Black mass 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Depp and other actors were filming scenes for the film black mass. Whereas, for all its strengths, black mass feels, more than anything, like actors playing dressup. In 1999, the film was dubbed in english and released in the us by artisan entertainment the film is an adaptation of the 1992 manhua black mask by li chitak. In 1970s south boston, fbi agent john connolly joel edgerton. The film stars johnny depp as notorious crime boss whitey. The film tells the true story of infamous rise and fall of james whitey bulger, the most violent criminal in south boston history. Its the true story of boston gangster james whitey bulger, and its told with gritty filmmaking and robust. Black mass is an intriguing blend of classic gangster movie drama under the umbrella of an intimate bulger biopic.
Youve been nominated for a sag award for black mass and actors clearly appreciate your work. Everything that happened in black mass really happened, and the film takes great pleasure in reminding us of this in as many ways as possible. Long past his heartthrob era, johnny depp became a real actor able to deliver a chill when his face subtly changes to an expression of expectant evil which it does frequently in black mass. Some scenes in the solid, vividly acted gangster picture black mass come from real life, or something like it. Cast revealed for local whitey bulger movie the boston globe. Black mass 2015 behind the scenes full version duration. James whitey bulger, the notorious boston gangster who was found dead tuesday in his prison cell, reluctantly had his popculture breakthrough in 2015s black mass, portrayed by one of the. Black mass cast on johnny depps transformation into. The lives of four africanamerican students with vastly diverging approaches to race relations collide on the campus of an ivy league college. Who plays who in black mass a look at the cast of black mass as compared to the real cops, criminals, informants, and victims of whitey bulgers world. Black mass spins a gripping yarn out of its factbased story and leaves. Black mass movie vs true story of whitey bulger, john connolly. Watch the black mass trailer herea private screening is.
Meet the cast of whitey bulger film black mass warner bros. Movies with diverse casts or leads the new york times. Pictures recently revealed a cast list for the whitey bulger film based on the book black mass. In that context depps choices, and the films, seem spoton. The whitey bulger biopic black mass ascended ashmont hill last week for a threeday encampment that turned two roslin street homes and much of the surrounding neighborhood into a south boston side street circa 1970. Can a bechdel test for race help persuade hollywood to.
New johnny depp movie black mass is obviously failed. The stars and director of black mass discuss johnny depps chilling performance as whitey bulger during the toronto international film. Whitey is also a void in black mass, the new dramatized bulger film. Whitey bulger hated how johnny depp portrayed him in. As sound as its central idea is, the execution of black mass is flawed. A day after 89year old iconic south boston mob boss james whitey bulger was beaten to death his face reportedly pummeled beyond recognition by prisoners with mob ties and a. Like in the black mass movie, the real whitey bulger had a son, douglas cyr, who died at age six from reyes syndrome a severe reaction to aspirin.
These trade off with scenes yanked straight out of the movies. Black mass film, johnny depp makeup artistry bring. Depp is chilling here in the way that great horror movie actors from the. Black mass starheavy cast including edgerton, cumberbatch and its calculating direction helps emphasize the brutality and impact of this notorious gangster. The film has an ensemble cast including johnny depp, joel edgerton, benedict cumberbatch, kevin bacon, jesse plemons, peter sarsgaard. Disturbing for the truths it reveals about the events in question. Depp is chilling here in the way that great horror movie actors from the 1930s and 40s are chilling. In black mass, the new truecrime thriller from scott cooper, the actor is buried beneath a rubber nose and forehead, an artificially receding hairline, replacement eyebrows, crumbling, brown. While black mass lacks an emotional core, and the pacing is poor, the intrigue of the story and depps performance make it work. The boys mother, lindsey cyr portrayed by dakota johnson in the movie, said that douglass death had a definite impact on whitey, who had been an attentive and caring father. We already knew that johnny depp will star as whitey bulger and that benedict cumberbatch replaced.
Black mass cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing black mass near you. The coolidge corner theater is rolling out the red carpet for the stars of the james whitey bulger biopic black mass. At one seemingly innocuous point in scott coopers visceral crime drama black mass, notorious mobster james whitey bulger johnny depp tells his son, who has been dealing with a bully, that he didnt act wrongly by retaliating punching his aggressor in the face. Kevin weeks slams johnny depp film black mass for having. Black mass best quotes if nobody sees it, it didnt.
The scene is played for levity dakota johnsons aggrieved reaction as the boy. How to fix hollywoods race problem film the guardian. Black mass starring johnny depp, kevin bacon in lead and directed by scott cooper. Black mass discussion with actors johnny depp, dakota johnson and julianne nicholson, director scott cooper, composer tom holkenborg, producer john lesher and editor david rosenbloom on. Rory cochrane, dakota johnson and julianne nicholson to talk about filming the whitey bulger biopic black mass, starring johnny depp. His cackling persona of devious stares and violent outbursts can only be described as joe pesci with all the humor sucked out of his detailed mannerisms. Black masss plot forms from the emotional tugging between him and edgerton, and like any biopic, it must commit crimes of omission in service to its running time. 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.
Instead of romantic, living portraits of kings and queens, the film follows boston gangsters, most notably whitey bulger, the notorious leader of the. Black mass cast and crew, black mass hollywood movie cast. Stars of black mass coming to boston for private film. Scott coopers whitey bulger saga is a confident and nasty film with impressive. Despite a great cast and some interestingly insane source material, somehow a movie about one of americas most infamous criminals feels more like small claims.
Black mass johnny depp does careerbest work as notorious boston gangster james whitey bulger in scott coopers taut, elegantly understated crime drama. Johnny depps starring role as legendary boston gangster james whitey bulger in the film black mass has critics praising the actor for his most restrained and realistic performance in. The actor, who plays whitey bulger in black mass, join. Black mass, even in spite of its flourishing mediocrity and uneventful storyline, is worth seeing just to witness johnny depp transform himself into a dizzying vampire of vicious brutality and horrifying eeeeevilllnessssss. Johnny depp makes a valiant stab at the part, but even with his hair thinned and lightened and his face hardened, depp remains. It was directed by daniel lee and produced by tsui hark and his production company film workshop. Johnny depp gets teeth implants and a crazy whitehaired wig, and you applaud him for it. Black mass, about the tangled criminal history of boston gang boss. Black mass cast and crew check out hollywood movie black mass cast and crew details, star cast information. For a biopic of a reallife person, this feels like an oddly standard mob thriller. Telling a true story about a mobster responsible for so many deaths could become a valachi papers exercise in just one killing after another, which this film does, but there is. Black mass 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Black mass is a 2015 american biographical crime drama film directed by scott cooper, based on the 2001 book black mass. Casting directors for the new johnny depp feature film, black mass is now casting speaking roles in boston, massachusetts.
The true story of an unholy alliance between the fbi and the irish mob by dick lehr and gerard oneill. Black mass 2015 cast and crew while his brother bill benedict cumberbatch remains a powerful leader in the massachusetts senate, irish hoodlum james whitey bulger johnny depp continues to. Johnny depp will star in the film as the infamous mobster whitey bulger. A longtime associate of white bulger has slammed black mass the new johnny depp film about the notorious gangster as a major disappointment and a work of pure fiction former mobster and ex. Johnny depp, black mass crew camp out on ashmont hill. Coopers direction is skillful, if overly reliant on borrowed scorseseisms especially when it comes to music, and the cast is firstrate, but the film is. In 1970s south boston, fbi agent john connolly joel edgerton persuades irish mobster james whitey bulger johnny depp to collaborate with the. With johnny depp, benedict cumberbatch, dakota johnson, joel edgerton.