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... Read allThe 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.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.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 24 nominations
- John Martorano
- (as W Earl Brown)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMany of the murder scenes were shot in the locations where the real-life murders took place.
- GoofsIn the film, Buddy Leonard diffuses a fight between Whitey Bulger and Tommy King at Triple O's. Tommy is subsequently murdered, and Buddy is found dead in the front seat of a car a few scenes later. In real life, Buddy was murdered before the altercation at Triple O's. His death was the real reason Tommy attacked Bulger.
- Quotes
Whitey Bulger: [from trailer]
[at dinner]
Whitey Bulger: What did you marinate this steak in? Because it's out of this world! You're killing me with it!
John Morris: Now, now, it's a family secret.
Whitey Bulger: Oh, come on! You got to tell me that! What's the secret? Come on, you can do it, come on, that is one of the best goddamn steaks I have ever had in my entire life. What's the family secret recipe?
John Morris: It's ground garlic, with a bit of soy.
Whitey Bulger: That's it?
John Morris: Yeah, that's it.
Whitey Bulger: [pause] I thought it was a family secret.
John Morris: It's a recipe.
Whitey Bulger: No, no. You said to me this is a family secret, and you gave it up to me, boom just like that. You spill the secret family recipe today, maybe you spill a little something about me tomorrow, hm?
John Morris: I was just saying that...
Whitey Bulger: You were just saying? "Just saying" gets people sent away. "Just saying" got me a nine-year stretch in Alcatraz, you understand? So, "just saying" can get you buried real quick.
[suddenly laughs]
Whitey Bulger: Look at his face!
- Crazy creditsAs the actors are listed, pictures and footage of the real people they portrayed are shown.
- SoundtracksIt's Not My Cross to Bear
Written by Gregg Allman
Performed by The Allman Brothers Band
Courtesy of Island Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Black Mass" is another crime film based on the biography of a notorious gangster, this time the criminal James "Whitey" Bulger in South Boston. The impressive performance of Johnny Depp is maybe the greatest attraction of this movie. The story is like many others of notorious American gangsters, with violence, corruption and justice in the end. "Black Mass" never disappoints fans of this genre and the production is careful with the atmosphere in the late 70's and 80's. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Aliança do Crime" ("Crime Alliance")
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- Nov 12, 2016
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Pacto criminal
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $53,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $62,575,678
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,635,037
- Sep 20, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $99,975,678
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1