Q 01/05

The Departed was only the second remake of Scorsese's career; which thriller was the first?

A) Shutter Island

B) Cape Fear

C) After Hours

D) The Color of Money

Answer · why

B) Cape Fear

Cape Fear: he remade the 1962 thriller in 1991, and fifteen years later his second remake finally won him the directing Oscar he had lost five times.

Q 02/05

The Departed is a remake of which 2002 Hong Kong film?

A) Infernal Affairs

B) A Better Tomorrow

C) Hard Boiled

D) Police Story

Answer · why

A) Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs was such a hit that rival Hollywood studios spent a week bidding for the remake rights early in 2003; Warner Bros. won.

Q 03/05

Who plays the Irish mob boss Frank Costello?

A) Al Pacino

B) Christopher Walken

C) Jack Nicholson

D) Gene Hackman

Answer · why

C) Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson, in his first film for Scorsese, improvised so freely that co-stars said they often didn't know what would happen next in a scene.

Q 04/05

Which real-life gangster is Frank Costello loosely based on?

A) John Gotti

B) Al Capone

C) Bugsy Siegel

D) Whitey Bulger

Answer · why

D) Whitey Bulger

Whitey Bulger was still on the run when the film came out: he fled Boston ahead of an indictment in 1995 and was caught in Santa Monica, California, o...

Q 05/05

Which actor plays the undercover trooper Billy Costigan?

A) Joaquin Phoenix

B) Leonardo DiCaprio

C) Colin Farrell

D) James Badge Dale

Answer · why

B) Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio was making his third film in a row for Scorsese, and prepared for this one with a retired officer who had spent years working underc...