Originally posted by Tony Love:
Jack Nicholson stars in this new Scorsese as Genovese Don Frank Costello. Here's a description:
The Departed is set in South Boston, where the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello (Nicholson).
I don't think its about THE Frank Costello (the NYC "Prime Minister"). For one thing, Costello was Italian, not Irish, AND two, he was based in New York, not Boston.
