom Roberts' "In Tranzit," which she filmed in St. Petersburg, Russia, with John Malkovich and Thomas Kretschmann; the offbeat romance "Quid Pro Quo"; and the romantic drama "Never Forever," written and directed by Gina Kim.

Earlier this year, Farmiga starred opposite Paul Walker in the crime thriller "Running Scared." Her additional film credits include Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate," in which she co-starred with Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight; "Dummy," starring opposite Adrien Brody; "Love in the Time of Money," with Michael Imperioli and Adrian Grenier; "Fifteen Minutes," with Robert De Niro and Edward Burns; "Autumn in New York," starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder; and "The Opportunists," opposite Christopher Walken.

ALEC BALDWIN (Ellerby) previously collaborated with director Martin Scorsese in the acclaimed Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," for which he shared in a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nomination for Outstanding Cast Performance. Baldwin had previously earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the 2003 independent film "The Cooler." His performance in that film also brought him the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Golden Globe, SAG Award and Critics' Choice Award nominations.

Baldwin next stars in two more films due out this fall: "Running With Scissors," in which he joins an ensemble cast, including Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow; and "The Good Shepherd," with Robert De Niro, Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, under the direction of De Niro. He also stars in the new television series "30 Rock," with Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan.

Baldwin's many additional film credits include "Along Came Polly"; "The Cat in the Hat"; David Mamet's "State and Main," which won the National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble; "The Edge"; Rob Reiner's "Ghosts of Mississippi"; "Heaven's Prisoners"; "The Juror"; "The Shadow"; "Malice"; the screen version of Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross"; "Prelude to a Kiss"; "The Hunt for Red October"; Mike Nichols' "Working Girl"; Jonathan Demme's "Married to the Mob"; and Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Baldwin has also been honored for his work on television. He most recently earned two consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor on a Comedy Series for his role on "Will & Grace," the latest coming this year. In 2002, he received Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations for his portrayal of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in the HBO movie "Path to War." Baldwin had earlier garnered Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for his work in "A Streetcar Named Desire." He also starred in and executive produced the miniseries "Nuremberg," gaining Emmy and SAG Award nominations for his performance, and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Outstanding Miniseries for his work as a producer.

A native of Massapequa, Long Island, New York, Baldwin graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. An accomplished stage actor, he earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Kowalski in the 1992 Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire," and an Obie Award for his work off-Broadway in 1991's "Prelude to a Kiss." His other stage credits include the Broadway plays "Twentieth Century," "Serious Money" and "Loot"; the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Macbeth"; and David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre," presented off-Broadway.

ANTHONY ANDERSON (Brown) co-starred with Terrence Howard in 2005's critically acclaimed urban drama "Hustle & Flow." Anderson earned his third NAACP Image Award nomination for his performance in the film, and also shared in a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. He had earlier received Image Award nominations for his work in the sleeper hit comedy "Barbershop" and the romantic comedy "Two Can Play That Game." Anderson next co-stars in the sci-fi actioner "Transformers," directed by Michael Bay, which is due out in July 2007.

Anderson made his feature film debut in 1999's "Life," with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and went on to appear in Barry Levinson's drama "Liberty Heights," Andrzej Bartkowiak's actioner "Romeo Must Die," and the hit comedy "Big Momma's House." He first gained the attention of critics and audiences when he starred as one of Jim Carrey's unlikely sons in the Farrelly brothers' comedy "Me, Myself & Irene." Anderson has since starred in such films as "See Spot Run," "Exit Wounds," "Kangaroo Jack," "Cradle 2 the Grave," "Malibu's Most Wanted," "King's Ransom" and "Scary Movie 3 & 4."

On television, Anderson starred on his own WB series, "All About the Andersons," which was loosely based on his own life. He more recently joined the cast of the award-winning FX police drama "The Shield," during the 2005 season, and had a recurring role on "The Bernie Mac Show."

Anderson grew up in Los Angeles, where he attended the High School for the Performing Arts. While in school, he took first place in the NAACP's ACTSO Awards with a monologue from "The Great White Hope." That performance also led to a scholarship from Howard University. In 1996, Anderson landed his first professional job on the Saturday morning teen series "Hang Time." His other early credits include guest roles on "JAG" and "NYPD Blue." Anderson also caught the attention of "Ally McBeal" creator David E. Kelley, who wrote a two-episode arc especially for him on the series.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

MARTIN SCORSESE (Director) recently directed the biopic "The Aviator," which was honored with five Academy Awards; three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture - Drama; and four BAFTA Awards, including Best Film; as well as numerous other accolades. In addition, Scorsese earned Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations, as well as a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. He was also named the Director of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle.

Scorsese was born in 1942 in New York City, and raised in the downtown neighborhood of Little Italy, which would later provide the inspiration for several of his films. In 1966, he earned a master's degree in film communications from New York University's School of Film. During this time, he made numerous prize-winning short films, including "The Big Shave."

In 1968, Scorsese directed his first feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" He went on to serve as an assistant director and an editor on the 1970 documentary "Woodstock," and then won critical and popular acclaim for his 1973 film "Mean Streets." The following year, Scorsese directed his first documentary film, "Italianamerican."

Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. He followed with "New York, New York," "The Last Waltz," and "Raging Bull," which garnered two Academy Awards. Scorsese subsequently directed such films as "The King of Comedy," "The Color of Money," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "GoodFellas," "Cape Fear," "Casino," "Kundun" and "The Age of Innocence."

In 1996, Scorsese completed the four-hour documentary "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies," co-directed by Michael Henry Wilson. The documentary was commissioned by the British Film Institute to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema. In 2001, Scorsese made "Il Mio Viaggio in Italia," an epic documentary that affectionately chronicles his love for Italian cinema.

Scorsese's long-cherished feature film project, "Gangs of New York," was released in 2002, earning a number of honors, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. The following year, PBS broadcast the seven-film documentary series "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues."

In 2005, "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" was aired as part of the "American Masters" series on PBS and released on DVD worldwide. The documentary brought Scorsese a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.

Scorsese is the founder and chair of The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation. He is also a co-chair of the Tribeca Film Festival. Over the course of his career, he has received many awards and honors, including: the Golden Lion from the 1995 Venice Film Festival; the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997; the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 25th Gala Tribute in 1998; the Cavaliere di Gran Croce, Italy's highest honor, presented in 2000; the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003; and the Officer de la Legion d'Honneur, presented by the Culture Minister of France for outstanding service to France, in 2005.

WILLIAM MONAHAN (Screenwriter) had already had success as a journalist and author before segueing to screenwriting. In just a few years of writing screenplays professionally, he has already worked with some of the biggest names in the business.

Prior to "The Departed," Monahan wrote the script for 2005's "Kingdom of Heaven," an epic action drama set during the Crusades, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Orlando Bloom. In May 2006, the critically acclaimed director's cut of the film was released on DVD.

Born in Boston and raised in Massachusetts, Monahan attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Moving to New York City, he went on to work as a journalist, essayist and critic, and was also an editor at SPY magazine.

In 1997, Monahan won a Pushcart Prize for short fiction, and published his first novel, the widely praised Light House: A Trifle.

Turning to screenwriting in 2001, Monahan sold his script "Tripoli," about William Eaton's epic march on Tripoli during the Barbary Wars, which Ridley Scott was set to direct. Although the project never came to fruition, Monahan was commissioned to write an original epic set in the Middle Ages. That film became Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven."

Monahan is currently working on several upcoming projects, including "Penetration," an adaptation of David Ignatius' novel, which will reunite him with director Ridley Scott, and "The Venetian," a historical epic based on the travels of Marco Polo.

BRAD PITT (Producer), one of the film industry's most prominent stars, is an award-winning actor and is also quickly gaining success as a producer under his Plan B Entertainment banner.

Pitt next stars with Cate Blanchett in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's drama "Babel," which screened in competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, earning widespread acclaim and winning the award for Best Director. He also stars as Jesse James in Andrew Dominik's "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," which Pitt also produced. The film is due out in 2007. Pitt is currently filming "Ocean's 13," slated for release in summer 2007, and he will then begin production on David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," in which he again stars opposite Cate Blanchett.

As a producer, Pitt's upcoming films for Plan B include "Running With Scissors," starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes and Alec Baldwin; "Peace Like a River," starring Billy Bob Thornton; "A Mighty Heart," starring Angelina Jolie and Dan Futterman; "Shantaram," starring Johnny Depp; and "A Million Little Pieces." Plan B previously produced Tim Burton's fantasy hit "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," starring Johnny Depp; and Wolfgang Petersen's historical epic "Troy," in which Pitt also starred.

Born in Oklahoma, Pitt began his acting career with smaller roles in films and on television. In 1991, he first gained the attention of critics and audiences with his breakthrough performance as the seductive hitchhiker in Ridley Scott's controversial hit "Thelma & Louise." He went on to star in Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It," Dominic Sena's "Kalifornia" and Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire."

Pitt received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in 1994's "Legends of the Fall." Two years later, he was honored with an Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys."

Pitt subsequently earned praise for his work in the David Fincher films "Se7en" and "Fight Club"; Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years in Tibet"; and Guy Ritchie's "Snatch." He also joined an all-star ensemble cast, including George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Bernie Mac, in Steven Soderbergh's hit remake of "Ocean's Eleven." Pitt more recently starred in the sequel "Ocean's Twelve," which reunited the cast and director Soderbergh; and the smash hit action comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," opposite Angelina Jolie.

Pitt's additional film credits include: Tony Scott's "Spy Game," with Robert Redford; Gore Verbinski's "The Mexican," with Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini; the title role in Martin Brest's "Meet Joe Black"; Alan J. Pakula's "The Devil's Own"; Barry Levinson's "Sleepers"; Tony Scott's "True Romance"; Ralph Bakshi's "Cool World"; and "Johnny Suede," which was named Best Picture at the 1991 Locarno International Film Festival. Pitt has also made cameo appearances in Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" and George Clooney's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," and lent his voice to the title character in the animated feature "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas."

BRAD GREY (Producer) is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures Corporation.

One of the foremost entrepreneurs in entertainment, Grey built his former company, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, into one of the industry's elite organizations, named by Forbes as "Hollywood's most successful management and production firm."

Grey also created the motion picture production company Plan B Entertainment, in partnership with Brad Pitt. The first picture released by the company was Wolfgang Petersen's historical epic "Troy," starring Pitt and Orlando Bloom.

Grey's motion picture producer credits include last year's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," starring Johnny Depp under the direction of Tim Burton. In addition, Grey has produced some of the most celebrated programs on television, including HBO's Emmy award-winning series "The Sopranos."

He is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner, as well as a four-time recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award.

Grey serves on UCLA's Board for the Medical Sciences, the USC School of Cinema-Television Board of Councilors, and the Boards of Directors for Project A.L.S. and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

GRAHAM KING (Producer) is President and CEO of Initial Entertainment Group, one of Hollywood's leading independent film companies, which acquires, produces or co-produces films for the worldwide market. King, who founded Initial in 1995, has emerged as a formidable producer of both major motion pictures and independent features.

"The Departed" marks King's third collaboration with Martin Scorsese. In 2004, he produced Scorsese's widely praised Howard Hughes biopic, "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, for which King earned an Academy Award nomination and won a BAFTA Award for Best Picture. He was also honored by the Producers Guild of America with a Golden Laurel Award for Producer of the Year. King had earlier been a co-executive producer on Scorsese's epic drama "Gangs of New York," starring DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.

Under the Initial Entertainment banner, King has also served as an executive producer on such films as "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," produced by and starring Jodie Foster; Michael Mann's biographical drama "Ali," starring Will Smith in the title role; and Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning ensemble drama "Traffic." King went on to executive produce the television miniseries "Traffic," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Miniseries.

Currently, King is a producer on such upcoming films as the Edward Zwick-directed drama "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly, due out this December; and the Nicolas Cage film "Next."

A native of the United Kingdom, King began his career at the studio level in 1982, when he moved to the United States and joined the international distribution department at Twentieth Century Fox. In 1987, King moved from Fox to Cori Films, a Los Angeles-based international sales company, where he continued to widen his knowledge of the international market. After a five-year tenure with Cori Films, King joined Kings Road Productions. Three years later, he left to form Initial Entertainment Group.

Recently, Initial Entertainment Group signed a first-look producing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. Initial also has an in-house production deal with Johnny Depp and his company, Infinitum Nihil. Initial presently has a wide range of films in various stages of production and development, on which King is also a producer, including "Shantaram," with Warner Bros. and Infinitum Nihil, "Benighted," and "Prince of Thieves," to name a few.

ROY LEE (Executive Producer) made his producing debut as an executive producer on the smash hit horror film "The Ring," directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts. The film was the first to be produced under the banner of Vertigo Entertainment, the motion picture development and production company Lee co-founded with Doug Davison. Lee also served as an executive producer on the sequel, "The Ring Two," which was directed by Hideo Nakata, the director of the original Japanese hit on which "The Ring" was based.

Lee also produced "The Grudge," the remake of the Japanese horror hit "Ju-On," which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar. The film had a record-breaking opening in October 2004, and still holds the all-time record for a horror film opening. Lee most recently executive produced the sequel, "The Grudge 2," starring Gellar and Amber Tamblyn, which is due out this fall. His other producing credits include "Dark Water," starring Jennifer Connelly; the true-life family adventure hit "Eight Below," starring Paul Walker; and the romantic drama "The Lake House," starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

A Korean-American, born in Brooklyn and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Lee earned a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and a law degree from American University. After a brief stint as a corporate attorney, Lee relocated from Washington, DC, to Los Angeles in 1996, to pursue a career in the film industry. He landed his first job with the production company Alphaville, where he worked on such films as "The Mummy," "The Jackal" and "Michael."

With his experience tracking scripts at Alphaville, he later co-founded a website, called ScriptShark.com, which allowed aspiring writers to have their screenplays evaluated by industry professionals. Its success led to an assignment with a talent management company, where Lee tracked short films to play on personal computers. In 2001, Lee began importing films from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia to be remade in the United States, selling the rights to American movie studios on behalf of their Asian distributors. This practice led to him being dubbed "The Remake Man" in a 2003 New Yorker magazine profile.

Lee and Davison formed Vertigo Entertainment in 2001. They are presently developing and producing a variety of film projects for different studios. Some of the titles Lee is producing for Vertigo include "The Visiting," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig; the thriller "Strangers," starring Liv Tyler; and a remake of the paranormal thriller "The Eye," starring Jessica Alba.

DOUG DAVISON (Executive Producer) is partnered with Roy Lee at Vertigo Entertainment, the motion picture development and production company the pair founded in 2001. Under the Vertigo Entertainment banner, Davison produced "The Grudge," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, which was based on the Japanese horror hit "Ju-On." Opening in October 2004, the film still holds the record for the biggest horror film opening weekend ever. Davison went on to produce another horror thriller, "Dark Water," starring Jennifer Connelly and directed by Walter Salles. In 2006, Davison switched gears to produce the romantic drama "The Lake House," starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.

Davison most recently produced "The Grudge 2," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Amber Tamblyn, which is due out this fall, and he is in post-production on "The Visiting," a remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig under the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel. In addition, Davison is in pre-production on "The Strangers," a horror film starring Liv Tyler; the thriller "Addicted," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist; and "My Sassy Girl," a romantic comedy starring Elisha Cuthbert, to be directed by Yann Samuell.

A native of Washington, DC, Davison graduated from Hamilton College in upstate New York with a degree in English literature. Moving to New York City, he began his career as a set production assistant on "Die Hard: With A Vengeance" and then worked as a script reader at New Line Cinema. Davison relocated to Los Angeles, where he landed a job at Mad Chance Productions. Under the tutelage of Andrew Lazar, he was the company's director of development and worked his way up to President of Production. Davison's first producing credit was as a co-producer on "Death to Smoochy," directed by Danny DeVito, and starring Robin Williams and Edward Norton. While at Mad Chance, Davison also developed such projects as "Space Cowboys," "Cats & Dogs" and "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

G. MAC BROWN (Executive Producer) is currently collaborating with Baz Luhrmann on his as-yet-untitled pre-World War II drama, set in Australia and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Prior to "The Departed," Brown executive produced Sydney Pollack's thriller "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, and produced Adrian Lyne's acclaimed dramatic thriller "Unfaithful," starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere. He was the sole producer on Beeban Kidron's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar," starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo.

Brown also had a long association with director Nora Ephron, co-producing the comedy "Michael," starring John Travolta, William Hurt and Andie MacDowell; and executive producing the romantic comedy hit "You've Got Mail," pairing Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and the crime comedy "Lucky Numbers," starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. His other film credits include "Scent of a Woman," "In & Out," "Flesh and Bone," "Anna and the King," "Gloria," "She-Devil," "With Honors," "The Cowboy Way" and "Last Exit to Brooklyn."

KRISTIN HAHN (Executive Producer) co-directed, wrote and produced the award-winning documentary "Anthem," which was released theatrically and aired on HBO. She also co-wrote the companion book, Anthem: An American Road Story, published by HarperCollins. Hahn went on to write In Search of Grace: An Exploration of Religious Faith in America, also published by HarperCollins.

Following the release of In Search of Grace, Hahn started a production company with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt. That venture became Plan B Entertainment, where Hahn oversaw a large slate of projects for over three years. She continues to produce a handful of projects with Plan B, while also producing independently and with Jennifer Aniston at a variety of studios.

GIANNI NUNNARI (Executive Producer) is the founder and principal producer of Hollywood Gang Productions, established in 1997. Nunnari's producing credits include Oliver Stone's "Alexander," Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn" trilogy, and David Fincher's "Se7en."

Nunnari is also a producer on the upcoming film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel "300," starring Gerard Butler and directed by Zack Snyder, set for a March 2007 release; "N: Napoleon and Me," directed by Paolo Virzi and starring Daniel Auteuil and Monica Bellucci, which debuted at the Rome Film Festival; "11 Minutes," the film adaptation of Paulo Coelho's bestselling novel of the same title; and "Everybody's Fine," a remake of the Italian classic, to be directed by Kirk Jones. Nunnari is also currently in development on a feature adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel "Ronin," with DC Comics, and "Silence," the film adaptation of Shusaku Endo's novel Chinmoku, to be helmed by Martin Scorsese.

JOSEPH REIDY (Co-Producer/First Assistant Director) most recently collaborated with Martin Scorsese as the co-producer and first assistant director on "The Aviator." "The Departed" marks Reidy's eleventh film project with the director, having previously served in the same capacities on "Gangs of New York" and "Bringing Out the Dead," and as the first assistant director and associate producer on "Casino" and "The Age of Innocence." He was also the first assistant director on "Cape Fear," "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "The Color of Money," as well as the first assistant director and second unit director on "GoodFellas."

Reidy has also worked multiple times with other directors. For Oliver Stone, he served as the first assistant director and associate producer on "JFK," "The Doors" and "Born on the Fourth of July," and as the first assistant director on "Talk Radio." Reidy teamed up with Robert Redford as the first assistant director and co-producer on "The Horse Whisperer" and as the first assistant director on "Quiz Show," and worked with Mike Newell as the first assistant director on "Mona Lisa Smile" and "Donnie Brasco." His additional credits as a first assistant director include Barry Levinson's "Sleepers," Robert De Niro's "A Bronx Tale," Irwin Winkler's "Night and the City," Adrian Lyne's "Jacob's Ladder," Ridley Scott's "Someone to Watch Over Me," Peter Yates' "The House on Carroll Street," and Sidney Lumet's upcoming dramatic thriller "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."

MICHAEL BALLHAUS (Director of Photography), a three-time Academy Award nominee in the category of Best Cinematography, earned his most recent Oscar nod for Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York." He had previously been Oscar-nominated for his work on Steve Kloves' "The Fabulous Baker Boys" and James L. Brooks' "Broadcast News." Ballhaus also received BAFTA Award nominations for his work on the Scorsese-directed films "Gangs of New York," "The Age of Innocence" and "GoodFellas," and gained an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Scorsese's "After Hours." "The Departed" marks Ballhaus' seventh project with Scorsese, also including "The Color of Money" and "The Last Temptation of Christ."

A native of Germany, Ballhaus lensed 15 films for the late German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In 1983, he made his U.S. debut as a director of photography on John Sayles' "Baby, It's You." He has since worked with such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola on "Bram Stoker's Dracula"; Wolfgang Petersen on "Air Force One" and "Outbreak"; Mike Nichols on "What Planet Are You From?," "Primary Colors," "Postcards from the Edge" and "Working Girl"; Robert Redford on "Quiz Show" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance"; Barry Levinson on "Sleepers"; and, more recently, Nancy Meyers on "Something's Gotta Give."

In 2006, Ballhaus received the Berlinale Camera at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for his contributions to film.

KRISTI ZEA (Production Designer) reunites with director Martin Scorsese on "The Departed," which is her third film project with the director. She previously served as the production designer on Scorsese's "GoodFellas," as well as the "Life Lessons" segment from "New York Stories." Her credits as a production designer also include multiple collaborations with Jonathan Demme on "The Manchurian Candidate," "Beloved," "Philadelphia," The Silence of the Lambs" and "Married to the Mob"; and Brett Ratner on "Red Dragon" and "The Family Man." Her other production design credits include Roger Michell's "Changing Lanes," Barry Levinson's "Sleepers," Jon Avnet's "The War," George Miller's "Lorenzo's Oil," and Thomas Schlamme's "Miss Firecracker." She most recently completed work on Neil Jordan's "The Brave One," slated for release in fall 2007.

Zea has had a multi-faceted film career, also encompassing work as a producer, second unit director and costume designer. Zea was a producer on James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets," for which she shared in an Oscar nomination for Best Picture with Brooks and Bridget Johnson. She was also a second unit director and associate producer on "Philadelphia"; an associate producer on "Broadcast News" and "Lucas"; and a second unit director on "Sleepers" and "Beloved."

As a costume designer, Zea's credits include Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado"; George Roy Hill's "The Little Drummer Girl"; Franco Zeffirelli's "Endless Love"; and three films for director Alan Parker, "Birdy," "Shoot the Moon" and "Fame."

In addition to her film work, Zea teaches Production Design for Film in the Graduate Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

THELMA SCHOONMAKER (Editor) is a two-time Academy Award winner for her editing on Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" and "Raging Bull." She also received Oscar nominations for her work on two more Scorsese films, "Gangs of New York" and "GoodFellas." Early in her career, Schoonmaker earned her first Oscar nomination as the supervising editor for the documentary "Woodstock," on which she shared the editing room with Scorsese, among others. In addition, Schoonmaker won BAFTA Awards for Best Editing on "GoodFellas" and "Raging Bull," and was honored by her peers with Eddie Awards for "The Aviator," "Gangs of New York" and "Raging Bull."

Schoonmaker met Scorsese during a six-week summer course at New York University's Film School. A few years later, she was editing his first full-length feature, "Who's That Knocking at My Door." They later reunited on "Raging Bull," and she has since edited all of the director's feature films, including "The King of Comedy," "After Hours," "The Color of Money," "New York Stories," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Cape Fear," "The Age of Innocence," "Casino," "Kundun" and "Bringing Out the Dead," as well as the aforementioned films.

Schoonmaker has also edited several of Scorsese's documentaries, including "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies," and "Il Mio Viaggio In Italia" ("My Voyage to Italy").

Apart from her editing career, she works tirelessly to promote the films and writings of her late husband, the Academy Award-nominated director Michael Powell.

SANDY POWELL (Costume Designer) is a two-time Academy Award winner and has earned five additional Oscar nominations. In 1999, she received dual Academy Award nominations for her work on John Madden's "Shakespeare in Love" and Todd Haynes' "Velvet Goldmine," winning the Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love." She more recently won her second Oscar for her work on Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator." Powell has also been Oscar-nominated for the costume designs in Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," as well as "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "The Wings of the Dove" and "Orlando."

Powell was similarly honored with BAFTA Award nominations for all of the above titles, winning the BAFTA Award for "Velvet Goldmine." In addition, she garnered BAFTA Award nominations for her work on the Neil Jordan-directed films "Interview with the Vampire" and "The End of the Affair." Powell has also collaborated with Jordan as the costume designer on "The Butcher Boy," "Michael Collins," "The Crying Game" and "The Miracle."

Powell's other film credits include "Sylvia," starring Gwyneth Paltrow; Todd Haynes' "Far From Heaven"; Atom Egoyan's "Felicia's Journey" and "Hilary and Jackie"; Mike Figgis' "Miss Julie" and "Stormy Monday"; "Rob Roy" starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange; and "Being Human," starring Robin Williams.

In addition to films, Powell has designed costumes for the theatrical stage, as well as for the ballet and the opera.

HOWARD SHORE (Composer) has collaborated with Martin Scorsese on four previous films: "The Aviator," "Gangs of New York," "Made in Milan" and "After Hours." He is a three-time Academy Award winner for his work on "The Lord of the Rings" films. Shore took home his first Oscar for 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Two years later, he won dual Oscars for the last installment of the trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," one for Best Original Score and a second for Best Original Song for "Into the West." Shore's work on "The Lord of the Rings" films also earned him two Golden Globe Awards in the categories of Best Score and Best Song for "The Return of the King"; a Golden Globe nomination for "The Fellowship of the Ring"; four Grammy Awards, including one each for the soundtrack albums for "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King," and one for Best Song for "Into the West"; the American Film Institute Award for Composer of the Year; and numerous critics groups awards. In addition, he received BAFTA Award nominations for the "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the King."

Shore more recently won a Career Achievement Award for Music Composition from the National Board of Review. For his work on Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator," Shore won a Golden Globe Award and earned a BAFTA Award nomination. He had earlier received BAFTA Award nominations for the scores for Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" and Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs."

The composer has collaborated with director David Cronenberg on 11 films, beginning in 1979 with "The Brood," and going on to include "Scanners," "Videodrome," "The Fly," "Dead Ringers," "Naked Lunch," "M. Butterfly," "Crash," "eXistenZ," "Spider" and, most recently, "A History of Violence." Shore is also writing an opera based on Cronenberg's "The Fly," to be directed by Cronenberg and staged for the Los Angeles Opera's 2007-2008 season.

Shore's other film credits include David Fincher's "Panic Room" and "Se7en"; Kevin Smith's "Dogma"; Stephen Frears' "High Fidelity"; Harold Ramis' "Analyze This"; Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!"; Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"; Joel Schumacher's "The Client"; Jonathan Demme's "Philadelphia"; Chris Columbus' "Mrs. Doubtfire"; Barbet Schroeder's "Single White Female"; and Penny Marshall's "Big."

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