The Departed
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Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
Written by | Screenplay: William Monahan Source material: Felix Chong Alan Mak |
Produced by | Brad Pitt Brad Grey Graham King |
Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Vera Farmiga Ray Winstone Alec Baldwin |
Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
Music by | Howard Shore |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | September 26, 2006 (New York City premiere) October 6, 2006 |
Running time | 151 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English, Cantonese |
Budget | $90 million |
Box office | $289,847,354 (worldwide) |
The Departed is a 2006 American crime film, and a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson and Alec Baldwin. The film won four Academy Awards at the 79th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and a Best Director win for Scorsese.
This film takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, where notorious Irish Mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello (Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Damon) as an informant within the Massachusetts State Police. Simultaneously, the police assign undercover cop Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello's crew. When both sides of the law realize the situation, each man attempts to discover the other's true identity before being found out.
Plot
At a young age, Colin Sullivan (Damon) is introduced to organized crime through Irish mobster Frank Costello (Nicholson) who grooms him along with other youths in the Irish neighborhood of Southie (South Boston). Turning into a father figure to Sullivan, Costello trains him to become his mole inside the Massachusetts State Police. Performing exceptionally while helping Costello remove his underworld enemies, Sullivan is accepted into the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), which focuses on organized crime. Before he graduates from the Police Academy, Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) is asked by Captain Queenan (Sheen) and the abusive Staff Sergeant Dignam (Wahlberg) to become an undercover agent, as his childhood spent wandering between two Boston neighborhoods and his family ties to organized crime make him a perfect infiltrator. He agrees to drop out of the academy and does time in prison on a phony assault charge to increase his credibility as a criminal.
As both men infiltrate their respective organizations, Sullivan begins a romance with psychiatrist Madolyn Madden (Farmiga). Costigan sees Madolyn as part of his probation and also develops a relationship with her. After Costello barely escapes a sting operation, both moles become aware of the other's existence (though not his identity). Sullivan is assigned to find the "rat" in SIU and asks Costello for his crew's personal information to allow him to determine who is the informer within Costello's crew. Costigan follows Costello into a movie theater where Costello gives Sullivan an envelope with the details of his crew. Costigan then chases Sullivan through Boston's Chinatown, during which Sullivan stabs an innocent bystander. When it is all over, both men still do not know each other's true identity. Sullivan then has Queenan tailed as he meets Costigan in an abandoned building. Costello sends his men in and Queenan distracts them to let Costigan escape. He is thrown from the roof and dies at the feet of Costigan. When the mobsters escape, Costigan pretends he has come to rejoin them. The trailing state troopers open fire on Costello's crew, which causes casualties on both sides. Later, at one of Costello's safe houses, Delahunt (one of Costello's enforcers) reveals to Costigan that he is aware of his true identity just before he dies from his gunshot wounds.
His actions now under scrutiny, Sullivan is attacked by a suspicious Dignam because of Queenan's death. Dignam is subsequently placed on administrative leave. Using Queenan's bloodstained phone, Sullivan reaches Costigan, who refuses to abort his mission. Sullivan learns of Costello's role as an informant for the FBI from Queenan's diary, causing him to worry about his double identity being revealed. With Costigan's help, Costello is tracked to a cocaine drop-off, where he and his crew become trapped in a gunfight with police, resulting in most of the mobsters being killed. As the wounded Costello attempts an escape he is confronted by Sullivan. Costello admits he is an occasional FBI mole and tries to shoot Sullivan. Sullivan fires first, killing Costello. With Costello dead, Sullivan is applauded for his actions. In good faith, Costigan comes to him for restoration of his true identity. Costigan also notices the envelope containing the details of Costello's men on Sullivan's desk and flees from the building. Knowing he has been found out, Sullivan erases all records of Costigan as a trooper from the police agency's computer system.
Costigan leaves an envelope in the care of Madolyn, who has since moved in with Sullivan. Costigan sends Sullivan an audio CD with a note requesting Sullivan to contact him. But, Madolyn (who is now pregnant, however the audience doesn't know if Billy or Colin is the father) listens to the CD first and hears Sullivan and Costello's taped conversations. Sullivan walks in on her and tries to assuage her suspicions. He contacts Costigan, who reveals that he is in possession of recordings by Costello that would implicate Sullivan as a rat in the police department. They agree to meet at the empty building where Queenan died. Costigan surprises Sullivan, holding him at gunpoint, intent on arresting him. Officer Brown, who is both Sullivan's colleague and an academy friend of Costigan, appears and draws his gun on Costigan. Using Sullivan as a shield, Costigan gets into the elevator. As it reaches the ground floor, Costigan is immediately shot in the head by Sullivan's other colleague Barrigan. Brown appears on the scene but is shot and killed by Barrigan, who reveals himself as Costello's mole. Sullivan shoots and kills Barrigan on sight. Back at police headquarters, Sullivan blames all mole activity on Barrigan and has Costigan posthumously rewarded with the Medal of Merit.
At Costigan's funeral, Madolyn is seen crying. She walks right past Sullivan after the service. Some time later, in the final scene, Sullivan comes home with a bag of groceries. Dignam is waiting for him. Dignam, wearing a zipped up track suit with bags over his shoes and surgical gloves, shoots Sullivan in the head and then calmly exits the apartment. A rat can be seen crawling on the windowsill with the Boston courthouse in the background representing Sullivan.
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Trooper Billy Costigan, undercover State Trooper
- Matt Damon as Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan, Costello's informant in the Special Investigations Unit
- Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello, sociopathic boss of the Boston Irish mob
- Mark Wahlberg as Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam, the abusive and cocky second in command of the undercover unit
- Martin Sheen as Captain Oliver Charles Queenan, commander of the undercover unit
- Vera Farmiga as Dr. Madolyn Madden, occupational psychiatrist and girlfriend to both Billy and Colin
- Ray Winstone as Arnold French, Costello's right-hand man
- Alec Baldwin as Captain George Ellerby, commander of the Special Investigations Unit
- Anthony Anderson as Trooper Brown, member of the Special Investigations Unit and Billy's classmate at the MSP Academy
- James Badge Dale as Trooper Barrigan, member of the Special Investigations Unit and Colin's classmate at the state police academy
- David O'Hara as "Fitzy" Fitzgibbons, one of Costello's enforcers
- Mark Rolston as Timothy Delahunt, one of Costello's enforcers
- John Cenatiempo as Mark Brambilla, Providence mob associate
- Armen Garo as Eugene Fratti, Providence mob associate
- Kevin Corrigan as Sean, Billy's cousin
- Robert Wahlberg as FBI Special Agent Frank Lazio, FBI liaison to the special investigations unit
- Gurdeep Singh as Pakistani Proprietor
- Tracey Paleo as Darlene the Secretary
Themes
Film critic Stanley Kauffman describes a major theme of The Departed as one of the oldest in drama—the concept of identity—and how it "affects one's actions, emotions, self-assurance, and even dreams."[1]
The father-son relationship is a motif throughout the film. Costello acts as a father figure to both Colin and Billy while Queenan acts as Costello's foil in the role of father-figure presenting both sides of the Irish-American father archetype.[2] Colin refers to Costello as 'Dad' whenever he calls him to inform him of police activities. It could be said that Queenan and Dignam have a bit of a father-son relationship.
Boston setting
Born to an Irish-American family in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts, William Monahan (who adapted the screenplay from Infernal Affairs) incorporates the culture and history of Boston heavily into the film. The first images are news clips from the busing riots of the 1970s, over which Costello muses about the city's troubled racial history. Several times, Dignam refers to Billy as "lace curtain," a term used primarily in the Boston metropolitan area by working-class Irish-Americans to disparage upper-middle class Irish-Americans who have "strayed from their roots" in their attempt to better themselves.
The majority of the characters have the non-rhotic Boston accent. The Massachusetts State House is featured in the film as a symbol of Colin Sullivan's ambition. Boston Red Sox apparel is seen and worn, including the appearance of a now-out-of-print "Reverse The Curse" bumper sticker on the wall at SIU headquarters. Coincidentally, when asked to wear a Red Sox cap during filming, Nicholson refused citing his loyalties to the New York Yankees, the Red Sox chief rivals. In a bar scene, the logo of the Harpoon Brewery, which has locations in Boston and Windsor, Vermont, is seen. Costello and his gang drive over the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in one scene. The building off which Queenan is thrown (and where Billy and Colin later meet) is in the Fort Point section of South Boston with the downtown skyline as backdrop (the fictitious "344 Wash" is actually an alley between Farnsworth Street and Thomson Place). John Hancock employees are referenced by Costello, who makes an obscure but, according to urban legend, accurate reference to "the Fens"--a section of the Fenway—as a popular spot for gay cruising. Boston's Chinatown is portrayed in a crucial scene which is somewhat inaccurate, as the neighborhood is no longer home to pornographic movie theaters (Boston's red light district, the Combat Zone became defunct in the mid-1990s, but was in very close proximity to Chinatown). Characters are shown working in the striking, Brutalist Government Service Center downtown. The film includes the song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys, an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Other references include state locations such as Route 128, regions such as the North Shore, there is a shot of the Park Street and South Station MBTA Red Line stops, local cities such as Worcester, Brockton, Gloucester, and Somerville while having turf wars with crew from nearby Providence, a cameo by the Lynn police, mention of the Dedham Mall (located in Dedham just southwest of Boston), and state slang like "Staties," a local nickname for Massachusetts State Police troopers. Deerfield Academy, a boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, is referenced when Dignam points out that Billy was expelled from the school after assaulting the gym teacher (though in reality Deerfield, like most Independent Schools, has no gym class). Additionally, the label on Billy's prescription bottle shows a Beverly Street address in Boston. The University of Massachusetts Boston is referenced in several scenes.
Frank Costello was largely based on James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish-American mobster in Boston who was secretly an FBI informant for over three decades. The revelation that the FBI had long protected Bulger and his gang from prosecution caused a major scandal in Boston law enforcement. Bulger was believed to have been seen coming out of a theater showing the film in San Diego in November 2006.[3][4] Matt Damon's character is based on John Connolly, the FBI agent who tipped off Bulger for years, allowing him to evade arrest. Bulger went into hiding and is still presumed to be at large, occupying a spot on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list; Connolly is imprisoned for his role in Bulger's criminal activities.[5] Billy's undercover role as a former State trooper who joins the Irish mob parallels the story of Richard Marinick, a former State trooper who later joined Whitey Bulger's crime syndicate. Billy lives in Somerville, where Bulger's Winter Hill Gang began. Thomas Duffy, the film's technical advisor, is a former MSP major who was assigned to investigate the Irish mob upon making detective.
Martin Scorsese asked the MSP if he could use actual logos, badges, and color schemes on the uniforms and the cruisers, but was denied. As a result, the uniforms, police cruisers, and logos in the film are only slightly different from the real ones.
Reception
The Departed was highly anticipated when it was released on October 6, 2006 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. The film is one of the highest-rated wide release films of 2006 on Rotten Tomatoes at 92%.[6]
Popular critic James Berardinelli awarded the film four stars out of four, praising it as "an American epic tragedy." He went on to compare the film favorably to the onslaught of banality offered by American studios in recent years. "The movies have been in the doldrums lately. The Departed is a much needed tonic," he wrote. He went on to claim that the film deserves to be ranked alongside Scorsese's past successes, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas.[7]
Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "If they're lucky, directors make one classic film in their career. Martin Scorsese has one per decade (Taxi Driver in the '70s, Raging Bull in the '80s, GoodFellas in the '90s). His 2006 Irish Mafia masterpiece kept the streak alive."[8]
Andrew Lau, the co-director of Infernal Affairs, who was interviewed by Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, said, "Of course I think the version I made is better, but the Hollywood version is pretty good too. [Scorsese] made the Hollywood version more attuned to American culture." Andy Lau, one of the main actors in Infernal Affairs, when asked how the movie compares to the original, said, "The Departed was too long and it felt as if Hollywood had combined all three Infernal Affairs movies together."[9] Lau pointed out that the remake featured some of the "golden quotes" of the original but did have much more swearing. He ultimately rated The Departed 8/10 and said that the Hollywood remake is worth a view, though "the effect of combining the two female characters in the [later film] into one isn't as good as in the original," according to Lau's spokeswoman Alice Tam.[10]
The film evoked controversy in Boston. Michael Patrick MacDonald, author of the Southie memoirs All Souls and Easter Rising, wrote an op-ed piece for The Boston Globe[11] praising the film's ability to recreate the "strangulating" culture created by Boston gangsters, politicians, and law enforcement officials at all levels of local, state, and federal government — a culture of violent death and silence that led to years of young suicides and an epidemic of painkilling through heroin and OxyContin, the latter even shown in the film.
The film grossed $26,887,467 in its opening weekend, becoming the third Scorsese film to debut at number one. The film saw small declines in later weeks, remaining in the list of top ten films for seven weeks. The film grossed $132,384,315 in the United States and Canada and $289,835,021 worldwide. Budgeted at $90 million, the film is believed to be the most commercially successful of Scorsese's features and is his highest-grossing film to date, easily beating The Aviator's previous record of $213,741,459.
Awards
The film won four Academy Awards at the 79th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Best Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan). Mark Wahlberg was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance. The film marked the first time Scorsese won an Oscar; many felt that he deserved it years earlier for prior efforts.[12] Scorsese himself stated that he won because: "This is the first movie I've done with a plot."[13]
Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006.[14]
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Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal, Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it one of the top ten best films of 2006.[14] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times named it the best film of 2006.
Awards and nominations
Soundtrack music
There were two albums released for The Departed, one presenting the original score composed for the movie by Howard Shore, and the other featuring earlier recordings, mostly pop/rock songs, which were used on the soundtrack.
Music from the Motion Picture album
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The film opens with "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones and prominently plays "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys with lyrics written by Woody Guthrie, which gained the band some popularity. The film features the live cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" by Roger Waters, Van Morrison, and Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson of The Band from the 1990 Berlin Wall Concert.
Although "Gimme Shelter" is featured in the film, the song does not appear on the album soundtrack. Also heard in the movie but not featured on the soundtrack is "Thief's Theme" by Nas, "Well Well Well" by John Lennon, "Bang Bang" by Joe Cuba, and the Act II Sextet from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
The movie closes with a cover of Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams," by Roy Buchanan.
Track Listing
- "Comfortably Numb" (Roger Waters Feat. Van Morrison and The Band, version from The Wall Concert in Berlin) – 7:59
- "Sail On, Sailor" (Beach Boys) – 3:18
- "Let It Loose" (Rolling Stones) – 5:18
- "Sweet Dreams" (Roy Buchanan) – 3:32
- "One Way Out" (Allman Brothers Band) – 4:57
- "Baby Blue" (Badfinger) – 3:36
- "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (Dropkick Murphys) – 2:34
- "Nobody But Me" (Human Beinz) – 2:18
- "Tweedle Dee" (LaVern Baker) – 3:10
- "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" (Patsy Cline) – 2:34
- "The Departed Tango" (Howard Shore, Marc Ribot) – 3:32
- "Beacon Hill" (Howard Shore, Sharon Isbin) – 2:33
Original Score album
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The film score for The Departed was written by Howard Shore and performed by guitarists Sharon Isbin, G.E. Smith, Larry Saltzman and Marc Ribot. The score was recorded in Shore's own studio in New York State.
Track Listing
- "Cops or Criminals" – 2:01
- "344 Wash" – 2:03
- "Beacon Hill" – 2:36
- "The Faithful Departed" – 3:01
- "Colin" – 2:09
- "Madolyn" – 2:14
- "Billy's Theme" – 6:58
- "Command" – 3:15
- "Chinatown" – 3:16
- "Boston Common" – 2:53
- "Miss Thing" – 1:45
- "The Baby" – 2:48
- "The Last Rites" – 3:05
- "The Departed Tango" – 3:38
DVD releases
The Departed was released by Warner Brothers on DVD on February 13, 2007 in Region 1 format and on February 19, 2007 in Region 2 format, and was released on March 14, 2007 in Region 4 format. The film is available in a single-disc full screen (1:33:1), single-disc widescreen (2:40:1) edition, and 2-disc special edition. The second disc of this film predominately contains features that concerned the crimes that influenced Scorsese with deleted scenes being the only feature that are actually film related. The Region 1 version has three available audio tracks: English, Spanish, and French (all of which are in Dolby Digital 5.1), and three subtitle tracks (English, Spanish, French). The film was released on HD DVD and Blu-ray at the same time as the standard-definition DVD. The 2-Disc Special Edition was packaged in a Limited Edition Steelbook. It marked the first time that an Oscar winning Best Picture was released to the home video market in DVD format only, as VHS was totally phased out by the start of 2006.
Homages
- After Colin leaves the porn theater, the chase through Chinatown is a tribute to Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai, with the shot of the glass mobile recalling the famous house-of-mirrors scene.[15]
- The funeral scene, where Madolyn walks away from Colin without speaking to him, pays homage to The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, where Anna walks away from Holly Martins.[15]
- Throughout the film, Scorsese used X's to mark characters for death; examples include shots of Billy walking through jail, Queenan falling to his death, and Colin returning to his apartment at the end of the movie. This is an homage to Howard Hughes' classic 1932 film Scarface.[16]
Differences from Infernal Affairs
Despite the fact that this is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs, there are numerous differences between The Departed, and Infernal Affairs
- The most obvious is the fact that Infernal Affairs takes place in Hong Kong, while The Departed took place in Boston
- The major "bust" in Infernal Affairs revolved around a cocaine deal, while The Departed focused more on the bust of a sale of microprocessors believed to be used for nuclear warheads (which were being sold to Taiwanese nationalists)
- The character, Dignam (Mark Wahlberg), does not have an equivalent in Infernal Affairs.
- The psychologist in Infernal Affairs does not have a romantic relationship with Lau (Departed equivalent of Sullivan (Matt Damon)), instead Lau has a separate love interest. Whereas the psychologist in The Departed has a love interest with both Damon and DiCaprio. However at the end of Infernal Affairs, the psychologist helps Lau get Yan's identity back so he can be buried as a police officer. In Infernal Affairs III, Lau confesses he is the triad mole to the psychologist.
- Lau is kept alive at the end of Infernal Affairs. However, he is later killed in Infernal Affairs III.
- In the scene where Lau meets Sam (Costello's equivalent (Jack Nicholson)), they meet at a standard movie theater, while in The Departed, Sullivan and Costello meet in a porno theater.
- In Infernal Affairs, Lau stops working for Sam due to a change of heart, and a desire to be "the good guy", while in The Departed, Sullivan stops working for Costello because it was discovered that he was an FBI informant, and he would have eventually given Sullivan over to the FBI.
- In The Departed, Costigan informs Queenan through text messages. While in Infernal Affairs, Yan (Costigan equivalent) informs Wong (Queenan equivalent) through morse code.
- While Costigan chooses to drop out of the academy to become a mole for the police. In Infernal Affairs, Yan is expelled from the academy (when it is later explained in Infernal Affairs II that he is half-related to head of the Ngai Triad family), only after he is expelled is he offered the opportunity to become a mole for the police.
See also
- List of American films of 2006
- Infernal Affairs
- Infernal Affairs II
- Infernal Affairs III
- The Debarted
- Irish Mafia
- James J. Bulger
- Triad (underground societies)
Notes
- ^ Kauffmann, Stanley. (Oct 30, 2006). Themes and Schemes. New Republic. Vol. 235, Issue 18.
- ^ "'The Departed'<!- Both generated title ->". Post-gazette.com. 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Was that Whitey departing the departed? California cop believes he saw Bulger flee flick[dead link]
- ^ http://www.kfmb.com/features/crimefighters/story.php?id=70214 Mob Boss James "Whitey" Bulger Spotted In San Diego
- ^ FBI — Most Wanted — The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- ^ "The Departed — Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures — Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes<!. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Review: Departed, The". Reelviews.net. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84
- ^ "Andy Lau comments on The Departed (Chinese)". 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2006-10-06.
- ^ "Andy Lau Gives 'Departed' an 8 Out of 10". 2006-10-07. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
- ^ Patrick, Michael (2006-10-11). "Revisiting Southie's culture of death — The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Martin Scorsese Wins Something!". E! Online. 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ James Wray and Ulf Stabe (2007-02-04). "Scorsese takes top DGA honors". Monsters and Critics. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ a b "Metacritic: 2006 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b John Maguire (2006-10-04). "Departed to the Judgement". Confessions of a Film Critic. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ Rene Rodriguez (2007-01-11). "X marks the spot in The Departed". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
Further reading
- Brad Balfour (2006). "MARTIN SCORSESE, LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, MATT DAMON, VERA FARMIGA AND WILLIAM MONAHAN (records two 40-minute press conference sessions)". PopEntertainment.com. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
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