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Very interesting movie about the life of a real gangster who was ruthless and blood thirsty in Boston. The role is played superbly by Johnny Depp.
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| Title Statement | Black mass: Messe noire / [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 ; produced by John Sesher, Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper [and two others] ; directed by Scott Cooper ; screenplay by Mark Malouk and Jez Butterworth. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Messe noire |
| Additional Contributors | Cooper, Scott,1970- |
| Depp, Johnny | |
| Edgerton, Joel,1974- | |
| Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976- | |
| Lehr, Dick | |
| Publication | Burbank, California: Distributed by Warner Home Video,[2015] |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (122 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 883929473885 |
| Other Number | 2927156 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. Based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. Widescreen version. Special features include: Johnny Depp: becoming Whitey Bulger featurette. Bilingual packaging (English/French) |
| Performance Credits | Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. Classement de la Régie du cinéma Québec: 13+. |
| Languages | English, French, and Spanish language tracks, with English, French, and Spanish subtitles.SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing)English descriptive audio. |
| System Details | DVD, 5.1 Dolby surround stereo. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | "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"--from www.imdb.com. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Organized crime--Fiction--Massachusetts--Boston |
| Irish Americans--Fiction--Massachusetts--Boston | |
| By Name | Bulger, Whitey,1929- |
| United StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation--Fiction--Corrupt practices | |
| By Location | South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--Fiction--Social conditions |
| By Genre | Crime films |
| Biographical films | |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
| Films for people with visual disabilities | |
